Tag Archives: Europe

Trump, tariffs and trade wars: Who are the main trading partners of the US?

Muhamad Yehia President Donald Trump swept to victory in the US election on promises to ‘Make America Great Again’. As the MAGA movement turns the US inwards, what could this mean for international trade? Ahead of the US election last year, President Donald Trump proclaimed “tariff” to be “the most …

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Radical, populist, extreme, nationalist: How should we be talking about the far right

    Muhamad Yehia The three most right-wing groups of the European Parliament and their members are all known as “far-right” — but they have some crucial differences The members of Patriots for Europe met in Brussels for the first time on Thursday, convening on the sidelines of the European …

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Mauritania goes to the polls

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vast desert nation in West Africa which positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence, but has been denounced for rights abuses. President Mohamed …

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Rail Tunnel Link Europe with Africa By 2030

In just over five years, there’s a good chance that you will be able to board a high-speed train in Madrid and travel from Spain to the Moroccan city of Casablanca in five and a half hours, hurtling through a new tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar. This may sound …

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The Islamist insurgents threatening west Africa

h The market town of Bawku, crammed into a nook of Ghana’s most north-eastern region, is about a day’s drive from the country’s coastal capital, Accra. But the distance between the two places is not merely geographical. While Accra boasts rich culture, nightlife and a steady stream of tourists, rural …

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