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Despite strong summer start, Europe's aviation industry frets

Despite strong summer start, Europe's aviation industry frets

Air traffic is booming this summer, but after European vacations are over will passenger demand hold up?

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Farrell says Ireland fired up by New Zealand taunts

Farrell says Ireland fired up by New Zealand taunts

New Zealand's attempts to rattle Ireland before the first Test may backfire, with the tourists' coach Andy Farrell saying his side have been made stronger by "backhanded compliments".

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Inflation a thorn in the side of Bulgaria rose oil makers

Inflation a thorn in the side of Bulgaria rose oil makers

Business is not a bed of roses for Bulgaria's rose oil makers these days.

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Energy shock tests G7 leaders' climate resolve

Energy shock tests G7 leaders' climate resolve

Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations will be under pressure to stick to climate pledges in Bavaria from Sunday, as Russia's energy cuts trigger a dash back to planet-heating fossil fuels.

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Moscow tightens economic grip on southern Ukraine

Moscow tightens economic grip on southern Ukraine

Little appears to have changed for Alexei Andrusenko, the head of a foundry in Ukraine's southern city of Berdyansk, who is happy to have kept all his staff since Moscow took control of the city.

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Do signs point to an Israel-Saudi normalisation deal?

Do signs point to an Israel-Saudi normalisation deal?

The United States has hinted that more Arab nations could take steps to improve ties with Israel, ahead of President Joe Biden's trip to the Middle East.

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Russians 'fully occupy' Severodonetsk, shift focus to Lysychansk

Russians 'fully occupy' Severodonetsk, shift focus to Lysychansk

Russia's army has "fully occupied" the key Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after weeks of fighting, its mayor said, as Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to send nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus within months.

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Ukraine war robs India's 'Diamond City' of its sparkle

Ukraine war robs India's 'Diamond City' of its sparkle

Yogesh Zanzamera lays out his bed on the floor of the factory where he works and lives, one of around two million Indians polishing diamonds in an industry being hit hard by the Ukraine war.

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Ukraine gives ICC new purpose after 20 troubled years

Ukraine gives ICC new purpose after 20 troubled years

Its first two decades have brought criticism and controversy but as the International Criminal Court marks its 20th birthday the Ukraine war is giving it a new impetus.

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Fairytale venue with dark past for G7 summit in Germany

Fairytale venue with dark past for G7 summit in Germany

G7 leaders will gather from Sunday in a quintessentially German venue handpicked by former chancellor Angela Merkel and recycled by her successor Olaf Scholz -- a luxury hotel with a fairy-tale setting and a tumultuous past.

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