Europe
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Business
U.S. Scales Back Hopes for Ambitious Climate Trade Deal With Europe
A negotiating deadline is quickly approaching, and the United States has lowered its expectations for a groundbreaking trade deal.
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World
Putin’s Next Target: U.S. Support for Ukraine, Officials Say
Russian spy agencies and new technologies could be used to push conspiracy theories, U.S. officials say.
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World
Unease in the West as Slovakia Appears Set to Join the Putin Sympathizers
The front-runner in the parliamentary vote has pledged “not to send a single cartridge” to neighboring Ukraine, a sign of the flagging European support for a victim of Russian aggression.
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Tight Finish in Slovak Vote Makes Government’s Shape Hard to Predict
In much of Europe, the election was seen as a bellwether of mainstream support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. But voters seemed most concerned with pocketbook issues.
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Business
Why One Country Is Struggling to Break Away From Russian Gas
Austria, unlike most European Union countries, is still buying nearly as much natural gas from Russia as it was before the war in Ukraine.
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Business
Shell Reports Sharply Lower Earnings as Energy Prices Ease
The News Shell, Europe’s largest energy company, said Thursday that its profit fell 56 percent in the second quarter compared with the record-breaking earnings of a year earlier,to $5.07 billion. The company blamed several factors for the falloff in ...
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World
Stranded in a Strange Land, and Waiting for Death
Tunisia has pushed African migrants to scorching no-man’s lands along its borders with little food and water. Under a deal with the European Union, Tunisia agreed to tighten border controls in exchange for aid.
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In a Bid to Curb Migrants, Europe Strikes a Deal With Tunisia
After the deadliest shipwreck in decades in the Mediterranean, E.U. officials will pay Tunisia to prevent migrants from setting to sea.
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World
NATO Isn’t What It Says It Is
NATO leaders convening this week in Vilnius, Lithuania, have every reason to toast their success. Only four years ago, on the eve of another summit, the organization looked to be in low water; in the words of President Emmanuel Macron of France, it ...
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World
Switzerland and Austria, Both Traditionally Neutral, Join a German-Led Air Defense Initiative
GENEVA — Switzerland and Austria, two countries with strong traditions of foreign-policy neutrality, signaled their intention on Friday to join a German-led initiative aimed at strengthening Europe’s air defenses to deal with threats highlighted by ...