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EU Threatens to Fight Back if New US Tariffs Over Airbus Subsidies Imposed – Report

Posted on October 6, 2019By Editor

The European Union threatened on Wednesday to retaliate if the US proceeds with slapping tariffs on $7.5 billion worth EU goods. … Read More >EU Threatens to Fight Back if New US Tariffs Over Airbus Subsidies Imposed – Report

World

Kiev agrees to EU-backed roadmap aimed at pushing peace settlement for eastern Ukraine

Posted on October 6, 2019By Editor

The government in Kiev has agreed to the so-called ‘Steinmeier Formula,’ the process for Ukraine’s breakaway eastern regions to receive autonomy, … Read More >Kiev agrees to EU-backed roadmap aimed at pushing peace settlement for eastern Ukraine

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8 more EU countries join sanctions-circumventing exchange INSTEX to trade with Iran – EU high representative’s aide

Posted on October 5, 2019By Editor

Eight EU countries have joined INSTEX, the mechanism set up to trade with Iran while circumventing US sanctions … Read More >8 more EU countries join sanctions-circumventing exchange INSTEX to trade with Iran – EU high representative’s aide

Asia & Pacific Business

EU & Japan strike ‘connectivity’ deal to link Asia & to counter China’s new Silk Road

Posted on October 3, 2019October 3, 2019By Editor

The European Union has included Japan in its Asia “connectivity” plan, signing a landmark deal to coordinate transport, energy and digital projects amid concerns over China’s dominance in infrastructure funding. … Read More >EU & Japan strike ‘connectivity’ deal to link Asia & to counter China’s new Silk Road

World

Time for Iran to ‘give up hope’ on Europe defying US sanctions – Supreme Leader Khamenei

Posted on October 3, 2019October 3, 2019By Editor

Iran should abandon the belief that Europe will spurn Washington’s hardline policy towards Tehran … Read More >Time for Iran to ‘give up hope’ on Europe defying US sanctions – Supreme Leader Khamenei

Story of 5 major pipelines explains Europe’s love-hate relationship with Russian energy

Posted on October 3, 2019October 3, 2019By Editor

Here are the key Russian pipelines supplying oil and gas to Europe, which Washington and allies are trying to obstruct. … Read More >Story of 5 major pipelines explains Europe’s love-hate relationship with Russian energy

Op-ed

Real Ukrainegate: America midwifed the mess, and now wants Europe to pay

Posted on October 2, 2019October 3, 2019By Editor

Now that US military aid to Kiev has been weaponized in the rapidly heating civil war in Washington itself, it would be the perfect time to confront the fact that US meddling was primarily responsible for the chaos in Ukraine. … Read More >Real Ukrainegate: America midwifed the mess, and now wants Europe to pay

UK

Claim Russia caused Brexit crumbles as probe into Leave.EU funding finds no evidence of wrongdoing

Posted on October 2, 2019October 3, 2019By Editor

An investigation into Arron Banks, a backer of a pro-Brexit campaign, found no evidence that the money for it came from a third party. … Read More >Claim Russia caused Brexit crumbles as probe into Leave.EU funding finds no evidence of wrongdoing

World

Pesticides or random coincidence? Mystery lingers over NEW CASES of babies born with hand and arm defects in Europe

Posted on September 23, 2019By Editor

Authorities are at a loss to explain why several babies born in a west German province have similar hand deformities. One hospital, where three such cases were seen, described the baffling phenomenon as “striking.” … Read More >Pesticides or random coincidence? Mystery lingers over NEW CASES of babies born with hand and arm defects in Europe

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‘Crazy’ for Polish PM to suggest Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a ‘threat’ to European energy security

Posted on September 17, 2019September 27, 2019By Editor

It is “rubbish” for Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki to claim that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will deliver a supply of cheap gas from Russia to the EU, is a “threat” to European energy security, analyst John Laughland told RT. … Read More >‘Crazy’ for Polish PM to suggest Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a ‘threat’ to European energy security