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EU not close to deal with China on EV tariffs, officials say
European Union and Chinese officials are discussing alternatives to European tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EV), including minimum prices at which such cars could be sold in Europe, but no solution is imminent, European officials said on Monday. Bernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament's trade committee, told a German broadcaster on Friday that an agreement between the 27-nation EU and China to replace the tariffs with something else was close.
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Scholz named party's top candidate for German elections
Germany's Olaf Scholz was Monday officially named to lead his Social Democrats into February elections, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term.On Monday, Scholz again stressed firm support for Ukraine "in its defensive fight for freedom and democracy" but also said his government had done "everything to ensure that this war does not escalate into a war between Russia and NATO".
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GOP Senator Says DOJ Staffers Who Worked On Trump Cases ‘Should Be Fired Immediately’
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) echoed Donald Trump’s baseless claims that President Joe Biden “weaponized” the department against him.
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Fresh strikes, clashes in Lebanon after ceasefire calls
Israel conducted strikes against Hezbollah's Beirut stronghold on Monday and battles raged in Lebanon's south after the Iran-backed militant group claimed 50 attacks on Israeli targets the day before.The Israeli army warned in a statement on X it would target Hezbollah "facilities and interests" in Beirut's southern suburbs, the Iran-backed group's main stronghold.
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Georgia parliament convenes amid legitimacy crisis
Georgia's new parliament met for the first time Monday, with the chamber facing serious questions over its legitimacy amid a boycott by opposition parties and the president declaring it unconstitutional.But the opposition boycott has put the legislature at risk of becoming a one-party body -- a potentially significant blow to its political legitimacy.
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Plastic pollution talks must not fail: UN environment chief
Talks to agree the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution cannot fail and must tackle both production and consumption, the UN's environment chief told AFP on Monday.Without addressing any one country, Andersen said the UN resolution establishing the talks was quite clear and delegates must "address sustainable production and consumption".
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Maximum term sought in French mass rape trial for husband who drugged wife
French prosecutors on Monday demanded a maximum 20-year jail term for the man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife, in a trial that has shaken France."Twenty years is a lot because it is 20 years of a life," prosecutor Laure Chabaud said.
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