EU ambassadors on Wednesday authorised the European Commission to open negotiations with Morocco on a new fisheries deal, after the previous one was struck down in court. In 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the EU-Morocco fisheries and agricultural agreements breached the right to consent of the people of the disputed Western […]
Continue ReadingAs mountain glaciers melt at accelerating rates worldwide, the Ice Memory Foundation has opened the world’s first ice-core sanctuary in Antarctica to preserve disappearing ice for future climate research. Since 2000, mountain glaciers have lost between 2% and 39% of their ice, depending on the region, and around 5% globally, according to the Ice Memory […]
Continue ReadingPoland has attributed a massive cyberattack on the country’s power grid to Russia, warning that the Kremlin attempted to cause a blackout. Warsaw quietly warded off a major assault on the Polish electricity system over the Christmas break, a senior government figure said, drawing comparisions with a similar attack on a Finnish-Estonian power cable one […]
Continue ReadingMADRID – Spain will ask the EU to lift sanctions on Venezuela if the country’s interim leadership continues to take steps towards a democratic transition, Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said on Wednesday. Speaking to El País, almost two weeks after a US military operation in Caracas led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás […]
Continue ReadingGreenland’s leader has rejected US talk of annexation and paused the Arctic territory’s push for separation from Copenhagen, ahead of a crucial meeting with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. After days of growing frustration in Nuuk amid strained relations with Denmark, a press conference on Tuesday afternoon in Copenhagen […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch If a business creating the type of images produced by the AI chatbot Grok had been “set up in someone’s basement” it would have been raided by the Gardai […]
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Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Russia has summoned Poland’s ambassador to formally protest the detention of a Russian archaeologist, demanding his immediate release rather than extradition to Ukraine. Alexander Butyagin was arrested by Polish […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump on Monday announced a 25% tariff on any country trading with Iran, ramping up pressure on Tehran over its violent crackdown on a wave of protests. “Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done […]
Continue ReadingUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in talks with Canada and Australia in an effort to muster support for a potential international ban on social media X. It comes after the platform’s integrated AI assistant, Grok, was used to generate sexualised deepfakes of women and children. Starmer is in talks with Australia and Canada, who […]
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