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• EU member states weaken proposal setting new emission standards for cars and vans

  26-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 67

  European Union member countries have watered down a proposal by the bloc's executive arm aimed at lowering vehicle emissions.

• Crimean partisans bribed Russian officers to guide Ukrainian strike on naval HQ -- reports

  26-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 42

  A few well-placed bribes to cash-strapped Russian military officers reportedly played a part in a Ukrainian missile strike in Crimea on Friday that...

• Suddenly Biden and the Cook Islands PM are from Baltimore, or so the president says

  26-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 46

  President Biden on Monday inexplicably said he and the prime minister of the Cook Islands are from Baltimore, even though neither seems to have any...

• Biden tells Pacific islands leaders that he hears their warnings about climate change and will act

  26-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 69

  President Joe Biden on Monday told leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum that he has heard their warnings about the impact of climate...

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• Prime Minister Orban says Hungary is in no rush to ratify Sweden's NATO bid

  26-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 33

  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Monday that his country is in no hurry to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO, suggesting the Nordic...

• Japan's Kishida unveils the gist of a new economic package as support for his government dwindles

  26-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 80

  Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday unveiled the gist of his new economic package that focuses on wage increases and measures to soften...

• Egypt sets a presidential election for December with el-Sissi likely to stay in power until 2030

  26-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 50

  Egypt will hold a presidential election over three days in December, officials announced Monday, with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely...

• A deputy police chief in Thailand cries foul after his home is raided for a gambling investigation

  26-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 124

  Police in Thailand on Monday raided the Bangkok residence of one of the country's four deputy national police chiefs, an action the target...

• Opponents of a controversial Tokyo park redevelopment file a petition urging government to step in

  26-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 35

  A growing movement opposing a highly controversial redevelopment of a historic Tokyo park submitted a fresh petition Monday, stepping up a campaign...

• Call for sanctions as homophobic chants again overshadow French soccer's biggest game

  26-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 84

  Homophobic chanting by sections of Paris Saint-Germain fans targeting Marseille players has again marred the biggest game in French soccer,...

• M1 Abrams tanks land in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

  25-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 90

  The first batch of U.S.-made M1 Abrams tanks has arrived in Ukraine and will soon provide Kyiv with greater combat power in its war against Russia,...

• Molotov cocktails tossed at Cuban Embassy in D.C. in 'terrorist attack,' says foreign minister

  25-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 30

  Cuba's foreign minister said his nation's embassy in the District of Columbia was hit with two Molotov cocktails Sunday.