Parliament is to hold a formal inquiry into the chaos surrounding the Fyra high-speed train service from Amsterdam to Brussels, which has now been abandoned by both its partners.
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I wonder why China is suddenly joining the climate change chorus? Something is up.
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The inhabitants of Okinawa are furious about the US presence and some recent very unpleasant incidents involving US servicemen. This is a huge deal in Japanese politics, and the current PM promised to solve the issue.
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The United States will be able to keep tariffs on car imports from Japan. while Japanese farmers fear they are going to be ruined by this deal. It is unclear to me what Japan has to gain from all this.
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For the first time in Dutch trade union history, unions De Unie and the FNV have agreed deals which give extra benefits to members, the AD reports on Monday.
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The European Union and the United States agreed on Thursday (14 February) to implement the new global Basel III capital adequacy rules for banks as soon as possible, EU financial services chief Michel Barnier said after a meeting in Washington.
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Because you can do so much more with a UN mandate.
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More than 140 nations have agreed on the first legally-binding treaty to curb mercury pollution. Delegates at UN talks in Geneva approved measures to control the use of the highly toxic metal, which is widely used in chemical production and small-scale mining, in order to limit mercury emissions
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At a UN conference. Suspiciously missing from this article is the fact that this treaty will affect China more than any other nation, as it it is both the biggest producer and user of mercury.
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In light of this, EU lawmakers want to reduce the role of credit rating agencies in rating the creditworthiness of governments, and the new rules include a cap on unsolicited sovereign ratings at three per year.
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