With minimal Neanderthal archaeological sites connecting Eastern Europe and Eurasia, it had long been a mystery as to how Neanderthals traveled between the two regions between 120,000 years and 60,000 years ago. Researchers in a new study,…
Category: 3. Europe
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World Looking to Europe to ‘Resist,’ French Foreign Minister Says
When French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Jean-Noël Barrot last September as his new Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs—the fourth during eight years in power—some feared the 42-year-old economist might be totally eclipsed by the…
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Puzder gets a softer treatment in second Senate confirmation process
President Donald Trump’s pick to be ambassador to the EU got a much friendlier reception on Capitol Hill on Tuesday than during his failed bid for a Cabinet post in the first Trump administration.
Back in 2017, former fast food executive Andrew Puzder withdrew from consideration to be Labor…
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Private capital group Blackstone plots $500bn expansion in Europe
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Blackstone Group is preparing to significantly increase its investments across Europe as the private capital group bets…
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Europe’s Digital Ambitions Confront US Tariffs
Europe wants to go digital. Washington wants to go transactional. Brussels’ push for tech sovereignty risks clashes with the US — it’s already provoking them — but how far can Europe go to disengage from US tech?
The European…
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Poland’s Tusk set to win confidence vote, but faces uphill slog to govern – POLITICO
Dorota Łoboda, a parliamentarian for Tusk’s Civic Coalition, the largest party in the government and spokesperson for its parliamentary caucus, said the aim of the vote was to dispel suggestions that Tusk’s administration was wobbling after Nawrocki’s wafer-thin win.
“We want to…
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At the scene of Austria’s worst shooting in modern history
Eleven people have died in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, including a 21-year-old gunman who took his own life.
It is is the deadliest gun attack in the country’s recent history.
The BBC’s Bethany Bell visited where incident took place at Dreierschützengasse secondary school in…
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Macron says France will ban social media access for under-15s if EU takes no action
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ADVERTISEMENTPresident Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that France will ban access to social media for children under the age of 15 within “a few months” if this is not done at a European level.
“We must ban social media for those under…
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Is debt justified to increase defence investments?
ADVERTISEMENTThe EU is planning to borrow €150 billion on the financial markets for its new lending instrument Security Action for Europe (SAFE). It is one of the pillars of the Readiness 2030 plan, which aims to mobilise €800 billion for defence investment by the end of the…
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Grief and shock in Austria’s second city
Bethany BellBBC News in Graz
Watch: Austria in shock after school shooting in ‘safe and peaceful place’ There is shock, sadness and disbelief in Graz, after the worst shooting in modern Austrian history left 11 people dead, including the gunman.
“We never could have imagined that this could have…
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