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17 EU Countries Sound Alarm Over Hungarian Lgbtq+ Laws
EU Countries Set to Express Concern About Hungary Legislation Targeting Lgbtq+ People, Draft Shows
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TotalEnergies CEO Defends Company Against East Africa Abuse Allegations
EU Watchdog Launches Inquiry Into Commission's Easing of Green Rules
Date: May 23, 2025
By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The EU's Ombudswoman said on Friday she had launched an inquiry into how the European Commission fashioned its recent proposals to...
Greek Court Charges 17 Coast Guard Officers Over 2023 Migrant Shipwreck, Say Sources
Date: May 23, 2025
ATHENS (Reuters) -A Greek naval court has charged 17 coast guard officers over one of the Mediterranean's worst shipwrecks two years ago, in which hundreds of people are believed to have drowned,...
Tanzania Releases Ugandan Activist at Border, Kenyan Colleague Alleges Torture
Date: May 23, 2025
KAMPALA (Reuters) -Tanzania has released the second of two foreign activists who had come to support an opposition leader charged with treason, her organisation said on Friday, after a Kenyan fellow...
Medic Survived Gaza Shootings by Pleading in Hebrew, Palestinian Red Crescent Says
Date: May 22, 2025
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the Palestinian Red Crescent said on Thursday that a paramedic who survived an attack that killed 15 aid workers was spared because he asked Israeli...
Union Investment Cuts TotalEnergies Stake Over East African Project Allegations
Date: May 22, 2025
By Virginia Furness, America Hernandez and Simon Jessop LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -Germany's Union Investment has dropped French oil major TotalEnergies from its sustainability funds and called for an...
Germany's Merz: EU Should 'ideally' Scrap Supply Chain Law
Date: May 21, 2025
BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government clarified on Wednesday that it aimed to "slim down" the European Union's new supply chain audit law but not to scrap it entirely. Some European leaders worry...