Meta-owned WhatsApp could face the strictest rules for platforms under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA) as soon as the end of January, Euractiv has learned, although the exact timeline for the designation is not yet set. Designation – as a so-called very large online platform (VLOP) – would mean WhatsApp joining Meta-owned Instagram and […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 09/01/2026 – 12:10 GMT+1 A qualified majority of member states backed the Mercosur agreement on Friday, ending more than two decades of difficult negotiations between the European Commission and a group of Latin American countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – as well as years of internal EU division. France, Poland, Austria, […]
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS — A qualified majority of EU member states has approved the bloc’s trade deal with the Mercosur countries for signature, four EU diplomats said. France, Poland, Austria, Ireland and Hungary expressed their opposition while Belgium abstained. EU capitals now have until 5 p.m. on Friday to lodge any objections. Additional farm market safeguards that […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union (EU) has approved a trade deal with a bloc of South American countries, opening up a big new market for European producers but likely drawing backlash from farmers. The Mercosur trade deal has for years been a contentious flashpoint between efforts to expand the union’s global influence and the powerful farming lobby […]
Continue ReadingEven after the phone call with Trump, Gustavo Petro sees an attack by the US military as a “real threat”.Image: keystone After the situation between Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump seemed to have briefly defused, tensions are now rising again. Jan 9, 2026, 11:34 amJan 9, 2026, 11:34 am follow me Since the USA captured […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot restricts the service to paid subscribers after outcry over images of undressed women and children. Critics say that is profiting from the problem.
Continue ReadingElon Musk-owned AI chatbot Grok has limited image generation feature to paying subscribers of social media platform X – following a global outcry over users being allowed to create deepfake pornography, including undressing images of women and minors. “Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers,” the controversial AI chatbot Grok now states […]
Continue ReadingRussia’s defense ministry said the assault was retaliation for an alleged Ukrainian attack on Putin’s residence on Dec. 29 — a claim that Kyiv has denied. “It is absurd that Russia attempts to justify this strike with a fake ‘Putin residence attack’ that never happened,” Ukraine’s Sybiha said on X. “This is further proof that […]
Continue ReadingSwedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch was one of the latest high-profile victims. That post is no longer visible. “This post from grok has been withheld in [the] European Union based on local law(s),” it is now labeled. The European Commission ordered X on Thursday to retain “all internal documents and data relating to Grok” — […]
Continue ReadingJan 9, 2026, 11:16 amJan 9, 2026, 12:06 p.m The US is not planning a second attack on Venezuela. This is what President writes on his platform Truth Social. “I have canceled the previously expected second attack, it looks like this is not needed,” said Trump. US President Donald Trump does not want to order […]
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