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Monday briefing: Ukraine refuses to give up Mariupol

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 21, 2022

How Big Tech lost the antitrust battle with Europe

Brussels is set to finalise stringent new legislation targeting Silicon Valley giants, whose desperate lobbying has fallen on deaf ears

Financial Times · Mar 21, 2022

Why a leaked WTO 'solution' for a COVID patent waiver is unworkable and won't make enough difference for developing countries

There was a brief moment of euphoria last week, when it seemed that COVID-19 vaccines, medicines and supplies might be liberated from the World Trade Organization’s intellectual property rights straitjacket and a patent waiver would make them available and affordable to the unvaccinated in the global south.

The Conversation · Mar 21, 2022

The West owes Ukraine much more than just arms and admiration

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s barbaric and cack-handed invasion of Ukraine perversely makes him look like a great re-unifier. Russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world, thanks largely to a broad transatlantic coalition that looked anything but cohesive just prior to Russian troops crossing the border into Ukraine.

The Conversation · Mar 20, 2022

Flow of Ukrainian Refugees Testing Limits of Central Europe’s Capacity

Officials in Central Europe voiced concern on Sunday that they were reaching capacity to comfortably house some of the nearly 3.5 million refugees who have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion and are now camped in temporary accommodation. Most of the Ukrainians have arrived at border points in Poland, Slovakia, Romania…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 20, 2022

Germany agrees gas deal with Qatar to help end dependency on Russia

Long-term contract will not immediately stop flow of money to Russia, for which German ministers have been criticised

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2022

Flow of Ukrainian refugees testing limits of central Europe's capacity

Officials in Central Europe voiced concern on Sunday that they were reaching capacity to comfortably house some of the nearly 3.5 million refugees who have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion and are now camped in temporary accommodation.

Reuters · Mar 20, 2022

'Do the right thing': How US, allies united to punish Putin

President Joe Biden quietly dispatched a team of financial experts to NATO headquarters in Belgium just days before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2022

Germany calls for new talks on transatlantic trade deal

Germany's finance minister has called for fresh talks over a free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, a newspaper reported on Sunday, aiming to revive discussions halted by former U.S. President Donald Trump.

Reuters · Mar 20, 2022

‘I will free Bulgaria from corruption’: Kiril Petkov speaks out

Kiril Petkov is determined to clean up the EU’s ‘most corrupt country’. But the Russia-Ukraine war has made that job even harder…

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2022