Category: Politico News

Fuhr underscored the scale of the project, saying that if Canada buys all 12 submarines and builds the required infrastructure on both coasts, “this could be the biggest procurement Canada does.” However, the move would not amount to a final contract award, but would push one of the two qualified suppliers into detailed negotiations with […]

HOUSTON — The U.S. military is escorting ships carrying approximately 7 million barrels a day of crude oil and fuel products through the Strait of Hormuz, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Friday. That amount would bring the oil supply flowing through Hormuz to about half of what it was before the United States and Israel […]

At present, NATO members dictate rules of how and where specific national weapons can be used. Under the terms of the new proposal, Grynkewich would have greater flexibility in shifting assets across the alliance and setting alert readiness levels of military kit without seeking formal approval, the officials said. The proposal would also formally fold […]

Do you see the risk that more fiscal restraint enacted by a “technical” administration could increase voters’ distrust in politics and fuel more support for the populist far right? Yes, the risk is real, and I take it seriously. Fiscal restraint that is perceived as unfair — restraint that touches the citizen first and the […]

Packed prisons have been a recurring topic in Belgium for months. Two weeks ago, the director of Haren Prison in northern Brussels resigned due to frustrations over the conditions and staffing shortages. Belgium prison staff have also repeatedly staged strikes in recent months. A mid-May report by a prison oversight body found that Belgium’s prison […]

“2029 is not a German timeline. It’s NATO-agreed intelligence,” Freuding said. “All 32 NATO partners agree that Russia might have the capability to invade a NATO partner country in 2029.” But he warned that Russia could move before then, despite the war in Ukraine entering its fourth year and Kyiv saying that Moscow has suffered […]

Meta is largely tuning out a suggestion from President Donald Trump that the U.S. government should forge a financial partnership with top artificial intelligence companies, the social media giant’s chief global affairs officer said Wednesday. “Honestly, it’s just not something that I’ve spent — we’ve spent a ton of time on,” Joel Kaplan said during […]

The EU wants to bar former or current soldiers who have served the Russian armed forces from entering the bloc, according to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. “Europe’s door should not be open to Russia’s (ex-)combatants,” she wrote on X. The measures include new export restrictions on goods that could be used by Russia’s […]