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Emma Bonino, Italy’s activist commissioner, dies at 78
The lifetime public servant had a decades-long career straddling unpredictable national politics and the bloc’s evolving…
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Drei Szenarien für einen Kanzlertausch
Neun Tage vor den Wahlen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Berlin schrillen im Konrad-Adenauer-Haus die Alarmglocken. Angesi…
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California’s Newsom signs online kid safety laws, including rules backed by Sam Altman
The new state laws come amid rising concern that social media and AI pose health risks to children.…
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Is Europe winning the ‘fight’? Von der Leyen’s SOTEU, one year on
When Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her State of the European Union speech last year, the backdrop …
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Everyone wants a line in the State of the European Union speech
Lobbyists and NGOs hope their message gets through to Ursula von der Leyen in time for the big speech.…
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Tusk warns of future attacks after ‘direct threat’ averted at Poland-Ukraine border
Polish prime minister spoke of U.S. intel pointing to various scenarios, not just on the Russia-Ukraine border but the w…
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Kazakhstan can’t sing its way into Eurovision in 2027
The EBU says the country “does not qualify for full membership at this time.”…
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Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invited to Paris for Gabriel Zucman’s tax-the-rich summit
The economist's big event comes shortly after the launch of his new book.…
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The Biollywood Podcast: Virus 32 (2022)
"n this episode of The Biollywood Podcast, the Director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Counc…
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Bad actors in China and Russia are already weaponizing Anthropic’s AI
Anthropic says foreign scientists, hackers and security services circumvented restrictions to use Claude for dangerous w…
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Macron’s space summit showed Europe isn’t ready to go to space without the US
The two-day gathering in Paris left some observers disappointed.…
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EU prosecutors should go after sanctions busters, top diplomat suggests
Kaja Kallas wants the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to be given a mandate to squeeze Russia's war machine.…
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Le Pen-Bardella, tandem en péril ?
Très attendu par ses troupes, le premier discours de Marine Le Pen en tant que candidate officielle du RN à la président…
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Farage donor scandal turns spotlight on UK polling industry
Former employees and clients of JL Partners say there have been other instances of funders not being declared.…
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Lagarde rejects far-left Mélenchon’s debt-cancellation plan
French presidential candidate renewed his call in August for the ECB to freeze pandemic-era government debt.…
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Lagarde brushes off exit gossip as ECB raises rates
ECB president has floated early ECB departure to play a role in the French presidential campaign.…
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Russia’s escalating bombing campaign is terrorizing Ukrainian schoolchildren
Russia's escalating bombardment of Ukrainian cities is terrorizing a generation of Ukrainian schoolchildren who are bein…
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German foreign minister urges voters to back Ukraine, NATO as far right surges
Johann Wadephul invokes the collapse of the Weimar Republic as the AfD’s historic Saxony-Anhalt win sharpens Germany’s g…
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France pushes back against English-first EU trade deals
Approval of deals with Indonesia and India risks being held up as Paris insists they be translated into all EU languages…
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As Russia’s invasion falters, Putin boasts of imaginary victories
Putin was caught lying about imaginary Russian victories again in September. His habit of exaggerating battlefield gains…
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Nearly two decades after the global financial crisis, a new regulatory era is dawning
Nearly two decades after the 2008 crash, the rules governing the world’s banks are being rewritten. But as the US, UK, a…
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UK Foreign Office gets first female leader
Lindy Cameron has been appointed to the top diplomatic role after a period of turmoil at the U.K. Foreign Office.…
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Sánchez’s release of declassified Ceuta files turns into ‘own goal’
Official notes show Spanish intelligence services warned of a mass incursion, contradicting the government’s claim that …
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Atlantic Council welcomes 2026-2027 class of Millennium Fellows
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 – Today, the Atlantic Council’s Millennium Leadership Program is excited to announce…