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19th Mar 2024

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EU steel tariffs have 'worked well' so far

An EU decision to impose 25 percent tariffs on 23 different types of steel in retaliation against US ones had "overall worked well during the first year of implementation" the European Commission said Wednesday on the basis of a new economic study. It suggested giving developing countries more breaks from the tariff scheme, among other tweaks, which would have to be approved by the World Trade Organisation to go ahead.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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