EU foreign policy chief tours Gaza, checks embargo
EU foreign policy chief tours GazaGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The international community must pressure Israel to go beyond easing its Gaza blockade and throw open the territory's long-blockaded borders, the EU foreign policy chief said after a tour of the Hamas-run coastal strip.
Germany to levy up to $33 per flightBERLIN — Germany plans to levy up to €26 ($33) for each passenger on flights under a plan aimed at taxing air traffic's impact on the environment and bolstering government finances.
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