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EU’s ticking demographic timebomb to focus minds at Budapest talks
Print 🖨 PDF 📄BRUSSELS, Sept 12 (Reuters) – An inexorable decline in the number of working age Europeans will put a huge strain on welfare systems and public finances in coming decades, according to a report that will form the basis of EU discussions later this week on the demographic timebomb. The presentation, prepared for…
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‘Dead’ Russian commander Viktor Sokolov seen on video after Ukraine claimed to have killed him
Print 🖨 PDF 📄A new video was released Tuesday showing the commander of the country’s Black Sea Fleet attending a video conference — a day after Ukrainian special forces claimed it had killed him in a missile strike. In video and photographs quietly put out by the Russian Ministry of Defense, Admiral Viktor Sokolov appears…
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Russian oil exports hold steady in October despite looming sanctions
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Russian seaborne exports of crude and oil products were little changed on the month in October after an increase in crude flows despite incoming EU sanctions were offset by a fall in product exports from Russian ports, according to tanker tracking data. Seaborne exports of Russian crude rose to 3.09 million b/d…
Major drug lord ‘El Mencho’ killed in Mexican military operation with US intelligence support
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Nemesio Oseguera’s death triggers widespread cartel violence across Mexico as armed groups block highways and burn vehicles Major Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho,” was killed in a military operation Sunday morning, the country’s Defense Department announced, marking one of Mexico’s most significant blows to organized crime amid pressure…
South Korea flood death toll rises to 40, Yoon blames botched responses
Print 🖨 PDF 📄SEOUL, July 17 (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday blamed authorities’ failure to follow disaster response rules as the death toll from days of torrential rain rose to 40, including a dozen people found dead in a submerged underpass. Deluges have pummelled central and southern regions since Thursday…
