BRUSSELS -- The European Union is considering hitting Washington with 93 billion euros (107.68 billion U.S. dollars) worth of tariffs or restricting American companies from the bloc's market, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats over Greenland, according to Financial Times.
Citing officials involved in the preparations, the Financial Times said the retaliatory measures are being drafted to give European leaders leverage ahead of pivotal meetings with Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos the following week. (EU-Tariffs-US-Greenland)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump plans to require countries to contribute at least 1 billion U.S. dollars to secure a permanent seat on the Trump-proposed "Board of Peace," Bloomberg reported on Saturday.
According to a draft charter seen by Bloomberg, Trump would serve as the board's inaugural chairman and decide which national leaders are invited to join the board. While decisions would be made by a majority vote, with each member state holding one vote, all resolutions would be subject to the chairman's approval. (US-Foreign Affairs-Board of Peace)
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LISBON -- Portugal's presidential election will head to a second round after no candidate secured an outright majority in Sunday's first round, according to data released by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Administration.
According to the preliminary count, Antonio Jose Seguro of the center-left Socialist Party led the vote with 30.6 percent, followed by Chega party leader Andre Ventura with 24.3 percent. (Portugal-Presidential Election-Second Round)
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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian interim authority and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) signed a new ceasefire and integration agreement on Sunday aimed at ending hostilities and resolving long-standing security and administrative disputes in northern Syria, state news agency SANA reported.
The deal calls for an immediate, comprehensive ceasefire across all fronts and the withdrawal of SDF forces to areas east of the Euphrates River in preparation for redeployment. (Syria-SDF-Ceasefire Deal) Enditem
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