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European leaders optimistic Trump listened to them on Ukraine ceasefire

But U.S. president “as always, talked a lot about what he would do, but in a way that no one could say what exactly he was going to do,” official tells POLITICO.

August 13, 2025 4:40 pm CET

Relying on AI in colonoscopies risks eroding doctors’ skills, study warns

Routine use of AI technology can cause the ability of specialists to detect precancerous growths to decline by a fifth, authors conclude.

August 13, 2025 2:24 pm CET

US says UK human rights record worsening thanks to online safety regime

The U.S. State Department blamed the U.K.’s Online Safety Act for chilling free speech, but got bits of the Act wrong.

August 13, 2025 2:14 pm CET

Iran faces renewed sanctions if nuclear talks don’t resume ASAP

France, Germany and the U.K. warn they will trigger the Iran nuclear deal’s snapback mechanism by the end of August unless direct talks with Tehran restart.

August 13, 2025 1:58 pm CET

French effort to create fresh state of New Caledonia collapses

Pro-independence group moves to scuttle a deal that Paris hoped would cool tensions in the Pacific Ocean island chain.

August 13, 2025 12:23 pm CET

EU’s appetite for debt sets up fight with ‘frugal’ countries

Brussels used the latest EU budget to shore up its power to issue bonds, setting up a fight with countries including Germany.

August 13, 2025 4:34 am CET

Summer book picks to escape the EU bubble

The world might be on fire, but the EU institutions are on summer break.

August 13, 2025 4:01 am CET

Europe will lose if it punishes Israel over Gaza, envoy warns 

Outgoing Ambassador in Brussels Haim Regev tells POLITICO “it is not safe” to be a Jew in Europe.

August 13, 2025 4:01 am CET

Britain’s unelected lawmakers risk public fury in delaying assisted dying

The House of Lords starts scrutinizing the divisive legislation next month. There’s no guarantee peers will follow MPs and back it.

August 13, 2025 4:00 am CET

Trump is talking to European leaders about his Putin meeting. They may still not get a say.

The president has shifted closer to NATO on Ukraine in recent months, and the upcoming meeting with Putin will be a test of that.

August 13, 2025 12:37 am CET

19 EU countries condemn Israel’s ‘restrictive’ aid rules in Gaza

Statement, also signed by countries including Canada, Japan and the U.K., ramps up pressure on Israel over starvation in Gaza.

August 12, 2025 10:06 pm CET

Ukraine’s asks in Alaska: A lasting ceasefire, security guarantees and billions in Russian payments

Kyiv is afraid to be left out of negotiations, while Trump might strengthen Putin just as Russia is beginning to feel the strain of the war.

August 12, 2025 10:02 pm CET
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Poland freezes Covid cash payouts after swingers’ club and yacht storm

Donald Tusk’s government vowed that “every złoty will be checked,” blaming the former Law and Justice administration for forcing a rushed rollout.

August 12, 2025 7:57 pm CET

Ukraine won’t give up Donbas, Zelenskyy vows

Handing Donbas to Russia without security guarantees will gift Putin a springboard for future invasion, Ukraine’s president says.

August 12, 2025 7:32 pm CET

EU to hold trade talks with key Pacific bloc, says New Zealand’s finance minister

LONDON — New Zealand and the U.K. are keen to see the EU do more trade with a key Pacific bloc as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs …

August 12, 2025 7:06 pm CET

Far-right AfD tops German popularity ranking in bombshell new survey

Between Alternative for Germany and France’s National Rally, populists continue to rise in Europe’s most powerful countries.

August 12, 2025 7:00 pm CET

Czech leader’s Dalai Lama visit sparks Chinese fury

Petr Pavel triggers Beijing (again).

August 12, 2025 5:35 pm CET

Israeli military takeover of Gaza would be ‘catastrophic,’ EU commissioner warns

Criticism mounts over Benjamin Netanyahu’s intensifying assault on the coastal enclave.

August 12, 2025 4:36 pm CET

‘Trusting Trump’s instincts’: White House sets modest expectations ahead Putin summit

Even as the president has repeatedly groused about Putin’s “bullshit” and double talk, the administration believes Putin has given signs that demonstrate this time is different.

August 12, 2025 12:17 pm CET

Russia pierces Ukrainian defense in Donetsk

Moscow is redeploying troops and preparing for new assaults with no sign of a ceasefire in sight, Kyiv’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday.

August 12, 2025 11:28 am CET

Trump extends US-China trade truce for another 90 days

The administration is increasingly seeking to fold non-tariff-related trade disputes into trade negotiations.

August 12, 2025 6:00 am CET

Lagarde’s ‘euro moment’ busted by dollar-linked stablecoins

European officials fear any hopes of the euro becoming a serious contender to the American currency will be quashed.

August 12, 2025 4:33 am CET

Bitter feud over bribe-convicted central banker deepens Slovakia’s budget woes

Prime Minister Robert Fico is trying to force out Slovak bank Governor Peter Kažimír and install his current finance minister.

August 12, 2025 4:33 am CET

China’s new ‘Air Silk Road’ brings thousands of tons of goods from Xinjiang to Europe

More than 40 freight routes now connect Europe to the region, where Beijing is accused of subjecting the Uyghur ethnic group to forced labor.

August 12, 2025 4:31 am CET
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