Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday to transfer assets of Swiss food giant Nestle and three French groups to a company called LEV Management. Most Western companies quickly sold their Russian operations and holdings after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the Kremlin has since made it difficult for firms to […]
Continue ReadingPolls opened in Russia’s Far East on Friday as the country began three days of voting for its parliamentary election, the first since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin’s main party, United Russia, is poised to keep its grip on power alongside other parties aligned with President Vladimir Putin, as the only […]
Continue ReadingSir, – Sinéad O’Sullivan’s article on Europe’s changing future raises an important question for Ireland: how do we avoid becoming more peripheral in an expanding European Union (“Europe is entering a new phase. Ireland may lose out”, Opinion, September 16th)? One possibility is that we are looking at the map the wrong way. If Canada […]
Continue ReadingWhile a suspension would be in line with EU rules on the shipment of waste, it would also jeopardize the bloc’s most important market for trash. Last year, Turkey received a third of the EU’s exported plastic waste. The Commission assessment, dated Sept. 1 and obtained by POLITICO, reported a long list of concerns over […]
Continue ReadingIn an effort to quell open rebellion in his party that could come with these bad outcomes, Merz has pushed to line up support in advance of the elections, with some success. On Wednesday, all eight CDU state premiers released a public letter backing the chancellor and emphasizing, like Merz, the need for a stable […]
Continue ReadingRepresentative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, a Democrat, opposed the sale on Thursday. He warned “it could put the crown jewels of American military technology within reach of the Chinese Communist Party”. Other Democratic lawmakers and some American defence officials have raised similar concerns about giving F-35s to Saudi Arabia. They said Riyadh might share the […]
Continue ReadingOpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon plan to attend next week’s state dinner with President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, four people familiar with the event told POLITICO. The executives’ attendance at the White House summit signals artificial intelligence will likely be a key talking point during negotiations and comes as […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump on Thursday suggested the U.S. might set up its first Army base in Poland, a significant shift from earlier in the year when the administration sought to pull troops from the country. The Polish government, during Trump’s first term, proposed establishing “Fort Trump” to solidify ties between the two countries and use American troops […]
Continue ReadingThe bill “falls under the category of unfriendly actions, and of course the imposition of any additional sanctions by the U.S. would certainly complicate efforts to find a peace settlement in Ukraine,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday. The Indian foreign ministry said New Delhi had previously “very clearly articulated” the potential impact of […]
Continue ReadingReal Madrid’s French forward Kylian Mbappé is facing mounting criticism by Spanish and French conservative and far-right politicians for partially obscuring a t-shirt supporting residents of Ceuta, Spain’s territory bordering Morocco grappling with a migration crisis. Mbappé said he wore the t-shirt rolled up to show solidarity with “all the immigrants who have lost their […]
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