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Merz’s dilemma: Redraft German economic reforms, or go down defending them
Chancellor insists his reforms are needed to revive the economy and competitiveness, but the proposals are turning off v…
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Britain-focused Andy Burnham starts racking up the air miles
New U.K. leader lands for the U.N. General Assembly — with one eye on voters who punished his globe-trotting predecessor…
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Merkel sidesteps German conservatives’ election losses as pressure mounts on Merz
Merz has called the latest defeats a “disaster” and pledged to overhaul the CDU’s platform.…
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Youth sports can help African countries build a legacy of champions
African countries possess plenty of raw sporting talent. But replicable success is produced by systems. The post Youth s…
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Finland’s Stubb warns Europe not to ‘overreact’ to Russian threats and sabotage
Moscow isn’t seeking a full-scale war with NATO but instead trying to scare Europe into winding down its support for Ukr…
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What to expect at the Trump-Xi summit in Washington
The success of the meeting will likely hinge on just a few important issues, including artificial intelligence safety, T…
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The four issues our experts are watching ahead of this week’s Trump-Xi summit
From AI governance to trade and economic headwinds in Beijing, our experts break down the key questions shaping the summ…
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AI is sprinting past human control. Can testing and evaluation catch up?
Frontier AI is exposing the limits of today's testing systems. The United States needs a national AI assurance ecosystem…
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La Russie, éternel sparadrap du RN ?
Ce samedi, le Rassemblement national a publié un long communiqué pour dénoncer les tentatives d’ingérence et de guerre h…
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Russia has ‘lost control’ of its oil industry due to Ukraine war, says Trump
The U.S. president took to Truth Social to call for an end to the conflict between Kyiv and Moscow.…
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22 countries back call to keep AI ‘under human control’
Finnish President Alexander Stubb tells POLITICO he aims to create an international AI institution and hopes to get the …
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The Syria policy the US got wrong—and the bittersweet moment Washington finally got right
A former State Department official dissects how the US helped defeat ISIS but didn't protect the Syrian people. The post…
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EU countries move toward Russia sanctions deal
The deal will likely only go ahead if businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman are removed from the sanctions lis…
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Dispatch from Baku: Azerbaijan must look forward even amid Russian and Iranian conflicts
A recent visit to the Caucasus region reveals a country exposed to two wars, but also one that must not wait to chart it…
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Spanish PM’s wife to face trial over influence peddling, embezzlement allegations
Begoña Gómez is accused of using public resources and government staff to advance her career.…
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Merz pledges reset as he admits German conservatives don’t have the ‘answers’
The chancellor is clinging to power, promising a political reset to unite the CDU’s rank and file behind his leadership.…
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EU deadlocked over France’s bid to take Russian tycoon off sanctions list
Paris wants Alisher Usmanov removed from the bloc’s blacklist. Other capitals aren’t convinced.…
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Former Romanian presidential candidate Georgescu detained on suspicion of fraud
The ultranationalist politician, who was accused of fomenting a violent coup in Bucharest, is facing a battery of crimin…
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EU pressures Big Tech to go green with new data center sustainability label
The scheme, which forces data centers to disclose energy and water use, would be the most comprehensive of its kind in t…
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News outlets Trump banned from White House announce lawsuit
POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW to seek restraining order to restore reporters’ access.…
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Putin’s party dominates in Russia’s sham elections
The EU's top diplomat slammed the vote as "another major setback for Russian democracy."…
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Don’t talk about optimisim in Syria, talk about action
It’s been twenty months since Bashar al-Assad’s fall. People expect more, and patience is wearing thin. The post DonR…
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11 countries push for pause on new EU laws
"We can’t go on tabling new legislative proposals when existing rules have not been fully implemented," says Austria's E…