President Donald Trump’s global trade war is taking on some unlikely adversaries — including remote islands with more penguins than people.
The list of 185 places hit Wednesday with a minimum 10 percent tariff include Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, Australian territories in the…
The GDPR is seen as one of Europe’s most complex pieces of legislation by the technology sector — and by businesses far and wide beyond tech — for how it forces companies doing business in Europe to manage their data and to handle the requests and rights of data subjects to that personal…
While France has “always had a cold relationship with the United States … no Italian government has ever questioned the relationship with the U.S. on defense,” Italian General Leonardo Tricarico, who was military advisor to several prime ministers, told POLITICO.
After Italy’s defeat in…
One person in government, granted anonymity to discuss a live policy issue, emphasized that the government will take its time. They stressed the consultation had been an important part of formulating the policy, rather than a fait accompli, adding: “There’s a danger that we get this badly…
But should they?
It’s easy to see why they think it is all inevitable: In the U.S., Trump pulled off a decisive electoral victory, winning the popular vote and brushing the Democrats aside in all swing states. Now MAGA is rampant; Trump and his best buddy Elon Musk are demolishing…
That’s plenty to be cracking on with, but even if you fall foul of the existing rules, the maximum penalty the Electoral Commission can impose is a laughable £20,000. That’s walking-around money for a democracy-loving billionaire.
Still, irksome transparency…
Beneath the American Midwest, on the continent of North America, the underside of Earth’s crust is dripping into the planetary interior.
There, blobs of molten rock are coalescing in the upper mantle of the planet, eventually gaining enough mass to precipitate deeper, a slow, gradual…
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, in Kyiv on a surprise visit, has warned against falling for Russia’s stalling tactics in peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
The outgoing German diplomat, on her ninth trip to Ukraine since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion in…
As part of an agreement with the World Bank, Ukraine will receive USD 432 million to restore transport infrastructure.
The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“Ukraine will receive…
“Instead of raising walls, we should bring down barriers,” Rasmussen said. “Europe will stand united. Europe will give robust and proportional answers.”
Norwegian Trade Minister Cecilie Myrseth said Trump’s decision to level 15 percent tariffs on Norway — which is not an EU…