Women’s clothes are high on the government’s agenda once again in Tajikistan, where authorities and Islamic leaders are working on new guidelines on what women should wear to work and…
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Europe’s New “Iron Lady” Estonia’s Kaja Kallas
by Rio Spencerby Rio SpencerEurope’s new “Iron Lady”, Estonia’s Kaja Kallas, is one of the strongest voices for an uncompromising stand against belligerent Russia. Brussels (30 June – 28). Having grown up under the Soviet…
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British Intelligence Moves to Protect Research Universities from Espionage
The head of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency warned the country’s leading research universities on Thursday that foreign states are targeting their institutions and imperiling national security. “We know that our…
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Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war
Sri Lanka has told hundreds of thousands of Russians and some Ukrainians staying in the country to escape the war that they must leave in the next two weeks, immigration officers said. The…
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Four Ministers Replaced In New Government Of Kazakhstan
President Kassym-Joomart Tokayev approved the new government of Kazakhstan under the leadership of Olzhas Bektenov. The names of the ministers were published on primeminister.kz. Most of the ministers remained from…
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Spain’s Feijoo Faces Parliamentary Vote Without Enough Support to Be PM
The leader of Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP), Alberto Nunez Feijoo, will open the investiture debate in the country’s Congress of Deputies on Tuesday. Feijoo was invited by King Felipe…
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Hungarian Banks Introduce Voluntary Rate Caps
by Nate Sharpby Nate SharpHungarian lenders bowed to pressure to introduce temporary rate caps on corporate and retail loans after calls by the government to stimulate lending or face an increase in bank levies.…
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Sweden’s Police Chief Says Escalation in Gang Violence is ‘Extremely Serious’
Sweden’s national police chief says an escalation in gang violence this year — with almost daily shootings and bombings that have claimed dozens of lives, including teenagers and innocent bystanders…
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The Swedish government has announced plans to join the European match-fixing treaty known as the Macolin Convention. Swedish minister of financial markets, Niklas Wykman, and the minister for health and…