BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders found themselves at a standstill on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies strangled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the president of his summit nearly set a record he urged them to give one last push on “mission impossible”. European …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday accused world powers of ignoring inequality in global institutions, but said the coronavirus pandemic has created a “generational opportunity” to build a world. more egalitarian and sustainable. FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony, British newspapers reported. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Dominic Raab, leaves Downing …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Former Nissan Motor Co Ltd president Carlos Ghosn criticized his former employers in a newspaper interview on Sunday, calling the results of Renault and Nissan “pathetic”, fueled both by the lack of joint leadership as by COVID. 19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan President Carlos Ghosn gestures …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – While EU negotiations on a coronavirus recovery fund and a new budget for the bloc were at a dead end, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte was singled out by an Eastern leader weekend as the “man responsible for the whole mess”. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives …
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