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Russian President Vladimir Putin is tightening his grip on power by elevating younger loyalists amid growing instability inside the Kremlin as he ages, according to reports.On Sunday, The Telegraph reported that Putin, 73, who has ruled Russia for more than two decades, is “running out of cards to play” as…
With the automotive sector pushing back hard against CO2 emission reduction targets imposed by the EU and seeking to postpone deadlines, European lawmakers are split on the issue, as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen prepares for fresh dialogue with carmakers on 12 September. A letter sent jointly by the…
It’s that time of the year: the State of the European Union speech. Known in jargon as SOTEU, the hour-long address marks the start of the working season after the balmy holidays of August. Its protagonist, the president of the European Commission, relishes the all-eyes-on-me moment to show off recent…
The Trump administration, after denying visas to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, is weighing new restrictions on delegations from Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe — and even Brazil — ahead of the U.N. General Assembly later this month in New York.According to an internal State Department memo reviewed by The Associated Press, the…
It’s a strong signal that speaks volumes about Europe’s ambitions in the Arctic region. Last week, the European Commission proposed doubling its financial aid to Greenland as part of the next EU budget. Under the multi-annual financial framework for 2028–2034, the Commission is proposing over €530 million in funding for…
French President Emmanuel Macron is facing down another political crisis and will be forced to choose a new prime minister for the fourth time in less than 12 months following a vote of no-confidence on Monday.Prime Minister François Bayrou is expected to resign after a sweeping majority voted to boot…
President Donald Trump says he’s ready to punish Russia with a “second phase” of sanctions after it launched its largest-ever barrage of drone and missile strikes on Sunday, damaging a cabinet building and killing a mother and her baby. “Yeah, I am,” Trump told a reporter, who asked whether he’s ready…
This year, wildfires across the EU have burned an area nearly half the size of Sicily, according to the latest data from Copernicus’ European Forest Fires Information System. So far in 2025, about 986,000 hectares have gone up in flames, more than three times the 227,627 hectares recorded in the…
At least five people were killed and more than a dozen were injured after a group of attackers opened fire on a bus in Jerusalem Monday morning, paramedics said. The shooting unfolded at a busy intersection in northern Jerusalem, on a road that leads to Jewish settlements located in east Jerusalem.FIVE…
A debate has erupted online after Spain’s transport minister Óscar Puente claimed that his country has the second-most punctual mid and long-distance trains in Europe. “Our punctuality ratio, the punctuality ratio of Renfe [Spain’s national state-owned railway company], is the second-highest in Europe, after the Swiss company and far ahead…
President Emmanuel Macron isn’t just France’s head of state. He’s also looking like he wants to be the spokesman for the whole of Europe. He’s sought to lead Europe’s response to the Russia-Ukraine war, opposed the U.S. by supporting Palestinian statehood, and weighed in on former President Donald Trump’s desire…
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