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‘China is watching’: Finland warns defeating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine key to stability in Indo-Pacific
Defence minister says Xi Jinping should note resolve to stay the course by global democratic alliance, includi…
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Politicians in at least 51 countries used anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric during elections, NGO finds
Rights group also finds rise in openly gay, bisexual and transgender people running for office in 36 countries…
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Finland-Estonia power cable hit in latest Baltic Sea incident
The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations says sabotage can’t be ruled outAn undersea power cable link…
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Swedish PM says Baltic sea now ‘high risk’ after suspected cable sabotage
Regional leaders meet after undersea telecoms cables severed, while Chinese ship remains at anchor nearbyThe S…
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Finland zoo will return its giant pandas to China, blaming inflation
Ahtari Zoo said it had spent 8m euros on a facility for Lumi and Pyry since they were brought to Finland in 20…
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US, Canada and Finland form ‘Ice Pact’ to project influence into Arctic region
Partnership could produce up to 90 icebreaker ships to counter Russian and Chinese inroads into regionFreezing…
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Finland recovers ship’s anchor close to damaged Baltic Sea pipeline
Investigators seeking to establish whether it came from a Chinese container vessel and have not ruled out sabo…
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Chinese ship is focus of investigation into damaged pipeline, Finland says
Police focusing on Newnew Polar Bear cargo ship that was in the area when gas pipeline was damagedFinnish poli…
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Covid has not affected people’s happiness around world, study reveals
World Happiness Report finds higher levels of benevolence in all global regions than before the pandemicIt cla…
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Jacinda Ardern and Sanna Marin dismiss suggestion their age and gender was reason for meeting
Finland’s PM says she met Ardern in New Zealand because they are both ‘prime ministers’ after journalist asks …
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Finland named world’s happiest country for fifth year running
Experts say social support, honesty and generosity key to wellbeing, as Afghanistan and Lebanon struggle in gl…
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Global report: India reports surge in Covid-19 cases as lockdown eased
Almost 10,000 new cases in India on Thursday as WHO warns situation outside Europe deterioratingIndia reported…
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Why do female leaders seem to be more successful at managing the coronavirus crisis?
Plenty of countries with male leaders have also done well. But few with female leaders have done badlyCoronavi…
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Reasons to be fearful – the international news review of 2019
This year world leaders struggled to manage the fallout from the erratic tenant in the White House – as China …
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‘Think of your family’: China threatens European citizens over Xinjiang protests
Uighurs living in Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, and France have complained of intimidation by Bei…