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Countries that support Russia demand that the EU abandon all plans to seize Moscow's state assets. Source: Politico Quote: "Representatives of China, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia are privately pushing the EU to continue resisting pressure from the US and UK to seize more than €200 billion of Russian state assets it immobilised after February 2022," the newspaper writes.
Sweden grapples with the clash between free speech and religious respect as Quran burning and requests for book destruction create controversy.
Alabama News MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has faced political pressure and angry constituents over her state’s mask order during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the 76-year-old governor of the deeply red state has resisted calls to drop the requirement as Republican governors across the South either shunned mask mandates altogether or lifted them in late winter. “Maybe they don’t have access to the same information I have. We want to be abundantly clear and abundantly safe before we drop the mask mandate,” Ivey said when asked about fellow Republicans — including the A...
Departures Podcast with Onur Öymen By Editor | Published: December 18, 2020 Over the past several years, Turkey’s relations with both the European Union and the United States have come under strain by factors both internal and external. The complexities of these relationships, in addition to the management of tensions with Russia and the Middle East on numerous fronts are not often clearly understood, even by well informed observers. This week we have the unique opportunity to hear an insider’s perspective from the highly respected former diplomat and senior statesman Onur Öymen, whose...