#BREAKING EU commission recommends funding freeze for Hungary
#UPDATE The European Commission on Wednesday recommended 13 billion euros ($13 billion) in EU funds for Hungary be frozen because Budapest is falling short on its commitments to meeting European rule of law.
📸 Hungarian PM Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit in March 2022
#UPDATE The European Commission recommended on Wednesday that 13 billion euros ($13 billion) in EU funds for Hungary be frozen because Budapest is falling short on its commitments to meet European rule of law ▶️ u.afp.com/iG7q
#BREAKING Hungary will seek to 'convince' EU commission not to suspend funds over rule of law concerns: govt
#UPDATE Budapest said on Wednesday it would seek to "convince" the European Commission to not suspend 13 billion euros ($13 billion) in EU funds for Hungary, after the executive recommended the freeze over rule of law concerns ▶️ u.afp.com/iGXw
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#UPDATE Romelu Lukaku missed a string of late chances as Belgium crashed out of the #FIFAWorldCup in the group stage after a 0-0 draw with Croatia on Thursday, which sent the 2018 runners-up into the knockout phase #AFPSportsu.afp.com/iGzt
#BREAKING US trade subsidies remove 'level playing field' with Europe: French President Macron
#UPDATE President Emmanuel Macron was greeted by President Joe Biden and a military honor guard at the White House on Thursday for a state visit that the French leader has seized as an opportunity to air deep grievances over US-EU trade ▶️ u.afp.com/iGDq
#UPDATE President Joe Biden greeted French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Thursday with full-scale military honors and a pledge to uphold the "unwavering" US-French alliance ahead of talks on Ukraine, China and a looming trade dispute ▶️ u.afp.com/iGDq
#BREAKING DR Congo army and M23 rebels in new clashes
#UPDATE Fighting with heavy weapons erupted between government forces and M23 insurgents in eastern DR Congo on Thursday, shaking a five-day-old truce, security sources and rebels said.
#UPDATE Fighting with heavy weapons erupted between government forces and #M23 insurgents in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, shaking a five-day-old truce, security sources and rebels said ▶️ u.afp.com/iGDe#NordKivu
#BREAKING Macron calls French-US alliance 'stronger than anything'
#BREAKING Macron warns that US trade subsidies may 'split the West'
#UPDATE
France's President Emmanuel Macron fired a volley at his American hosts on the first day of a rare state visit to Washington, telling lawmakers Wednesday that US industrial subsidies are "super aggressive" against French competitors ▶️ u.afp.com/iG2b
#BREAKING Ukraine embassy employee in Madrid 'lightly' injured by letter bomb: police
#UPDATE An employee of Ukraine's embassy in Madrid was "lightly" injured on Wednesday when a letter bomb blew up as he handled it, a police source said, adding that the employee 'went himself' to hospital ▶️ u.afp.com/iG8k
#BREAKING Ukraine says will tighten security at all embassies after Spain letter bomb
#BREAKING Former China leader Jiang Zemin dead: state media
#UPDATE China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, has died at the age of 96, Xinhua reports.
Jiang took power in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square crackdown
"Jiang Zemin passed away due to leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12:13 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2022, at the age of 96, it was announced on Wednesday," Xinhua reports.
Jiang replaced Deng Xiaoping in 1989 and led China as it emerged as a global powerhouse