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EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition

The latest attempt to curb AI companies is ensnarled in an epic lobbying battle involving the Trump administration.

May 6, 2025 4:17 am CET

Poland went all in on chickens. Then came bird flu.

A deadly wave of avian influenza, industry-led policy and deepening ethical and biological risks are exposing flaws in the world’s most efficient meat machine.

May 5, 2025 4:20 am CET

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

UK is ‘compliant servant of communist China,’ Trump’s trade adviser says

“If the Chinese vampire can’t suck the American blood, it’s going to suck the U.K. blood and the EU blood,” Peter Navarro tells the Telegraph.

May 4, 2025 5:06 pm CET

Warren Buffett shocks shareholders by saying he intends to retire at year end

Earlier, Buffett warned Saturday about the dire global consequences of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

May 4, 2025 9:45 am CET

‘Anything can happen’: Trump doesn’t seem fazed by recession worries

Trump has blamed shaky economic numbers on his predecessor.

May 3, 2025 5:42 pm CET

Poland criticizes Germany’s plan for tougher border controls

Just days before his debut visit to Warsaw, Chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz already hit a diplomatic snag.

May 2, 2025 5:10 pm CET

Europe leads world in media freedom rankings — but Greece trails again

Northern and Western Europe are the best places in the world to be a journalist, according to a new report.

May 2, 2025 11:19 am CET

JD Vance admits Putin’s war in Ukraine won’t end ‘anytime soon’

U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the conflict have proved fruitless so far.

May 2, 2025 10:19 am CET

Global financial rule-makers risk losing relevance if Trump pulls back entirely

Without the firepower of the U.S., global regulators would be hamstrung in their efforts to contain a future financial crisis.

May 2, 2025 4:45 am CET

Save our Steel: Trump’s tariffs and Chinese overcapacity force governments to act

Governments the world over are racing to keep their steel industries alive. From the U.K. to France, the EU and Australia: Billions are reserved to counter global overcapacity and Donald Trump’s steep tariffs.

May 2, 2025 4:44 am CET

Ryanair could stop buying Boeing if Trump tariffs bite, CEO warns

The Irish budget airline is Boeing’s biggest customer in Europe.

May 1, 2025 1:57 pm CET
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Financing scandal rocks Greece’s ruling party

Opposition parties demand probe into links between a PR company and the New Democracy party of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

May 1, 2025 4:01 am CET

France wants EU parcels levy to stem flood of cheap Chinese fast fashion imports

France fears U.S. President Donald Trump’s China tariffs will flood Europe with cheap goods via small parcels.

May 1, 2025 4:00 am CET

16 countries to ask EU for fiscal leeway to spend big on defense

Germany is the only one of Europe’s big five economies to take up the EU executives offer.

April 30, 2025 10:38 pm CET

Microsoft would push back against Trump order to suspend European cloud operations

Company to change contracts amid concerns that services will get tangled in US-EU fight.

April 30, 2025 10:19 am CET

China to lift sanctions on EU lawmakers to unlock trade talks

Donald Trump’s trade war is pushing China and the EU closer together despite their differences.

April 30, 2025 5:07 am CET

Trump’s tariffs could sink gas deal with Europe, top energy boss warns

EU firms want to buy more American energy — but not if it becomes pricier.

April 30, 2025 4:01 am CET

Von der Leyen slams Trump: We don’t punish neighbors

Commission president criticizes the American leader’s trade war, approach to other countries and targeting of universities.

April 29, 2025 7:27 pm CET
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April 29, 2025 10:00 am CET

Battle over top Italian insurer Generali pits oligarchs against Milan elite

A fight for control over a vast chunk of Italy’s debt pile tests Rome’s influence and could reshape the Italian financial system.

April 28, 2025 4:46 am CET

Why US and China economic own goals give Europe an unlikely chance of glory

Washington and Beijing are trading tariff blows. The EU could come out on top ― if it can rise to the challenge.

April 26, 2025 5:18 pm CET

Trump talks tariffs. The EU talks free trade with the rest of the world.

With the United States throwing up the highest trade barriers in a century, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is on a mission to do trade deals with everyone else. 

April 25, 2025 4:31 am CET

The jaded English town where Nigel Farage could hammer Labour

Westminster is champing at the bit to see if Reform UK wins a crucial by-election against Labour next week. Locals are indifferent.

April 25, 2025 4:00 am CET
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