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Africa’s message to the world: Do you want to be part of the next economic miracle?

Africa’s message to the world: Do you want to be part of the next economic miracle?

Cuts to international aid are a wake-up call that the continent’s nations need to find a way to bolster their own development. And for that, Africa needs investment.

May 5, 2025 4:00 am CET
Battle for next pope is about whether Rome is still the Church’s power base
Trump steps from the cloister to shake hands with world leaders in Vatican City
Sacraments and side-chats: Pope’s funeral overshadowed by Trump dealmaking 
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The complex legacy of Pope Francis

April 21, 2025 10:27 am CET
‘Parkinson’s is a man-made disease’: How a chemical Europe can’t quit may be driving the disease
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Penguins, seals and colonies: 5 mind-boggling tariffs in Trump’s ‘liberation’ plan

Why let penguins have all the fun?

April 4, 2025 4:02 am CET

Sweeping US tariffs hit some tiny targets around the world

President Donald Trump’s trade action hits several largely uninhabited places with little trade with anyone.

April 3, 2025 4:34 am CET

White House team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world 

National security adviser Mike Waltz’s team regularly set up chats on Signal to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza, Middle East policy, Africa and …

April 2, 2025 9:33 pm CET

Global health chiefs urge EU to step up amid US funding cuts

Significant foreign aid cuts threaten to undo decades of progress in global health.

March 28, 2025 4:20 am CET

Nearly 3M HIV deaths due to foreign aid cuts, study forecasts

Researchers warn that decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention could be undone.

March 27, 2025 11:07 am CET

US disarmament is a gift to its great power rivals

Despite its rhetoric, Washington’s busy organizing a historically unprecedented retrenchment of American power.

March 27, 2025 4:00 am CET
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Call for help: Eastern cement imports are killing EU industry

Cement imports from Ukraine to Poland surged 540 percent, from 101,700 tonnes in 2022 to 652,300 tonnes in 2024, threatening Poland’s and Europe’s cement industries.

March 26, 2025 9:30 am CET

US announces Black Sea deal with Russia and Ukraine

The region’s shipping safety has vexed the international community amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

March 25, 2025 5:24 pm CET

UK spending cuts leave anti-ISIS projects in limbo

Key security fund — whose schemes range from stopping ISIS recruitment to clearing deadly mines in Sri Lanka — faces uncertain future after cut to aid spending.

March 25, 2025 4:00 am CET

America’s global AIDS relief program is on the brink

President Trump is taking apart one of George W. Bush’s proudest achievements.

March 23, 2025 11:15 am CET

Russia could return to international sports scene, incoming Olympics chief says

The Olympic committee banned Moscow from competing as a team in the 2024 Paris Olympics because of the country’s incursion in Ukraine.

March 22, 2025 9:49 am CET

‘People will die’: UN food aid agency warns Trump-led Western donor cuts will see millions starve

With an $8.1 billion shortfall and the U.S. leading other Western countries in pulling support, the World Food Programme is making drastic aid cuts and scrambling to find donors.

March 21, 2025 4:23 am CET
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Italy’s release of a warlord puts Meloni’s entanglements with Libya under scrutiny

“Il caso Al-Masri” raises serious questions over Rome’s dealings with Libya.

March 17, 2025 4:00 am CET

Trump launches strikes targeting Houthis in Yemen

The attacks are the largest foreign military action taken to date by the Trump administration.

March 15, 2025 8:57 pm CET

Trump aid freeze decimates UN food agency: ‘It’s catastrophic.’

Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization suspends projects after U.S. stops $300M a year in funding.

March 12, 2025 6:00 am CET

How Keir Starmer’s aid cuts threaten Britain’s climate mission

The Labour government has promised to lead the world on climate change, but its renewed focus on defense has thrown those plans into uncertainty.

March 5, 2025 1:03 pm CET

Green diplomacy survives as UN strikes deal on biodiversity finance

COP16 talks in Rome yielded agreement on funding nature restoration in poorer countries — but some details remain vague.

February 28, 2025 10:35 am CET

5 awkward encounters between UK prime ministers and US presidents 

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump will likely be all smiles during their meeting Thursday — but a frosty encounter between the two nations’ leaders isn’t unusual.

February 27, 2025 4:01 am CET

EU eyes €200B secret weapon as Trump dominates Ukraine peace talks

Europe has significant leverage after being left out of key talks on ending the war in Ukraine, but will it use it?

February 25, 2025 4:15 am CET

Macron condemns deadly Mulhouse attack as ‘Islamic terrorist act’

One person was killed and several others injured in knife attack in the Alsace region of eastern France.

February 23, 2025 12:01 pm CET

Moroccan authorities expel EU lawmakers trying to enter Western Sahara

Officials “violently” forced MEPs back onto their aircraft after declaring them persona non grata, the would-be visitors said.

February 20, 2025 10:51 pm CET

5 takeaways in the EU’s big agriculture (and food) vision

EU tries to make farming sexy again — and keep farmers from revolting.

February 19, 2025 12:27 pm CET
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Why Europe’s satellite policies must support a new era of connectivity

We now have the technology to ensure people can stay connected no matter where they are — but we need the EU’s backing for it to become ubiquitous

February 19, 2025 12:08 pm CET

EU shouldn’t stray from spending rules despite defense needs, finance ministers’ chief says

But Donohoe acknowledged that it is “inevitable that in the years ahead, Europe will have to increase its defense expenditure.”

February 18, 2025 12:35 pm CET
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