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Milei scores historic win in Argentina midterms, tightens grip on Congress

Argentine President Javier Milei secured a decisive victory Sunday in midterm elections, expanding his control of Congress and giving his government fresh momentum to push forward with deep spending cuts and sweeping free-market reforms.The result gives Milei’s libertarian movement a boost and marks another sharp turn for one of Latin…

Will the EU-Mercosur partnership get off the ground?

Many EU products currently pay high export tariffs to the Mercosur bloc, comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Some notable examples are cars (35%), wines and spirits (up to 35%), cheese (28%) and machinery (up to 20%). With the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement, these tariffs will be eliminated or significantly reduced,…

Trump and Zelenskyy to meet as Poland pressures NATO on no fly zone over Ukraine

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could meet next week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City.The meeting comes as NATO is seeing increasing pressure to more aggressively counter Russia by enforcing a no-fly zone over…

Kallas calls on Germany to stop hindering EU diplomacy in Gaza

Germany must come up with “measures” and “bring alternatives” to break the EU’s deadlock on Gaza, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in an exclusive interview with Euronews. Kallas spoke as Israel toughened its military campaign in Gaza and launched a ground offensive on Tuesday.  She also spoke a…

Who’s winning the green energy race in the EU?

Wind and solar account for around half of all jobs in the EU’s green sector, employing 236,600 and 273,500 people respectively. According to Bruegel’s new Clean Tech Tracker, Germany leads the bloc with over 310,000 jobs. Most of them are in the wind sector (124,600) and in the solar market (85,400)…

Israel launches new ground offensive into Gaza City as residents flee in droves

Israel has launched a new ground offensive into Gaza City and warned residents to leave and head south.The Israel Defense Forces said the ground offensive began Tuesday as troops looked to tighten control over the Palestinian territory’s largest city.The Gaza City push is a direct continuation of Operation “Gideon’s Chariots,”…

Unrelated and AI-generated images used to claim UK protests spreading

After a far-right rally in London drew up to 150,000 protesters on Sunday, a raft of social media posts claim to show similar demonstrations spreading across Europe. The images are being misleadingly used as evidence that Europeans are increasingly embracing the same views as those voiced in the demonstration in…

Draghi calls for pause to AI Act to gauge risks

The EU rules on AI should be paused while potential “drawbacks” are assessed, former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Tuesday during a conference considering the European Commission’s progress in implementing the recommendations set out in Draghi’s landmark report from 2024.  The AI Act which entered into force in…

Terrorists threaten Notre Dame cathedral in old, fake video

Published on 16/09/2025 – 10:24 GMT+2 A video has gone viral on social media alleging that a Muslim terrorist group has threatened to burn the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, unless French authorities release Brahim Aouissaoui. He is a Tunisian citizen who killed three people in a terrorist attack in…

EU Commission sued for secrecy over ditched food label plan

The European Commission faces questions over dropped plans to introduce mandatory food labelling after two food NGOs – foodwatch international and Access Info – filed a case with the EU General Court claiming that the executive refused to disclose reasonable information on the scheme. The initiative to introduce mandatory front-of-packet…