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…
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy look at how political communication has changed – from Keir Starmer’s government paying influencers to promote its message, to Andy Burnham putting himself front and…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to invite the main artificial intelligence companies to discuss industry efforts to impose a slowdown of AI development, she will say in her State of the European Union speech on Wednesday…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will use her State of the Union speech on Wednesday to reiterate her warning over the EU’s ballooning trade deficit with China, as Brussels steps up negotiations with Beijing ahead of a key October…
LONDON — A top aide to ex-Prime Minister Keir Starmer wanted the government to set up a think tank that would sit outside the usual scrutiny which applies to 10 Downing Street, he told a private event Tuesday. Morgan McSweeney came to believe it…
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is giving her State of the European Union address this morning … her biggest set-piece speech of the year. Host Zoya Sheftalovich is at the European Parliament in…
Ursula von der Leyen hasn’t won the hearts and minds of EU citizens — if they know her at all. In a POLITICO poll conducted by pollster Public First across three major EU countries, only about one in five German and Spanish respondents said the…
LONDON — Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is spoiling for a legal fight against Labour’s attempt to prevent record-shattering donations from reshaping British politics. The insurgent right-wing party plans to carry on spending the £72 million donated over…
SAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the AI industry doesn’t need any new laws Tuesday during San Francisco’s annual Dreamforce megaconference hosted by Salesforce billionaire Marc Benioff, doubling down on arguments that have also been…
OpenAI is supporting a slate of bills that the company says will help prevent artificial intelligence models from supercharging the threat of biological weapons and synthetic viruses. The bills aim to improve access to data needed to build AI…
Chancellor Friedrich Merz will not fly to New York next Tuesday to attend the United Nations General Assembly as planned. The cancellation comes amid intense discussions about Merz’s political future and a possible change in German leadership…
The first five months of the Iran war cost the U.S. $38 billion, according to Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper, the most comprehensive look at the extended military conflict ahead of the midterm elections. The Congressional Budget Office said…
President Donald Trump called AI concerns a “hoax.” One of the country’s leading AI companies said Tuesday it’s hoping Washington will still act. OpenAI, which this weekend called for federal safety measures alongside its rival Anthropic, said it…
BRUSSELS — France has a week to reassure fellow EU countries that its push to remove a controversial Russian-Uzbek billionaire from the bloc’s sanctions list won’t start a free-for-all that fractures restrictions on Moscow. Ambassadors failed to…
BRIGHTON, England — The U.K. government must commit to spending 3 percent of GDP on defense by 2030, one of Britain’s most powerful union leaders told POLITICO. Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union, said in an interview that the U.K…
LONDON — Mark Carney and Andy Burnham meet for the first time Wednesday — and it’s not just a love of Everton Football Club uniting the Canadian prime minister and his newly-installed British counterpart. The meeting of the two world leaders is set…
LONDON — The Welsh leader of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK resigned Tuesday after being arrested on suspicion of assault. Dan Thomas, who led the party in the Welsh parliament, said in a statement he was standing down from his role for “personal…
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Deezer Plus possible de se dérober : Edouard Philippe s’apprête à dévoiler enfin sa réforme des retraites, cinq ans après avoir promis qu’il était prêt à décaler l’âge légal de départ à 65, 66 ou 67 ans. Plusieurs fois…
BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen’s handling of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit has turned into an awkward diplomatic mess, with one leading MEP branding her conduct “unacceptable.” Carney will be watching as the Commission president…
House Democrats have demanded that Donald Trump Jr. preserve all records, documents and communications related to his relationship with Umar Kremlev, the Russian oligarch who reportedly paid for parts of Trump Jr.’s, wedding celebrations in the…
GENEVA, Switzerland — Failure to reform the World Trade Organization could shrink the global economy by about 10% by 2050, a new report from the international body said Tuesday. The alert comes as the WTO struggles to reform itself in a period of…
Dutch police are investigating a suspected act of sabotage after large parts of the country’s rail network came to a standstill Tuesday morning, causing delays and cancellations for passengers across central and northern parts of the Netherlands…
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