The border with Ukraine is 250km away. But sometimes the front line feels much closer. This part of Russia, Lipetsk region, like many others, has been targeted by Ukrainian drones. Around Yelets the authorities have installed emergency shelters. I spot one at a bus stop, another in a park.

EU foreign ministers are gathering in Brussels with one clear goal: to agree on a 20th sanctions package against Russia. But Hungary is threatening to block it — linking its support to a growing energy standoff with Ukraine over disrupted oil flows through the Druzhba…

Donald Trump verschärft seinen Zollkurs. Trotz eines Urteils des Supreme Court, das seine bisherige Praxis für unrechtmäßig erklärt. Statt einzulenken, kündigt er neue Zölle von zunächst 10, dann 15 Prozent auf Importe aus aller Welt an. Ein offener Machtkampf zwischen…

First, data sharing. Solving complex public sector challenges with AI depends on information flowing safely across organizational boundaries. In practice, this means making it easier for departments and agencies to reuse data that already exists. While most public sector organizations have…

Laurent Wauquiez, a prominent lawmaker from the neighboring region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes who used to lead the Les Républicains conservative party, has been pushing hard to ensure his constituency hosts much of the action.

The president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region,…

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As the war in Ukraine rages on, U.S. production lines must operate at capacity to supply munitions other nations cannot, such as U.S. air defense systems and their interceptor missiles and F-16 ammunition and spare parts. This is particularly true as the U.S. strives to meet its own defense…

“We condemn both extreme-left and extreme-right wrongdoing,” said a government official, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly on the sensitive topic. “But there has been a complacency toward the far left, a sort of romanticism in France about the radical left that is…