Hungary slid to bottom place among EU nations in a corruption index, with graft watchdog Transparency International on Tuesday alleging misuse by "political elites" of state and bloc funds. Hungary h
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Belgium is set to shut down an ageing nuclear reactor that has long caused controversy in neighbouring Germany, despite delaying its overall exit from atomic energy. The Tihange 2 reactor is the sec
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Beijing has reached "temporary herd immunity" and its Covid outbreak is nearing an end, a city health official said Tuesday, in another sign China's unprecedented virus wave is waning. A torrent of c
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Cash-strapped Pakistan held a first round of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a bid to unlock stalled funds from a $7 billion bailout to ward off economic meltdown. Finance Minist
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The United States said that Russia was not complying with New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the world's two main nuclear powers, as tensions soar over the Ukraine war. Respon
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All countries remain "dangerously unprepared" for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters. Despite t
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