Ukraine & the shape shifting 'Dim-Wit' plan, Venezuela, Europe's call of duty

Europe • 7:24 PM

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This week brought frantic peace manoeuvres over Ukraine, as a leaked 28-point plan triggered emergency talks and a swift Geneva rewrite, with President Trump quietly shelving his ultimatum while Kyiv grappled with a corruption scandal. In West Africa, Gu

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'We need a coalition of the billing, not just of the willing': Belgian FM on Ukraine

Europe • 4:32 PM

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The EU was caught off guard when US President Donald Trump unveiled his 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine on November 21 – a document that Brussels and Kyiv see as being heavily favourable to the Kremlin. The EU has since presented a counter-proposal, b

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Zelensky says his chief of staff Andriy Yermak has resigned after anti-graft raids

Europe • 4:19 PM

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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Friday that his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has submitted his resignation amid a corruption scandal. Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies searched Yermak's home in the morning. Meanwhile, Kyiv hit Russia's Saratov oil

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A fair share or a fiscal fiasco? EU aims to tackle wealth inequality

Europe • 3:36 PM

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Wealth inequality is on the rise around the world and right here in Europe. The wealthiest 5 percent of the population in the Eurozone control 45 percent of net household wealth. Just three countries on the continent have imposed a tax on individual net

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Zelensky dismisses top aid Andriy Yermak as corruption investigation widens

Europe • 3:36 PM

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, resigned Friday after anti-corruption investigators searched his apartment and office in Kyiv. The move comes as Ukraine faces intense US pressure to reach a peace deal with Russia a

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European Space Agency’s €22 billion plan to catch up in space race

Europe • 2:43 PM

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has outlined its priorities for the next three years, supported by a boosted €22.1 billion budget from its member states. Ministers from all ESA countries gathered in Bremen, Germany, to decide which space programs to back

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Trump to attend World Economic Forum in Davos on conditions

Europe • 1:57 PM

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We are just two months away from the prestigious World Economic Forum in Davos, but controversy is already brewing over US President Donald Trump’s decision to attend. We explore the issue with Annette Young, host of France24’s show 51%, along with anoth

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Massive corruption scandal embroils Kyiv: Andriy Yermak denies wrongdoing, vows full cooperation

Europe • 1:54 PM

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Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies, NABU and SAP, said Friday they were conducting sanctioned searches at the office of President Zelensky’s top aide, Andriy Yermak, a powerful but divisive figure accused by critics of accumulating influence and sidelini

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Turkey's Kurdish city of Diyarbakir hopes for peace following PKK dissolution

Europe • 1:51 PM

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It's a conflict that has raged for 40 years – and cost the lives of 40,000 people – but could now be coming to an end. Since the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group announced its dissolution and the end of its armed struggle with Turkey, the po

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German president pays historic tribute to victims massacred by Nazi bombing in Guernica

Europe • 1:01 PM

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President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday became the first German leader to visit Guernica, the Basque town destroyed by the Nazi Condor Legion in 1937. Joined by Spain's King Felipe VI, he honoured the hundreds of civilians killed in the attack, calli

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Ukraine’s anti-graft agency searches top Zelensky aide’s offices

Europe • 11:49 AM

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Ukraine’s anti-corruption investigators raided the home of one of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top aides on Friday, deepening a growing political crisis as Washington increases pressure on Kyiv to accept a peace deal to end the war with Russia. France2

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Anti-graft officers search Zelensky's chief of staff's home

Europe • 10:32 AM

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Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency said Friday it had launched searches targeting Andriy Yermak, the influential chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The raids follow a major corruption scandal shaking Kyiv. Earlier this month, investigators sa

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Ukraine’s anti-graft agency searches top Zelensky aide’s offices

Europe • 8:02 AM

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Ukraine's anti-corruption authorities said Friday they were searching the offices of President Volodymyr Zelensky's powerful chief of staff, Andriy Yermak. They did not say what the searches were in connection with.

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Zelensky chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigns after anti-graft raids

Europe • 7:50 AM

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has submitted his resignation amid a corruption scandal as Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies searched Yermak's home in the morning. Meanwhile, Kyiv hit Russia's Saratov oil

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Europe debates the future of Russia’s frozen assets

Europe • 7:00 AM

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With Ukraine facing a yawning budget shortfall over the next two years, the European Commission has proposed using €185 billion in frozen Russian assets to back an interest-free loan to Kyiv guaranteed by the bloc's member states. But Belgium, the host s

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Mind the 'LinkedIn' gender gap

Europe • 12:46 AM

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LinkedIn, the social media platform with which professionals connect and network, has found itself in hot water after a surprising experiment revealed signs of bias against women. Also competition is woven into nearly every part of our lives; but do we r

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Denmark sets up night watch so Trump doesn't seize Greenland while they sleep

Europe • 12:10 AM

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PRESS REVIEW – Friday, November 28: The US press are talking about one story only: the death of a young National Guardswoman who was shot alongside another guardsman in Washington on Wednesday. The suspect, an Afghan native who came to the US in 2021, ha

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