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France, Germany and Italy threaten arms sanctions for Libya

PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to apply sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo against Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called on “all …

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When the chips are down, EU leaders take away potatoes

Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes and Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel take a break from the EU’s first face-to-face summit since the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and eat potato chips outside of the Maison Antoine friterie in Brussels, Belgium, on July 18. , 2020 in this image obtained from …

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Thai protesters call on government to resign

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Around 2,500 Thai protesters on Saturday night demanded the government’s resignation and the dissolution of parliament, challenging the coronavirus ban at meetings in one of the largest street demonstrations since a 2014 military coup. Protesters hold posters with photos of missing students during a protest demanding the …

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