Category: 3. Europe
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EU trade chief commits to WTO in Geneva following Macron doubts
Emmanuel Macron said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is not working and that several countries are breaking away from it, but in Geneva European Trade Commissioner Maroš Sefcovic renewed the EU’s commitment to multilateral world trade rules. ADVERTISEMENT European Trade… Continue Reading
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VW management to take €300 million pay cut following union pressure
ADVERTISEMENT Volkswagen managers will take pay cuts worth over €300m by 2030, according to comments published Wednesday from Gunnar Kilian, a VW human resources board member. Volkswagen’s board would lose a larger proportion of their salary than the rest of management or the workforce, Kilian… Continue Reading
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Has Rachel Reeves run out of money? – POLITICO
Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard are back for 2025 with their guide to the day ahead in politics in under 20 minutes. The economy is back in focus today in… Continue Reading
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Screen Actors Guild Awards cancel live nominations due to LA wildfires
The wildfires in Los Angeles have led to the cancellation of several entertainment events, including today’s live SAG nominations. ADVERTISEMENT The Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) nominations have cancelled an in-person announcement planned for today due to devastating wildfires… Continue Reading
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Fires, Horrors and Gaga: The most anticipated albums arriving in 2025
From Central Cee to Mogwai, via Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey, the already announced releases of 2025 sound mighty promising. Here are the 10 albums we’re looking forward to the most in the first half of the year. ADVERTISEMENT 2025 has a lot to live up to when it comes to music, as… Continue…
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Will an Austrian populist chancellor sit at the EU’s council table? | Radio Schuman
The centre-right Austrian People’s Party is currently negotiating with the far-right Freedom Party to establish a coalition government in Austria. ADVERTISEMENT What implications would Herbert Kickl’s rise to Austria’s chancellorship, as the leader of the Eurosceptic,… Continue Reading
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Crude oil price hit three-week high amid concerns over supply
Crude oil prices rose to a three-week high amid mounting concerns over supply disruptions and increasing demands. However, technical analysts caution that oil markets may be over-bought. Continue Reading
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Nvidia shares slide after hitting a record following new AI chip debut
Nvidia’s shares dropped more than 6% on Tuesday amid a broad-based selloff in technology stocks, following a record high reached the previous day after the unveiling of its new AI chips. Continue Reading
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‘If not for X…’: CEO Linda Yaccarino defends Elon Musk as UK child grooming and EU rows rage on
In a keynote appearance at CES in Las Vegas, the head of X claims Musk and the platform may have saved thousands of girls from grooming gangs. ADVERTISEMENT The head of X Linda Yaccarino mounted a robust defence of the platform’s owner Elon Musk on Tuesday in the face of criticism of… Continue Reading
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What we know about Elon Musk's attack on Keir Starmer over the grooming gangs scandal
A raft of erratic social media posts by the billionaire tech mogul has put a decades-long child sexual abuse scandal back under the political spotlight. Continue Reading