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Britain's home secretary touts UK-Rwanda migrant deportation deal during visit to Italy
Britain’s home secretary on Tuesday touted Britain’s migrant deportation deal with Rwanda as a “new and creative” deterrent to an old and growing problem. Home Secretary James Cleverly visited Italy, ground zero in Europe’s migration debate, hours after the U.K. Parliament approved legislation to enable the government to deport some people to Rwanda who enter Britain illegally. The deal, in which Britain will pay Rwanda to process the migrants, is aimed at deterring people from crossing the En
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Slump will not stop electric car market, Opel chief says
Uncertainty in Germany's electric car market will not slow the technology in the long term, Opel CEO Florian Huettl said on Tuesday, four months after the German government allowed subsidies for the sector to expire. That there is still no successor regulation may "prolong the path to electromobility," Huettl told dpa from the company's base in the central German town of Eisenach. "But it won't stop it." Opel is also currently noticing a reluctance to buy, said Huettl, who restated the strategy
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Justin Trudeau's 3 Children: All About Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien
Justin Trudeau and his estranged wife, Sophie Grégoire, have two sons and one daughter
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Martian skies over Athens? Greece's capital turns an orange hue with dust clouds from North Africa
Skies over southern Greece turned an orange hue on Tuesday as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks. Strong southerly winds carried the dust from the Sahara Desert, giving the atmosphere of the Greek capital a Martian-like filter in the last hours of daylight. The skies are predicted to clear on Wednesday as winds shift and move the dust, with temperatures dipping.
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Analysis-Argentina's Milei revs up chainsaw and blender in fiscal deficit attack
Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei is revving up his attack on the country's deep fiscal deficit, doubling down on "chainsaw" spending cuts and "blender" austerity that squeezes purchasing power - and he hopes brings down rampant inflation. The embattled country, facing drained central bank reserves and annual inflation nearing 300%, posted a third straight monthly fiscal surplus in March, a reflection of Milei's laser focus on cost-cutting since taking office in mid-December. "Zer
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Aide to far-right German EU lawmaker suspected of spying for China
An aide to a far-right German member of the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, in the latest espionage case to come to light in Germany. The suspect, an employee of lawmaker Maximilian Krah of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), is said to have passed on information from the European Parliament to China, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors reported the arrest in Dresden on Tuesday, without linking the arrest to Krah, who is the AfD's top candidate in upcomin
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A legal challenge over the UK's role in arms sales to Israel will go ahead
A legal challenge over the British government's role in allowing weapons to be sent to Israel can be heard at the High Court later this year, a judge said Tuesday. Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq and the U.K.-based Global Legal Action Network filed the challenge in December, calling for the U.K. to stop granting licenses for arms exports to Israel.
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