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...The U-turn means the former Belgian prime minister will continue to chair EU summits and represent the views of the bloc’s 27 leaders, and will not step down before the end of his mandate in December as...
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...The French U-turn on artillery purchases is a sign of how events on the battlefield have forced a rethink of policies....
...Ukraine U-turn: Slovakia’s Russia-friendly prime minister Robert Fico has backtracked on his combative stance towards Kyiv, pledging support....
...surprise in our aggressively male world / From Lesley Ellis, Coull, Aberdeenshire, UK Declining birth rates are a symptom of a male malaise / From Vincent Straub, Nuffield Department of Population...
...Vincent StraubNuffield Department of Population Health University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK...
...What an interesting article on fertility rates (The Henry Mance Interview, January 29)....
...Brussels blamed one of its commissioners for its U-turn over freezing EU aid to the Palestinian territories, saying that payments would continue while it completes a review into whether they are inadvertently...
...“She wore it the night that Hillary Clinton became the first woman nominated to become president [by a major U.S. political party].”...
...Expect the unexpected Recent policy U-turns and scandals hitting the Polish government have reinvigorated the opposition ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, writes Raphael Minder....
...The bookies have him pulling away from Tom Hardy and Henry Cavill, at odds of 15/8....
...European U-turns on green pledges are coming so fast now that we can barely keep up. Today, our Berlin bureau chief runs us through Germany’s latest, on new building energy efficiency rules....
...If put into practice, Morawiecki’s threat would represent a remarkable U-turn from a government that had previously been a linchpin of the EU and Nato’s united front in support of Ukraine, as one of Europe...
...Erdogan’s U-turn, which followed heavy lobbying from Washington and other western capitals, clears a major headache for Nato as it beefs up its defences in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine....
...Erdoğan’s U-turn on Sweden was one a number of moves over recent weeks that have “de-escalated” tensions between Ankara and the west, as Turkey seeks to lure back foreign investors and stem its economic...
...Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s U-turn on Stockholm’s accession to the US-led military alliance — which followed heavy lobbying from Washington and other western capitals — clears a major headache...
...“Erdogan’s Nato moves and overtures to the EU are tactical, and in line with Turkey’s broader geopolitical ambitions — not a pivot, and certainly not a U-turn.”...
...There has been no official confirmation of the names of all five passengers, but multiple reports said Paul-Henry Nargeolet, a French explorer, was on board along with Stockton Rush, the founder of OceanGate...
...President Andrzej Duda, who also represents PiS, made a hasty U-turn last week after signing the law by proposing a raft of amendments....
...The accession, which comes after Turkey and Hungary became the two final members to approve the move last month, marks a historic U-turn in Finland’s foreign and security policy, prompted by Russia’s invasion...
...Keir Starmer has confirmed my old colleague Henry Zeffman’s Times scoop: he is going to abandon Labour’s commitment to abolish tuition fees in England, on which the party fought the 2017 and 2019 elections...
...Context: Months after a deal on phasing out combustion engines by 2035 was agreed by member states and the European parliament, Germany announced a last-minute U-turn earlier this month, throwing it into...
...But he performed a U-turn last month, agreeing to send 14 Leopard 2A6s after the US committed to providing 31 M1 Abrams tanks....
...National governments will now have to work out their U-space areas and requirements for operators....
...There has been no official confirmation of the names of all five people missing, but multiple reports said Paul-Henry Nargeolet, a French explorer, was on board along with Stockton Rush, the founder of OceanGate...
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