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WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS Turkey pushed NATO allies into watering down an official reaction to the forced landing by Belarus of a passenger plane and the detention… ....
Germany helps kick off $1 bln conservation fund as biodiversity targets missed Reuters 4 hrs ago Land conservation on track but marine target missed Legacy Landscapes Fund seeded with $160 million Comes ahead of UN Biodiversity Convention in October Public support for conservation rising By Kanupriya Kapoor and Simon Jessop LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Germany helped launch a new billion-dollar fund on Wednesday to tackle rapidly depleting global biodiversity, as countries missed key land and marine conservation targets but prepare to ramp up efforts in the decade ahead. Protecting biodiversity has risen up the global agenda, not least because scientists say the destruction of remote natural habitats facilitates the spread of diseases such as the new coronavirus to humans as they come into closer contact with other species. ....
UPDATE 1-EU mulls military training mission to steady Mozambique Reuters 2 days ago By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, May 6 (Reuters) - The European Union will consider sending a military training mission to Mozambique to help the government withstand a growing insurgency, and Portugal is already sending troops, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday. Mozambique s government has been facing an Islamist insurgency since 2017 and rebels have stepped up attacks in the past year, threatening natural gas projects that are aimed at transforming the impoverished country s economy. Mozambique wrote to the EU last year to ask for help in training its armed forces to battle the insurgency, and Borrell said it was important for the bloc to make up its mind quickly. EU defence ministers discussed the possibility of a mission in Brussels on Thursday, but took no decision. ....
Even in his home town, Germans uninspired by try hard Laschet Reuters 1 hr ago By Andreas Kranz and Erol Dogrudogan AACHEN, Germany, April 21 (Reuters) - He s premier of Germany s most populous state and chairman of its biggest party, but across the country and even in his home town Armin Laschet is struggling to convince voters he is the man to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor. After a week-long feud, Germany s conservatives on Tuesday opted to back Laschet, a cautious centrist, instead of his more popular Bavarian rival, Markus Soeder, as their candidate to succeed Merkel in a September national election. ....