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Pompeo kicks off central Europe tour, Huawei dominates agenda
48 minutes ago | Al Jazeera
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Prague to begin a five-day visit to central Europe.
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Pompeo opens anti-China, anti-Russia tour in Czech Republic
1 hour ago | My Sanantonio
PRAGUE - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the Czech Republic at the start of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe expected to focus on threats to the...
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Germany is furious after 3 GOP senators threatened a small port with 'crushing' sanctions for helping Russian ships build a gas line across Europe
1 hour ago | Business Insider
Politicians in Berlin have reacted furiously to a letter from three Republican senators threatening sanctions on a small German port.
Sens. Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, and Ron...
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The Belarus opposition leader reappeared in neighboring Lithuania after challenging its election result. Reports say she left as a deal to get her chief of staff out of jail
1 hour ago | Business Insider
The main challenger to Belarus' longtime president reappeared in neighbouring Lithuania after disputed results showed her losing the election.
Official results show incumbent...
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Buzzy challenger banking unicorn Revolut triples both revenues and losses after adding 10 million new customers
2 hours ago | Business Insider
London-based fintech unicorn Revolut tripled its revenues to £162.7 million in 2019 but also tripled its losses, compared with 2018.
The challenger bank saw rapid customer...
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Citizens of the World
2 hours ago | Foreign Affairs
In "The Europeans," Orlando Figes shows how Europe's cosmopolitan culture developed in the nineteenth century.
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Silicon Valley scooter startup Bird bet big on Paris and lost to rivals. Insiders are betting on consolidation
5 hours ago | Business Insider
Electric scooter unicorn Bird lost tender processes to run scooter rentals in two key European cities: Paris and Lyon.
Bird has raised more than $600 million to date, but its...
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Alexander Lukashenko's Belarusian Dictatorship Is Going Down in Flames
14 hours ago | The New Republic
For the so-called “last dictator in Europe,” August may mark the last month of his reign. On Sunday, Belarus-overseen for over a quarter-century by a brutal imbecile named...
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Royal Caribbean stock rises 10% after seeing strong 'pent up demand' for summer 2021
15 hours ago | Business Insider
Royal Caribbean's stock rose 10% to over $57 a share on Monday, after the company announced 'remarkable' demand for cruises in 2021 in its core destinations of the Caribbean...
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Susan Pompeo, already under scrutiny, will join husband on official State Department trip to Europe
16 hours ago | CNBC
Susan Pompeo will join her husband, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on an official trip to Europe this week while she is already under scrutiny over her use of federal resources.
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