The European Union must remain vigilant and ready to respond firmly in case of new threats, President Emmanuel Macron said in Brussels ahead of an emergency EU leaders summit to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s public intends to acquire Greenland. FRANCE 24’s Nicholas Rushworth reports.
Continue ReadingThe chief of Spain’s diplomacy, José Manuel Albares, said in an interview with Euronews on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos that the EU should stand firmly behind its values, as some countries are threatening the use of force as foreign policy. He called on Europe to take full control of its […]
Continue ReadingEmmanuel Macron/X The Grinch had set sail from Murmansk in northern Russia, French officials said France says it has seized an oil tanker in the Mediterranean suspected of being part of Russia’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet”. French President Emmanuel Macron said the tanker, named the Grinch, was “subject to international sanctions and suspected of flying a […]
Continue ReadingNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Thursday that global inaction toward Iran and other authoritarian regimes is fueling mounting security threats, accusing Europe of relying on symbolism instead of real power at a moment of escalating danger. “Europe still feels more like geography, history, tradition — not a […]
Continue ReadingThe motion’s proponents argued that von der Leyen and her team of commissioners should be dismissed over their handling of the EU–Mercosur trade deal, which they claim undermines European farmers by opening up the European market to unfair competition. Three similar motions had already been defeated over the past seven months. The threshold needed to […]
Continue ReadingA spokesperson for Belgium’s foreign ministry told POLITICO on Thursday that it was “monitoring” the case together with the Belgian embassy in Astana. “We are providing our fellow citizens with the necessary consular support,” the spokesperson said. British actor Sacha Baron Cohen created the character Borat, a fictional Kazakh journalist, in a satirical TV show […]
Continue ReadingJapan has suspended operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant, hours after its restart, its operator has said. An alarm sounded “during reactor-start-up procedures” at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in Tokyo but the reactor remained “stable”, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) spokesperson Takashi Kobayashi said. Reactor number six restarted on Wednesday a day later than planned due […]
Continue ReadingMerz urged European nations to move swiftly to boost their defense spending and economic competitiveness in order to be able to exert power amid the “tectonic” shifts in the global order. At the same time, he urged Germans and other Europeans not to give up on the transatlantic alliance and NATO, advocating, in effect, a […]
Continue ReadingPaul KirbyEurope digital editor Aleksandr Gusev/SOPA Images Ukraine’s Volodymr Zelensky arrived in Davos on Thursday ahead of his talks with President Donald Trump (file pic) US President Donald Trump will meet Volodymyr Zelensky at Davos on Thursday, after his envoy Steve Witkoff expressed optimism about finalising a deal to end the war in Ukraine. “I […]
Continue ReadingBritain’s upper house of parliament voted on Wednesday in favour of banning under-16s from using social media, raising pressure on the government to match a similar ban passed in Australia. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he was not ruling out any options and pledged action to protect children, but his government wants to […]
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