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France, Italy seek to delay vote on EU–Mercosur trade deal

France and Italy are pushing to delay a final European Union vote on the Mercosur trade agreement, a last-minute intervention that threatens to derail a pact 25 years in the making and billed as the EU’s largest deal by tariff relief. The move comes days before European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is due in Brazil to sign the agreement with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and amid heightened pressure on the bloc to show unity. Supporters say the EU-Mercosur deal would diversify European trade away from…

I’m not answerable for election delay in Somalia, says Farmajo

I'm not answerable for election delay in Somalia, says Farmajo MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has stated the present political stalemate in Somalia isn't completely guilty for the present administration, arguing that it's an interruption between the establishment and progressive forces within the nation. In a uncommon piece written by himself on the Overseas…