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Kingfisher beer owner Mallya left India in 2016 owing more than $1 billion (885 million euros) after defaulting on loan payments to a state-owned bank and allegedly misusing the funds
World
18.08.2024
Indian tycoon wins legal bid to appeal extradition from UK
Charles Michel will take the EU Council presidency after a stellar career in Belgium which saw him become a minister at 25 and prime minister at 38
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18.08.2024
Charles Michel, Belgium's compromise craftsman
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde will accomplish another first, as she takes over the helm of the European Central Bank
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18.08.2024
Christine Lagarde continues to break glass ceilings
Spain's Foreign Minister Josep Borrell has been nominated as the European Union's next top diplomat
World
18.08.2024
Outspoken Borrell nominated for EU foreign policy chief
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German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has emerged as a surprise candidate for the powerful job of European Commission chief
World 18.08.2024
Ursula von der Leyen: Merkel loyalist, mother of seven
Austria's parliament has taken heed
World 18.08.2024
Austrian parliament approves total glyphosate ban
Ukraine's snap parliamentary polls were called by the country's recently-elected President Volodymyr Zelensky in a controversial move aimed at replacing lawmakers who he says no longer enjoy public support
World 18.08.2024
Ukraine says European observers not welcome at July polls
The French heatwave from June 26-28 was four degrees Celsius warmer than an equally rare heatwave would have been in 1900, scientists say
World 18.08.2024
Climate change made French heatwave 'more likely' in hottest June ever
A growing number of restaurants and cafes in Austria had already banned smoking of their own accord before it was officially banned
World 18.08.2024
Austria to finally ban smoking in bars and restaurants
Vincent Lambert, seen here in June 2015 in a photo released by his family, has been in a vegetative state for the past 11 years
World 18.08.2024
Vincent Lambert: the man at centre of French right-to-die case
OPEC's Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo insisted the world was being misled by climate campaigners on the extent to which oil is responsible for climate change
World 18.08.2024
Climate campaigners 'greatest threat' to oil sector: OPEC
China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019
World 18.08.2024
US-China trade talks 'back on track': White House advisor
Map of Russia locating Severomorsk in the far north, where the defence ministry said 14 crew died in a fire on a deep submersible
World 18.08.2024
14 crew killed in Russian submarine fire
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