Now “is the worst possible time for the United States to participate in a military strike on Iran,” conservative commentator Tucker Carlson warned in a post on X on Monday. “Nothing would be more destructive to our country. And yet we’re closer than ever, thanks to unrelenting…
Category: 3. Europe
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Trump fires a top US military official to NATO
President Donald Trump has fired one of the top U.S. military officers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, adding greater uncertainty over America’s role in the nearly eight-decade alliance.
Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. representative to NATO’s military committee, was…
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Brussels eyes 25 percent levy on various US goods in response to Trump’s metals tariffs – POLITICO
The European Commission is considering slapping tariffs of up to 25 percent on a broad range of exports from the United States in response to tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to an internal Commission document seen…
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Dutch cannabis growers welcome expansion of scheme to legalise sales
The Netherlands has expanded a government-run initiative allowing legal cannabis sales.
While growing cannabis is still illegal, cannabis shops — known as coffeeshops — in 10 municipalities will be allowed to sell marijuana from 10 licensed producers.
“Weed was sold here legally…
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EU agonizes over using its trade ‘bazooka’ to hit back at Trump’s mega tariff – POLITICO
The final list of countermeasures prepared by the Commission to respond to Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, which entered force on March 12, will not fully match their estimated impact of €26 billion on EU exports, Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said after the talks. That’s
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Bruxelles pourrait cibler les Gafam, mais ce n’est pas si simple – POLITICO
Les universitaires peuvent être aussi influents que les “tech bros” pour inciter les dirigeants politiques à investir dans l’intelligence artificielle, mais aussi à définir des garde-fous.
Feb 10
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King Charles arrives in Rome on first overseas trip since brief hospitalisation
King Charles arrived in Rome on Monday for a state visit to Italy on his first overseas trip since being briefly hospitalised for the side effects of cancer treatment.
Charles is traveling with Queen Camilla on the four-day visit, which includes the first address to the Italian…
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Six cases of child malnutrition found in Samos migrant camp, medical charity says
A medical charity working in Greece says it has diagnosed six children living in a migrant facility on the eastern island of Samos as suffering from malnutrition, the first time its doctors have made such a diagnosis since the facility opened in 2021.
The Greek section of Doctors…
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EU trade minister near agreement on first round of retaliatory tariffs against US
Trade ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday neared agreement on a list of US goods to target in response to the recent US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium.
But a second round designed to reply to the blanket 20% tariff on other imports from the bloc, and a flat…
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German stock markets plunge into uncertainty following Trump's tariffs
European markets, including the DAX, continue in freefall after US President Donald Trump announced far-reaching global tariffs.
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