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Five party sources who attended the closed-door meeting told AFP that a vote was abandoned after several members spoke against the proposal.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Yanis Varoufakis, the leather jacket-clad celebrity economist who was Tsipras’s finance minister in the tumultuous first six months of his premiership, continues to rage against the policy of high surpluses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
After unravelling against Andreeva, she produced the positive start she desired by firing in an angled forehand winner to clinch an immediate break of serve.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Japanese ‘kei’ cars have sparked an unlikely crusade against regulators—and America’s obsession with oversize vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
He unzips his hoodie and places it around me before he slides in next to me, his thigh warm against mine.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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