The push to decarbonise European steelmaking suffered a fresh blow last week as ArcelorMittal turned down more than €1bn in public subsidies to convert its German plants to run on greener hydrogen.
The company blamed the prohibitively high cost…
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EU Summit: What’s driving the agenda
EU leaders meet for a European Council summit in Brussels on Thursday, with talks due on the Middle East, Ukraine, and migration.
Most EU leaders arrived on Wednesday night fresh from agreeing lofty new defence spending targets at the NATO…
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Kyiv’s sleepless nights under fire
A wave of Russian night-time attacks on Kyiv have rattled a city hardened by three years of war, as millions of residents lose sleep to the sounds of sirens, drones and explosions as they pray that their homes will not be hit.
The barrages targeting the Ukrainian capital have been more intense…
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Merz und Reiche wollen Brüssel die Wirtschaftswende aufdrücken – POLITICO
HABECK KAM NICHT: Die Nachricht, über die POLITICO schon am Montag berichtet hatte, erreichte Robert Habeck offenbar erst gestern: Er sollte im Haushaltsausschuss zur geplatzten Northvolt-Förderung aussagen.
Party statt Northvolt: Offenbar wurde vergessen, Habeck rechtzeitig…
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Trump’s European tough-love approach pays dividends | EDITORIAL | Editorials
Critics have lambasted Donald Trump’s tough-love approach to Europe, but the president secured a major victory this week when NATO members agreed to devote more resources to their own defense.
The turnabout is long overdue.
During his…
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Watch: Ukrainian reporter asks Trump if US will sell anti-air missile systems to Kyiv; what president said
US President Donald Trump paused for an emotional moment with a Ukrainian reporter, who asked whether they would supply Patriot missiles in the war against…
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Wird Merz Europas neue Führungsfigur? – POLITICO
Nach Den Haag nun Brüssel – und Friedrich Merz bringt auch Kampfansagen mit. Vor dem EU-Gipfel fordert er weniger Regulierung, mehr Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und eine veränderte Migrationspolitik. Doch in der Union der 27 regiert manchmal eben auch das Misstrauen – und der…
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Ukraine proposes suspending Russia from UN peacekeeping over child rights violations
Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN Andrii Melnyk called on the Security Council to impose sanctions against states and individuals responsible for serious violations of children’s rights during armed conflicts.
This was reported by Ukrinform’s correspondent in New…
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Thailand further tightening controls on cannabis sales
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is further tightening control of cannabis by banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions.
Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis in…
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