BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces the threat of being ousted as soon as this weekend, just 16 months after entering office promising an ambitious reform agenda and vowing to bring back German leadership in Europe. Ahead of two key…
President Donald Trump pulled out one of his favorite words as he threatened retaliation if the European Union were to admit Canada as an associate member. Trump told reporters Wednesday that he might respond with “serious tariffs” if Canada were…
The House passed the sweeping Russia sanctions bill long championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday, sending the legislation to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature after more than a year of congressional maneuvering…
The seeming unanimity among artificial intelligence industry powerhouses about addressing AI’s potential threats to humanity is already splintering. Four days after OpenAI, Anthropic and Elon Musk locked arms behind a call to slow AI’s advances, a…
Social Democrat Leader Magdalena Andersson is on course to become Sweden’s next prime minister as her left-wing bloc holds an unassailable lead over the right and far right with 99.9% of results declared. By 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday night…
Pentagon leaders are racing to insert artificial intelligence into nearly every corner of the military, even as lawmakers scramble to figure out guardrails. Defense Department officials insist any slowdown in AI development could cede control to…
The Federal Reserve unanimously voted Wednesday to raise interest rates for the first time in three years and signaled it might hike again this year, a move that will test the delicate relationship between President Donald Trump and his new Fed…
BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen wanted to make a splash in her big speech. Instead, the European Commission president’s audacious offer of making Canada the EU’s first “associate member” has created a major diplomatic headache. The idea was not run…
victim to history’s first known autonomous artificial intelligence cyberattack said the government should do more to require transparency by advanced AI models — and ensure that their developers are held liable for harms their products cause. That…
BRUSSELS ― Ursula von der Leyen used a major speech on Wednesday to pitch Europe as the leader of a group of like-minded countries that want to hold their own against rival powers such as Russia and China. Not invited to join this EU-led coalition?…
BRUSSELS — European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed the EU take on a stronger role in security and tackling hybrid threats, reigniting a long-running turf battle with NATO over Europe’s defense. Speaking at her annual…
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music In this special episode from Strasbourg, Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart give their first take on the State of the European Union speech delivered by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. They look…
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague on Wednesday found former President Hashim Thaçi criminally responsible for war crimes carried out during the 1998-1999 war with Serbia and sentenced him to 25 years in prison. The court said Thaçi was…
Ursula von der Leyen used her State of the Union speech to unveil a raft of proposals aimed at making Europe better prepared for a world of threats — from sweltering summers to hybrid warfare, migrant crises and even TikTok. What the Commission…
A majority of Americans think artificial intelligence could someday destroy humanity. The stunning new finding from The POLITICO Poll underscores the depth of people’s anxieties about the rapidly developing technology — and how quickly public…
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement that the EU will explore “associate membership” for Canada came as a surprise to member countries — and left governments concerned about the potential trade-offs. During…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Washington cannot allow its Middle East policy to be “subservient to the State of Israel,” in a blunt assertion about a key regional ally from one of the Trump administration’s top figures and a leading 2028…
ATHENS — Ankara considers Greece’s militarization of the Aegean Islands a security threat, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, as tensions between the two neighbors rise. “We don’t want Greece to become a tool in the hands of those who wish…
LONDON — The U.K. government plans to update the Online Safety Act to clamp down on so-called “doxxing”— publicly sharing private or personal information about a person online without their consent — following the harassment of volunteers at a…
A tiny village in the south-East of England has symbolically “voted” to leave the U.K. in protest at the housing of asylum-seekers at a nearby military site. Residents in Piddington, Oxfordshire, have been angered by a U.K. Home Office plan to…
STRASBOURG ― Ursula von der Leyen used her State of the Union speech Wednesday to rally against a world that’s making Europe less powerful and poorer, where AI is threatening centuries of certainty and in which climate change risks destroying it…
U.S. prosecutors have charged five people allegedly working for Russian intelligence with conspiracy to finance terrorism and, in three cases, conspiracy to commit murder for hire. The charges, unveiled on Tuesday, also allege that the network…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants Canada to become the first “associate member” of the European Union, she said in her annual State of the Union address on Wednesday. “I would like to work with you on opening the door for…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said she would propose a new security forum for EU and like-minded leaders in response to escalating Russian attacks and fraying transatlantic relations. It’s part of a broader rethink…
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