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• EU rushes out $300 billion roadmap to ditch Russian energy The European Union’s executive arm moved Wednesday to jump-start plans for the 27-nation bloc to abandon Russian energy amid the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, proposing a nearly 300 billion-euro ($315 billion) package that includes more efficient use of fuels and faster rollout of renewable power. The European Commission’s investment initiative is meant to help the 27 EU countries start weaning themselves off Russian fossil fuels this year. The goal is to deprive Russia, the EU’s main supplier of oil, natural…
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• Neighbours unveils brand new opening titles with major changes made as the Rodwell family move in Neighbours' final ever scenes 'leaked' as ending is 'confirmed' Special I'm A Celebrity series 'lines up Helen Flanagan' for jungle return Faye Brookes celebrates as her mum completes bowel cancer treatmentThe family To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video In the wake of the Rodwell clan’s debut, Neighbours has unveiled a brand new set of opening titles, shared exclusively with Metro.co.uk. The new titles, which can be viewed above,…