Sometimes, reality truly is the best satire. ‘The Hunger Games’ fans have been left outraged after this recent merchandise release… Here’s why.
Category: 3. Europe
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The Hunger Games fans are furious about this SHEIN collaboration – and for good reason
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Spain unveils €14B aid plan to counteract Trump tariffs – POLITICO
According to projections from the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Europe’s fastest-growing economy stands to suffer losses of up to €4.3 billion as a result of Trump’s tariffs this year.
The agri-food sector is expected to be the worst hit: Exports of domestic olive oil, which…
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Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court during Netanyahu visit
Hungary is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government has announced.
A senior official in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government confirmed this hours after Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who is sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in Hungary for a state…
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Trump’s tariff math is crazy, says ‘Wisdom of Crowds’ author – POLITICO
That approach meant Trump and his advisers simply took the U.S. trade deficit with the European Union — $235.6 billion in 2024 — and divided it by the bloc’s exports to the U.S., which totaled $605.8 billion.
The result was 39 percent, which the administration interpreted as the…
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Rubio reassures allies on US commitment to NATO – POLITICO
U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded that defense spending rise to 5 percent of GDP from the current target of at least 2 percent; Rubio said Washington is not expecting to hit that in “one or two years,” but there needs to be a clear pathway to that goal.
However, Trump’s comments…
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At least seven dead after migrant boat capsizes near Greek island of Lesbos
At least seven people, including two children, have died after a boat carrying migrants from Turkey to a nearby Greek island capsized, Greece’s coast guard has said.
A search and rescue operation off the northern coast of Lesbos recovered the bodies.
The coast guard said 23 people…
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US will stay in NATO, but it must be 'stronger', Marco Rubio tells his 31 counterparts
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reassured allies that Donald Trump is not anti-NATO and that the country will remain in the alliance, but he’s also asking his counterparts to make sacrifices and raise defence spending to 5%.
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Here's why President Trump's tariffs could benefit European consumers
President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping reciprocal tariffs, which were far steeper than many had anticipated, has sparked a global outcry. What do they mean for European consumers?
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Mass grave mystery: Archaeologists discover 150 Roman-era soldiers in Vienna
Archaeologists in Vienna have uncovered an incredibly rare Roman-era mass grave, possibly linked to Emperor Domitian’s Danubian campaigns.
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What we know about China's plans for a new supersonic jet that can fly 50% further than Concorde
Chinese media reported that the C949 would have a 50 per cent range boost over the Concorde and fly with a noise level like a blowing hairdryer.
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