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There’s also a 5 percent import duty on all foreign cars. Trading partners that have deals with Canberra — like Korea and Japan — saw that removed but are still charged the luxury car tax. The potential is there: Japan sold $8 billion worth of vehicles to Australia in 2024, with German only in fifth […]

The U.S. national debt is on track to reach $64 trillion within a decade as the federal government continues its trend of red-ink balances under President Donald Trump and Republican control of Congress. The Congressional Budget Office released its marquee report Wednesday on the U.S. fiscal outlook, estimating that the tax and spending package Republicans enacted last […]

BRUSSELS — Rome is again aligning with Berlin by saying that it’s not the time to discuss European joint debt as proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron — even though it’s an idea Italy has pushed for years. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Wednesday said while the government broadly agrees on the need for […]

UFO members working for regional subsidiary airline Lufthansa CityLine will be affected by the airline’s announced closure; operations and staff are expected to be relocated to a new subsidiary. VC said that pilots from both Lufthansa’s passenger and cargo operations will join the 24-hour strike after “a total of seven rounds of negotiations remained without […]

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But Bisha has now reportedly sued the Council of Ministers, the prime minister, a private company involved in the project and the National Agency of Information Society (AKSHI). She claims the government continued using her likeness beyond the agreed timeframe and scope — which was limited to the e-Albania platform. In court documents published by […]

Doyle served as Starmer’s first director of communications in Downing Street. His life peerage in the House of Lords was announced in December, and he joined the unelected chamber last month. “I think No. 10 did not know before they made the decision to give him the peerage,” one of Starmer’s ministers, Georgia Gould, told […]

The European Commission is expected soon to unveil proposals for how a “European preference” could operate to help boost the bloc’s production in strategic industries. Macron appeared increasingly isolated this week, with Germany knocking back his proposal for more joint EU debt to fund strategic investments, and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warning of […]

Last year, the program raised around $5 billion for Ukraine. Earlier this month, NATO chief Mark Rutte said he was “absolutely confident” the alliance could raise an additional $15 billion this year. NATO defense ministers will discuss aid for Ukraine when they meet in Brussels on Thursday. The announcement comes as the Ukrainian army is […]

That would be “an open declaration of war against Hungary,” the Hungarian premier warned Wednesday in a post on X. Orbán said that POLITICO had “published Brussels’ and Kyiv’s latest war plan, the five-point Zelenskyy plan.” “They have decided that Ukraine will be admitted to the Union as early as 2027,” he added. “They disregard […]