A cluster of cases aboard the ship off Cape Verde may be linked to a type of hantavirus found in Argentina that can spread from person to person, the World Health Organization said.
Continue ReadingA cluster of cases aboard the ship off Cape Verde may be linked to a type of hantavirus found in Argentina that can spread from person to person, the World Health Organization said.
Continue ReadingEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on European cars, warning Washington to stick to the terms of its trade deal with Brussels. Speaking out for the first time since Trump’s Friday announcement that he would impose 25 percent tariffs on EU-made automobiles, von […]
Continue ReadingWas deposed: Ilie Bolojan.Image: keystone May 5, 2026, 1:59 p.mMay 5, 2026, 1:59 p.m In Romania, the pro-Western government under the bourgeois Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan was deposed by a vote of no confidence with a large majority in parliament. The opposition right-wing extremist faction AUR submitted the application together with the Social Democrats (PSD), […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 05/05/2026 – 13:52 GMT+2 Sweden’s government said on Tuesday it would push forward with a plan to form a new spy agency targeting overseas threats, part of a wider rethink prompted by Russia’s war in Ukraine. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The new agency would be called Sweden’s foreign intelligence service (UND) and would start operations […]
Continue ReadingThe US and Iran’s determination to keep the pressure on each other has put the fragile Gulf ceasefire in serious jeopardy.
Continue ReadingThe move came as a surprise to the Socialists & Democrats group in the European Parliament, to which the PSD belongs. After spending years scolding the center-right European People’s Party for forging similar alliances with the far right, the developments in Romania put the EU’s premier center-left group in an awkward spot. Bolojan and his […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 05/05/2026 – 12:51 GMT+2 NATO is still assessing the broader implications of the US decision to cut at least 5000 US troops from NATO territory, senior military spokesman Col. Martin O’Donnell told the Europe Today show. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The 32-member alliance currently hosts around 80,000 US forces across European territory, and O’Donnell says […]
Continue ReadingAn oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.Image: keystone May 5, 2026, 12:37 p.mMay 5, 2026, 12:38 p.m According to the European Union’s Energy Commissioner, Dan Jørgensen, the world is confronted with “probably the worst energy crisis of all time”. “Since the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East, the member states of the […]
Continue ReadingThe EU’s 27 finance ministers have reacted cautiously to US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on EU cars. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Meeting for an Economic and Financial Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday, the ministers said they would adhere to the framework agreed with the US in July 2025, which limits […]
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