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UK May Relax EU Imports-Related Border Checks Amid Decline in Bilateral Trade

The UK government is considering easing post-Brexit border checks on food and other imports from the EU amid concerns that they may damage trade...

FROM THE FIELD: The women fighting for Generation Equality

It will take around 130 years to reach gender parity in key areas such as politics and the boardroom, but 13 extraordinary women, who have been profiled in a UN exhibition are showing how opportunities can be created for all women and girls.

Pope: ‘We cannot be silent when terrorism abuses religion’

Speaking to representatives of Iraq's different religious groups in Ur, Pope Francis called for unity among faiths. Christians and other religious minorities were subjected to brutal persecution during the country's occupation by the Islamic State …

Britain could block imports of Perrier and San Pellegrino as it flexes mussels in EU shellfish war

Ministers are to step up the war with the EU Commissioner known as ‘Calamity Kyriakides’ by blocking imports of fashionable mineral waters such as...

Italian government faces criticism over consulting contract with McKinsey over EU funds

… rewrite plans for spending the European Union funds aimed at rebuilding the … than 200 billion euros of EU funds and...

Food scarcity fears prompt plan to ease post-Brexit checks on EU imports

Ministers are preparing to relax post-Brexit plans for border checks on food and other imports from the European Union because of fears that they...

EU Ambassador hopeful of peaceful resolution of latest Guyana-Venezuela tensions

European Union (EU) Ambassador to Guyana Fernando Ponz Cantó is hoping for a peaceful resolution to the latest tensions between Guyana and Venezuela. Speaking to...

Joanell Serra discusses new book among this week’s author talks

Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. March 9: Jason Dearen discusses “Kill Shot” with James Nestor. 5 p.m. online. Register...

Hostility, violence are ‘betrayals’ of religion, pope says in Iraq

TRAVELLING to the birthplace of Abraham, Pope Francis urged believers to prove their faith in the one God and father of all by accepting...

Women in Europe need ‘greater economic independence’ to avoid poverty: UN Special Rapporteur

Women in Europe should be given “greater economic independence” through equal pay, childcare support and the sharing of domestic duties to ensure that they do not fall into poverty, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.

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