EU Prepares to Clash With US Again Over Shipping Carbon Levy

By Kate Abnett and Jonathan Saul BRUSSELS/LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) – ⁠European ⁠Union countries agreed on Friday ⁠to keep pushing for a global price on shipping’s CO2 ​emissions in U.N. talks next week, setting up another potential clash with the United States over ‌the proposal. Governments at the International ‌Maritime Organization decided last year to …

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Moldova Parliament Votes to End Energy State of Emergency

CHISINAU, April 24 (Reuters) – Moldova’s ⁠parliament ⁠voted to lift ⁠the country’s energy state of emergency ​from Saturday, which had been imposed after ‌Russian attacks in neighbouring ‌Ukraine knocked out a power ⁠line ⁠providing most of Moldova’s needs. Moldovan officials have said ​that Russian attacks in March put out of action the Isaccea-Vulcanesti line, which …

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Main Suspect in Syria’s Tadamon Massacre Arrested, Ministry Says

April 24 – Syria’s Interior Ministry said on ⁠Friday ⁠it had arrested the main ⁠suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre, one of the worst acts ​of violence attributed to the former government of Bashar al-Assad, in which 288 civilians were killed. The ministry released ‌footage of Amjad Yousef’s arrest ‌in the Al-Ghab Plain area of …

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As U.S. re-arms during Iran ceasefire, long-term concerns emerge about advanced munitions supplies

Washington — Days after the United States opened its military campaign against IranPresident Trump sought to project confidence in the nation’s war footing, declaring that America possessed a “virtually unlimited supply” of key munitions and could fight wars “forever” using them. The remark conveyed a familiar image of American military power, a projection of being …

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With U.S. and Iran locked in Strait of Hormuz standoff, Hezbollah rejects Lebanon ceasefire

A prominent member of Hezbollah’s political wing, Lebanese parliamentarian Ali Fayyad, said in a statement on Friday that the three-week extension of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire announced the previous day by President Trump in Washington was “meaningless” in light of continued “hostile acts” by Israel. Fayyad, a longtime member of the Iranian-backed group which is both …

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