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Greece’s migration minister says the number of migrants arriving in Greece has dropped dramatically over the past two years, while the number of asylum-seekers living in the country has also fallen. Speaking Tuesday at an event marking the third anniversary of the Migration and Asylum Ministry’s foundation, minister Notis Mitarachi …

European Union regulators should not define greenwashing in law, fund industry groups have told the bloc’s markets watchdog, citing concerns this would complicate a sector in “constant flux”. Trillions of dollars have flowed into investments claiming to be climate-friendly, but there have been few sanctions for greenwashing, or exaggerated green …

A Canadian woman who in 2019 drove drunk, lost control of her car, and crashed into a house, igniting a massive gas explosion that devastated a neighborhood in London, Ontario is suing the concert venue that served her alcohol, according to reports. CBC reported that Daniella Leis, 26, claims in …

A United Nations official on Monday thanked a representative of Hezbollah for giving her a “tour d’horizon” of Lebanese issues, drawing a rebuke from Israeli officials. Joanna Wronecka, the U.N.’s special coordinator for Lebanon, tweeted her thanks to Ammar Moussawi, head of international relations for Hezbollah, which is designated as …

Revenue from tourism companies in Spain is likely to be 4.7% higher this year than in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the sector, industry group Exceltur said on Tuesday. Even with uncertainties over the war in Ukraine and inflation, that is the first time Spain’s hotels, resorts, transport companies, …

Israel deported an Italian activist to Italy after security forces detained her during a raid in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said Tuesday, accusing her of having links to a Palestinian militant group. The Israeli military arrested Stefania Costantin during a pre-dawn incursion Monday into the the Dheisha refugee …

A man who was once the top security official in Mexico will face trial in the United States starting this week on charges he accepted millions of dollars in bribes in order to help facilitate cartel business rather than crack down on them. Genaro García Luna was best known as …

Russia detailed plans Tuesday to expand its military to 1.5 million personnel over the next few years, a move that comes as Ukraine warns that Moscow may be planning an offensive and increased tensions between Moscow and the United States and its allies.  Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the troop …

China’s daily coal output in December fell from November’s record as the country’s rapidly expanding COVID-19 outbreak has sickened miners and slowed demand from industrial users. China produced 402.69 million tonnes of coal last month, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Tuesday, equivalent to 12.99 million …

Dutch authorities arrested a Syrian man on Tuesday who is suspected of having been a security chief for the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra extremist groups during Syria’s grinding civil war, prosecutors said. “It is suspected that from his position at IS he also contributed to the war crimes that …