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Fighting kills, injures nearly 1,800 Afghans in first three months of 2021: U.N.

Editorial Bureau April 14, 2021

KABUL (Reuters) – Nearly 1,800 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first three months of 2021 during fighting between government forces and Taliban insurgents despite efforts to find peace, the United Nations said in a new findings on Wednesday. Fighting has increased in

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EU sets out five-year roadmap to combat crimes like human trafficking

Editorial Bureau April 14, 2021

BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) – European Commission has created new plans according to which The European Union set out a five-year roadmap to seek to increase police cooperation, target human trafficking and establish new rules to counter money laundering. The EU executive has set legislative proposals and initiatives designed to combat organised criminal gangs, who have

Asia

Russia says that sanctions on junta may lead to civil war, EU has different plans

Editorial Bureau April 7, 2021

MOSCOW(RUSSIA) – Russia has expressed its doubts regarding the sanctions being provided to the military junta as there are chances of a civil war to take place in Myanmar in such a situation. However, France said the European Union will step up restrictions on the generals. The Kremlin’s show of support was a boost to […]

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Britain EU deal, threat to export COVID-19 vaccine to be removed

Editorial Bureau March 27, 2021

Removing the threat of the bloc cutting off supplies, Britain will strike a vaccine deal with the European Union. Under the agreement the EU will remove its threat to ban the export of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to Britain. In return, the British government will agree to forgo some long-term supplies of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that had […]

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EU leaders to come together for ramping up vaccine rollout in fight against variants

Editorial Bureau February 25, 2021

BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) – European Union leaders will meet on Thursday to try to ramp up the production and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in fight against the emergence of new variants. They will also take into account how to strike the right balance between restrictions to prevent the spread of infections. It will also discuss about […]

Asia

European bloc mulls sanctions on Myanmar as protests continue

Editorial Bureau February 23, 2021

BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) – In the wake of the US penalising two Myanmarese generals for links to the coup, the EU too is mulling sanctions on Myanmar. This comes as Western nations are demanding the junta to desist from a violent crackdown on protesters. There was a general strike in the nation on Monday with businesses […]

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EU to look forward to confirmation on Brexit deal until April 30

Editorial Bureau February 10, 2021

BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) – The European Union will ask Britain if it can take an extra two months to ratify the Brexit trade agreement by extending until April 30 provisional application of the deal. The European Commission, which has overseen the Brexit talks and is in charge of trade policy for the bloc, said it had […]

Asia

EU vaccine curbs may lead to delay in Japan’s vaccination drive

Editorial Bureau February 2, 2021

TOKYO (JAPAN) – European Union curbs on exports of novel coronavirus vaccines might lead to a delay in Japan’s inoculation drive, the minister in charge of the campaign said on Tuesday, while the government is likely to extend a state of emergency in an attempt to rein in the epidemic. Japan is ready to begin […]

Tech

EU makes claims for court errors in bid to reverse $15.7 billion Apple tax judgment

Editorial Bureau February 1, 2021

BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) – EU antitrust enforcers have claimed a court made legal errors when it scrapped their order for iPhone maker Apple to pay 13 billion euros ($15.7 billion) in Irish back taxes, in a filing to have the verdict overturned. The stakes are high for the European Commission in its crackdown against what it […]

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EU countries likely to sue AstraZeneca for violation of contract – Latvia

Editorial Bureau January 26, 2021

VILNIUS (LITHUANIA) – Latvian foreign affairs minister Edgars Rinkevics said on Tuesday that European Union member states could take AstraZeneca to court for a violation of supply contracts if the company does not respect the COVID-19 vaccine delivery schedule. The minister told, via his spokesman. “The possibility should be evaluated, and it should be