Western banks in Russia pay €800m in taxes to the Kremlin; EU candidates get ready to debate ahead of June elections; Pedro Sanchez stays on as Spain’s prime minister and a forklift exam in South Korea draws more test takers than ever before. Plus: we speak to Mark Kuijpers, head of Greystar for Netherlands, Germany and Austria.
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What to expect from Switzerland’s Summit on Peace in Ukraine
Is Giorgia Meloni the best G7 summit host?
Hamas accepts Gaza peace deal in principle
Has the Franco-German engine sputtered?
What do the EU election results mean for Europe?
EU elections round-up and France’s Olympic ascendancy
A chastened Narendra Modi and 80 years since D-Day
North Korea destroys railways, Starmer and Sunak destroy each other
Biden curbs number of asylum seekers, Mexico’s new president and media literacy
Russian misinformation, EU elections and the Ukraine peace summit
South African election results and Mexican elections preview
The merits of diplomacy with Israel and ‘The Evening Standard’ goes weekly
UK elections and Trump trial latest
Macron urges the strengthening of European sovereignty
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The ICJ orders Israel to stop its Rafah invasion
UN votes on Srebrenica genocide memorial day
UK announces snap election and the US fights London’s congestion charge
Nato’s Ukraine predicament, unrest in New Caledonia and hiding tourist attractions
The death of Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi
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