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Export controls in the European Union as regime at risk of fragmentation
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
Introduction Export controls can be described as restrictions on international trade in certain sensitive goods, software and technology (hereinafter, items). Generally, this involves licensing requirements or prohibitions on the cross-border...
Halifax axes Savings Prize Draw – what are the alternatives?
Which?
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July 5, 2025
Halifax is axing its popular Savings Prize Draw, with other changes coming over the next few months. For 14 years, thousands of Halifax customers have had the chance to win up to £100,000 each month, with prize funds sometimes rising to £500,000....
Mercosur looks to Asia, Europe in face of tariffs
Taipei Times
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July 4, 2025
South America’s Mercosur bloc on Thursday sought to expand its markets in the face of US President Donald Trump’s global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies. “It’s time for Mercosur to look toward Asia,”...
Caught between China and US, South American bloc rethinks its trade game as internal rifts deepen
Malay Mail
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July 4, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, July 4 — South America’s Mercosur bloc sought yesterday to expand its markets in the face of US President Donald Trump’s global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies. “It’s time for Mercosur to...
Thyssenkrupp Steering, LTTS to establish automotive software hub in India
Just Auto
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June 30, 2025
Thyssenkrupp Steering and L&T Technology Services (LTTS), have announced a strategic collaboration to set up a software development centre in Pune, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, aiming to bolster the development of automotive software...
Major coup as Grammy-nominated US star to play gig in initimate Aycliffe venue
The Northern Echo
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US singer-songwriter Jeremy McComb will take to the stage at Steam Machine Brewing Company on Tuesday, August 26, as part of a three-date UK tour. The Idaho-born artist, who has spent more than 20 years touring across the US and Europe, is known...
South American bloc looks to Asia, Europe in face of Trump trade war
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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South America's Mercosur bloc sought Thursday to expand its markets in the face of US President Donald Trump's global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies. "It's time for Mercosur to look toward Asia,"...
Banks tighten vigilance and processes following $3b money laundering case
The Straits Times
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July 4, 2025
SINGAPORE – Local banks have beefed up oversight around money laundering risks, with one lender reassigning a banker involved in a recent high-profile case to a non-client-facing role. The extra scrutiny is in response to the largest money...
EC approves Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ Ziihera for biliary tract cancer
Pharmaceutical Technology
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July 2, 2025
Jazz Pharmaceuticals has received conditional marketing authorisation from the European Commission (EC) for its new bispecific antibody, Ziihera (zanidatamab), for biliary tract cancer (BTC). The dual human epidermal growth factor receptor 2...
Russia’s long-term direction
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 3, 2025
Today’s Russia-China relationship is not the brittle alliance some Western capitals imagine. Old instruments of influence struggle to make a mark on new geopolitical realities. © GIS Some Western capitals appear to nourish hopes that it might be...
Brazil To Prioritize Agreements As Mercosur Leader
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – Upon assuming the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur at a summit on Thursday (3) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that one of Brazil's priorities...
Dead ball duo hoping to give Stoke City new dimension
Stoke-on-Trent Live
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July 2, 2025
Sorba Thomas is looking forward to taking his set-piece work alongside James Rowberry with Wales to Stoke City. Rowberry is assistant coach to Craig Bellamy at international level and assistant to Mark Robins with the Potters, now tasked with...
Panama Participates In Its First Mercosur Summit As An Associate -
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) Panama President Mulino emphasized the need to build a water reservoir to guarantee the availability of water for the Interoceanic Waterway and the population, preventing future damage like those caused by the El Niño...
Mercosur-EFTA deal: South America, Europe forge new economic corridor with free trade pact
Firstpost
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July 3, 2025
South America’s largest trading bloc, Mercosur has signed a trade deal with the four-nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA) after 10 years of negotiation amid global economic uncertainties read more South America’s largest trading bloc,...
Brazil formally handed over Mercosur's rotating presidency
MercoPress
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Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 18:12 UTC Lula hopes to have the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU before the end of the year Argentine President Javier Milei formally transferred the pro tempore presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur)...
Panama Participates in its First Mercosur Summit as an Associate
Newsroom Panama
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July 3, 2025
Panama President Mulino emphasized the need to build a water reservoir to guarantee the availability of water for the Interoceanic Waterway and the population, preventing future damage like those caused by the El Niño phenomenon. In his first...
Iran suspends cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog 'until certain conditions are met'
The Province
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News World Iran has limited IAEA inspections in the past as a pressure tactic in negotiating with the West -- though Tehran now denies any immediate plans to resume talks with the U.S. Author of the article: The Associated...
Rising debt is not bad if it leads to economic expansion
Manila Standard
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July 2, 2025
Managing the debt level properly, thus, is critical to sustain economic growth. The country’s increasing debt level has alarmed many Filipinos. Critics have feared that future generations will unfairly inherit the enormous debt and suffer the...
The Dangers in My Heart Theatrical Film Coming February 2026, New Teaser Visual & PV Released
Anime News Network
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Tokyo, Japan (Monday, June 30, 2025): TV Asahi is thrilled to announce the award-winning The Dangers in My Heart Japanese theatrical release is announced for February 13, 2026 (Friday)! The international release will be revealed at a later date....
Over 30 jobs to go as Swiss insurance firm pulls out of Dublin
Irish Independent
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It follows a strategic review at La Mobilière which decided it was best to focus on its core insurance business in Switzerland The company said it had decided to put a stronger focus on its core insurance and pensions business in Switzerland. La...