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Vietnam approves bold reforms to streamline ministries

Vietnam’s Parliament has green-lighted bureaucratic reforms, slashing ministries, agencies and broadcasters to reduce red tape and boost growth. The changes risk short-term disruption but may offer long-term benefits. Vietnam’s communist government plans

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Brussels: Farmer protests turn violent, as EU ministers meet

Police fired tear gas and deployed water cannons to keep protesting farmers at bay as agriculture ministers from the bloc met a few steps away to revise proposals to ease the crisis.

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Germany: Bahn, train drivers agree to 35-hour week in deal

Deutsche Bahn and the GDL train driver’s union have given more details of a pay-and-terms deal they struck on Monday, ending a long-running industrial dispute marked by several strikes. Germany’s national rail

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Julian Assange can appeal extradition, UK High Court rules

The High Court in London has ruled that Julian Assange can continue his legal battle, unless the US promises within three weeks that he won’t face the death penalty. The legal saga

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Brazil probes Jair Bolsonaro’s stay at Hungarian embassy

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro faces multiple criminal investigations and had his passports confiscated last month. Police would not have been able to arrest him while he was staying at a foreign

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Simon Harris to become Ireland’s prime minister

Simon Harris has taken the helm of Ireland’s Fine Gael party after Leo Varadkar’s surprise resignation. Its left-wing rival, Sinn Fein, has been leading in opinion polls. Simon Harris on Sunday took

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Senegal votes in presidential election to replace Macky Sall

The incumbent Macky Sall is not competing in the race, after wrapping a second term. Sall’s popularity has slumped after he unsuccessfully tried to postpone the vote to December. Voters in Senegal headed to

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Venezuela neighbors decry latest arrests ahead of election

The latest arrests targeted two top aides of opposition leader Machado. Caracas has detained several politicians, rights activists and journalists ahead of its July presidential election. Several countries condemned on Thursday Venezuela’s arrest of

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India: Opposition says BJP froze its accounts ahead of vote

Congress, India’s main opposition party, has said it has been crippled ahead of elections starting next month. It accused Modi’s ruling party of freezing its bank accounts. India’s Congress party said on Thursday

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Indonesia elections: Opposition candidate contests result

Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan is seeking a new vote following Prabowo Subianto’s confirmation as the new leader of Indonesia. An unsuccessful presidential candidate filed a complaint at the Constitutional Court on Thursday,

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Nuclear energy offers fossil fuel alternative — IAEA chief

Nuclear can play a key role combating global warming, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has told DW. But it is not without its challenges, especially since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. International Atomic Energy

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