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Shortly after the piece was published online, the editor of the opinion section, Eva Marie Kogel, wrote on X that she had submitted her resignation.

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"Slovakia is part of the single European energy market and Fico must respect common EU rules," Zelenskyy said, adding that cutting power supplies to Ukraine would deprive Slovakia of 19% of the electricity it imports. .

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The extremely rare publicised apology from Putin was the closest Moscow had come to accepting some blame for Wednesday's disaster.

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Baltic nations are on alert after a string of outages of power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

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The US said Ivanishvili had implemented "actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in the United States or abroad" favouring Russia.

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Zelenskyy said the Korean people "should not be losing their lives in battles in Europe. This is something that Korea's neighbours, including China, can influence."

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"If it is unavoidable, we will halt the electricity supplies that Ukraine needs during grid outages. Or we will agree on a different course of action," said Robert Fico.

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The impeachment of Han Duck-soo, the acting president since Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached for declaring martial law, has pushed South Korea into uncharted territory.

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Written by Marc Jütten.

Economic security has become crucial for the EU. Both the Letta Report on the future of the single market and the Draghi Report on the future of European competitiveness emphasise the need to intensify efforts to secure the EU’s supply of critical raw materials (CRM). Europe is vulnerable to both coercion and geo-economic fragmentation because of its high dependency on strategic raw materials from countries with which the EU is not strategically aligned. Diversifying imports of strategic raw materials is key to mastering the clean transition of Europe’s economy, mitigating supply chain risks and reducing the EU’s strategic dependencies.

In line with its CRM strategy, the EU is seeking to conclude new partnerships in the context of the EU trade and Global Gateway strategies. However, the EU is not the only actor looking to secure access to CRM supplies. China, for example, is bolstering its global dominance in strategic and emerging technologies, continuously increasing its presence in Latin America (and Africa) in order to secure its supply of strategic raw materials. The region is primarily rich in lithium and copper, which are essential for renewable energy technologies and the production of the lithium-ion batteries used in laptops, smartphones, and hybrid and electric vehicles.

Since 2023, Latin America, too, has won the EU’s renewed attention, and real steps to enhance cooperation on CRM have been taken. In 2023, the EU signed a memorandum of understanding with Argentina and Chile on sustainable raw materials value chains. In November 2024, an interim trade agreement with Chile was ratified – the first EU trade agreement comprising a specific chapter on energy and raw materials. In December 2024, the EU and Mercosur finally reached a political agreement on the EU–Mercosur partnership agreement. As Mercosur countries, primarily Argentina and Brazil, are major producers of CRM, the agreement could help the EU secure an efficient, reliable and sustainable flow of the raw materials that are critical for the clean transition and for the EU’s strategic autonomy more widely.

Read the complete briefing on ‘EU–Latin America: Enhancing cooperation on critical raw materialsin the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he was about to board a plane at the Sanaa airport when it came under attack. A crew member on the plane was injured, he said.

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Can the possible 'sick man of Europe' come back from the brink?

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Turkey's motivation is more than just a pipe dream.

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Putin said that Fico, an outspoken opponent of EU support for Ukraine, had offered his country as to host talks between Russia and Ukraine.

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The Cook Islands-registered ship, part of the Russian 'shadow fleet', was boarded by a Finnish coast guard crew that took command and sailed the vessel to Finnish waters

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In this episode, host Giada Santana and politics reporter Nicholas Wallace delve into EU-NATO competition, Niinistö’s intelligence unit proposal, and a dash of Finnish history.

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"Baku expects the Russian side to confess to the shooting down of the Azerbaijani aircraft," a source said.

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The Palestinian Journalists Union said the strike killed five journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel who were in a broadcast vehicle in front of Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza.

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Following Assad's departure, Ankara has repeatedly insisted that the Kurdish YPG militia must disband, asserting that the group has no place in Syria's future.

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In his Christmas Day "Urbi et Orbi", Francis called for "gestures of dialogue and encounter, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace".

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RIA cited Oboronlogistika, a company that is part of the Russian Defence Ministry's military construction operations, as saying that the vessel had been targeted in "a terrorist act."

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