In Britain, just a month after Starmer’s victory last year, riots broke out across the country, fueled by far-right extremists. The catalyst was the murder of three young girls aged 6, 7 and 9, in Southport, northwest England, by a Black teenager wrongly identified at the time on social…
Category: 3. Europe
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US wages war on woke fonts – POLITICO
The United States is breaking up with a font because it’s just not their type.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered American diplomats to use the Times New Roman font in official communications and drop Calibri, which was brought in during the Joe Biden administration and is now…
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Spin, half-truth or deceit? How political lies really work – POLITICO
Surfball was supposed to be the sport of the next generation – but it instead it was a fiction created by Peter Mandelson.
Lying in politics is nothing new, but after the budget, Rachel Reeves’ extraordinary pitch-rolling was viewed by some as an outright lie and others…
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EU banks should reduce their reliance on US Big Tech, top supervisor says
BRUSSELS — European banks and other finance firms should decrease their reliance on American tech companies for digital services, a top national supervisor has said.
In an interview with POLITICO, Steven Maijoor, the Dutch central bank’s chair of supervision, said the “small number of…
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UK defense minister warns ‘shadow of war knocking on Europe’s door’
WYTON, England — Europe must be prepare for war on its doorstep, British military chiefs warned Thursday as they detailed an unprecedented level of threat against the U.K.’s armed forces.
Speaking at the launch of a new British Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Defense Minister Al Carns…
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Trump enlists 5 allies to counter China on rare earths and tech – POLITICO
Beijing has wielded its dominance of the sector through export restrictions intended to hit back against the Trump administration’s aggressive tariff policy on Chinese imports.
The declaration also reflects U.S. concern about China’s massive investment in artificial intelligence and…
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‘We have not the luxury of time’: Von der Leyen on the need for defense
Only a few days ago, President Donald Trump lashed out at Europe in an interview with POLITICO as a “decaying” group of countries with “weak” leaders. In public at least, it didn’t ruffle European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
“I have always had a very good working…
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Alexei Navalny’s wife and political heir still has ‘big hopes’ for Russia – POLITICO
Navalnaya, who lives in exile, has become a prominent voice for anti-Kremlin Russians since the sudden and mysterious death of her husband in a prison camp north of the Arctic Circle in February 2024.
Even after Navalny’s death, Russian authorities have continued to crack down on…
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Europe must get its act together to regain global competitiveness, industry says – POLITICO
But there is hope — both for the pharmaceutical industry and beyond. Per Franzén, CEO and managing partner at EQT, a global investment organization, said he is seeing “an unprecedented interest to invest into Europe.”
“It’s a real window of opportunity, a unique moment in time for…
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Ukraine hopes to entice Trump with a ‘free economic zone’ in latest peace plan
Ukraine’s latest peace plan proposes a demilitarized “free economic zone” in the Donbas region where American business interests could operate — an attempt to bring President Donald Trump on board, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Trump, who sounded skeptical about…
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