Google could be hit with the largest fine yet under the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Zoya Sheftalovich and Kathryn Carlson explain why Brussels believes the tech giant is unfairly pushing its own services in Google Search and limiting what app developers can tell customers — and why the case is becoming another source of tension […]
Continue ReadingFriedrich Merz und Markus Söder einigen sich auf den engen Merz-Vertrauten Thorsten Frei als Nachfolger von Jens Spahn. Maximilian Stascheit über die anstehende Kabinetts-Rochade rund um womöglich Nina Warken im Kanzleramt und vielleicht Carsten Linnemann bald im Gesundheitsressort. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview ordnet Felix Schreiner, parlamentarischer Geschäftsführer der CDU/CSU-Fraktion, die Personalentscheidung ein. Er sieht in Frei den […]
Continue ReadingNow he controls the coffers — and insists he’s “burning with a passion” for the Treasury. Wes Streeting Wes Streeting had long been seen as coveting the top job. So when he quit as health secretary in May, criticizing the government’s “drift” and lack of “vision,” many expected a rapid bid to replace the prime […]
Continue ReadingThe approval notice lays out extensive conditions. For example, employees of Rosatom and TVEL are barred from entering the plant. “Access is only permitted in justified exceptional cases and when accompanied by the nuclear regulatory authority,” explained a spokesperson for the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment. The regulations also stipulate extensive safety inspections of the […]
Continue ReadingAt the same time, Berlin planned a competition involving Boeing Defence Australia and its MQ-28; German startup Helsing and Hensoldt and its CA-1 Europa; and Airbus and U.S. manufacturer Kratos with their XQ-58 Valkyrie. A NATO flag flies at the organization’s headquarters in Brussels on Sept. 12, 2025. | Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images But […]
Continue ReadingThe military alliance also agreed to raise its common funding budget to “up to EUR 6.5 billion” for next year, and signed off on its investment priorities for the next five years. For 2026, allies had agreed on a budget of €5.3 billion. Countries have held negotiations for months on the revamp of the alliance’s […]
Continue ReadingFederal agencies have committed more than $5 billion to an Energy Department-led effort to use artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific research, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios announced Wednesday. The funding marks one of the clearest signs yet of the Trump administration’s effort to reshape federal science spending, steering research dollars toward […]
Continue Reading“Why now? I have no answer on this question. I can’t see any reason for it,” said Bidnyi, a former bodybuilder. “Undermining the collective pressure that the international community has been building against the aggressor … it’s not a very honorable role for this organization.” The IOC said that the reversal did not represent any […]
Continue ReadingThe central bank has had to keep interest rates painfully high to keep a lid on inflation, at a time when the budget deficit is widening sharply. Its key rate currently stands at 14.25 percent. Businesses typically have to pay well above that rate for credit, and things aren’t made easier by the Kremlin competing […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a plan to impose a 100 percent tariff on generic drugs starting in August 2028 as part of a bid to push pharmaceutical production back to the United States. The tariff would then jump to 200 percent in 2029, if implemented, the president said in a social media post. “Effective August […]
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