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The EU doesn’t really do knee-jerk reactions.

And when it comes to trade wars, it prepares its case, builds a consensus among its members — and saves its most painful retaliation until last.

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Apr 11, 2025
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Ukrainian boxing icon Wladimir Klitschko accused American podcaster Joe Rogan of spreading Russian propaganda on his show — and dared Rogan to invite him on for a chat.

Wladimir Klitschko jabs Joe Rogan for spreading Russian propaganda

Legendary Ukrainian boxer wants an invite onto the top U.S. podcast to rebut pro-Kremlin narratives.

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Nov 25, 2024
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The Russian cargo ship Ursa Major, that was alleged to be evacuating military personnel and materiel from Russian bases in Syria, sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain last night.

Russian cargo ship sinks off the coast of Spain

According to analysts, the ship was part of a mission evacuating Russian bases in Syria.

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Dec 24, 2024
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The Bundestag’s top intelligence experts are calling for a European spy network, warning that Europe can’t rely on intelligence from the United States amid growing uncertainty.

German lawmakers float ‘Euro Eyes’ spy network amid uncertainty on US intel

Senior German lawmakers sound alarm bells that a sudden cutoff could leave Europe dangerously exposed.

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Mar 9, 2025
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French President Emmanuel Macron led a final visit to Notre-Dame Cathedral today, allowing cameras into the iconic Parisian monument for the first time since it was engulfed in flames in April 2019.

Macron unveils first images of refurbished Notre-Dame

The official reopening of the Paris cathedral is scheduled for next week.

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Nov 29, 2024
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📸 “That moment when you realize your wife made the smart choice by staying home.”

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Jan 24, 2025
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Poland says it’s prepared to seek alternatives to Elon Musk's Starlink network to provide satellite internet access to Ukraine if the tech billionaire proves to be an "unreliable provider."

Poland ready to seek Starlink alternatives for Ukraine if Musk proves ‘unreliable’

Warsaw says it can spend its $50 million a year on other satellite providers to help Ukraine.

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Mar 9, 2025
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Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says

Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says

The European Union should focus on regulating large social media platforms instead of imposing bans for minors to use them, Estonia’s Education Minister Kristina Kallas said on Friday. Europe…

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Apr 10, 2026
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Hungarian lawmakers today passed a constitutional amendment that would ban Viktor Orbán from returning to power.

Hungarian parliament votes for 8-year term limit that would stop Orbán returning

The constitutional amendment, if made law, would prevent a repeat of Viktor Orbán’s 20-year stint as prime minister.

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Jun 15, 2026
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Friedrich Merz did not even wait for the final results in Germany's election before delivering what could well be a defining verdict on US President Donald Trump, consigning Europe's 80-year alliance with the Americans to the past.

Germany’s Merz seeks ‘independence’ from Trump’s America, warning NATO may soon be dead

Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.

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Feb 23, 2025
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🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf.

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Mar 31, 2026
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Some voiced outrage in response to the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

In a new interview, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo shared her response to the critics: “Fuck the reactionaries, fuck this far right, fuck all of those who would like to lock us into a war of all against all."

‘Fuck the reactionaries’: Paris mayor to Olympics opening ceremony critics

Anne Hidalgo blamed the far right for stoking divisions in French society.

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Aug 6, 2024
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Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.

Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest

Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.

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Mar 22, 2025
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🚨 BREAKING: Prosecutors asked that far-right French lawmaker Marine Le Pen be found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison — a judgment that threatens to torpedo her expected presidential bid.

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Prosecutors ask for sentence barring Marine Le Pen from running for president in embezzlement trial

The three-time presidential candidate is accused of having embezzled EU funds, charges she denies.

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Nov 13, 2024
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🚨 BREAKING: European leaders rallied to defend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance subjected him to a tirade of withering and infantilizing abuse in the Oval Office.

Full story:

‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack

France, Germany and Poland all make prompt declarations of support, as Europe fears Trump’s alignment with Putin.

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Feb 28, 2025
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Germany’s incoming government says it will press the European Union to finally add some bite to its bark over misbehaving countries.

It's a thinly veiled reference to Viktor Orbán’s Hungary.

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Mar 31, 2025
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said today that tech billionaires want to use social media “to overthrow democracy” — adding he’ll push EU leaders to take action.

Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says

“The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression.”

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Jan 22, 2025
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Former French President François Hollande said the US government under President Donald Trump is "no longer an ally."

Trump is ‘no longer an ally,’ former French President Hollande says

Hollande didn’t fault his successor Macron’s attempts to woo Trump but expressed skepticism at the tactic’s efficiency.

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Feb 28, 2025
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🚨 BREAKING: Romania’s top constitutional court has annulled the country’s presidential election, after security services warned the vote had been distorted by a mass Russian influence campaign to favor a far-right candidate.

Romanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fears

Constitutional court throws Romanian politics into turmoil, 2 days before runoff vote was due to take place.

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Dec 6, 2024
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🚨BREAKING: Romania is on track to buck the global trend of a hard-right pivot as reformist candidate Elena Lasconi was forecast to beat nationalist George Simion to reach the final round of the country’s presidential election.

Romanian election: Reformist candidate on track to beat hard-right leader and reach presidential runoff

Liberal Elena Lasconi and center-left Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu are forecast to come out on top in the first round of the vote Sunday, early exit polls showed.

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Nov 24, 2024
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Ukraine's ambassador to the UK accused the US under Donald Trump of "destroying" the world order.

Trump’s US destroying world order, says Ukraine’s UK ambassador

Valery Zaluzhny said the White House was making ‘steps towards the Kremlin’ — but the Ukrainian government distanced itself from his remarks.

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Mar 6, 2025
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French President Emmanuel Macron said today that Vladimir Putin is “lying” about his desire to peacefully end the war in Ukraine, pointing to the Kremlin’s massive attack on Kyiv earlier in the day that left at least eight people dead.

Trump should direct anger at Putin, who ‘must stop lying’ about Ukraine, Macron says

The French president’s impassioned plea came during a conversation with reporters while in Madagascar.

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Apr 24, 2025
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The Latvian parliament voted to bar Russian and Belarusian citizens from buying real estate in the country.

Latvia ramps up crackdown on Russians with real estate purchase ban

Riga also wants prohibition on Kremlin soldiers from entering the Schengen Area.

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Jun 20, 2025
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French President Emmanuel Macron said today that the European Commission was readying a new package of sanctions against Russia "in the coming days" in cooperation with the United States.

Macron says Europe readying new sanctions package against Russia ‘in coming days’

The French president said conversations were taking place with the U.S. administration.

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May 13, 2025
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Take that, Elon Musk!

Belgian railways, Brussels metro STIB and Flemish bus company De Lijn have quit social media platform X, the companies announced today.

Belgian public transport companies quit Elon Musk’s X

Get your service delay info somewhere else!

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Mar 19, 2025