In response, U.S. President Donald Trump branded NATO a “paper tiger” and warned of reprisals. Earlier this month, he announced a cut of 5,000 troops from Germany over comments criticizing the war by the country’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz. A loose coalition of around 40 countries led by France and the U.K. has instead become the […]
Continue ReadingThe India-Africa summit was set to be held next week in Delhi after more than a decade.
Continue ReadingPublished on 05/22/2026 – 7:55 GMT+2•Updated 8:01 Also on today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Euronews’ Luca Bertuzzi Reports on the EU’s economic outlook for 2026 and what European leaders like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni or Hungary’s Péter Magyar are proposing to curb the energy crisis. Interview with Javi LopezVice-President of the European Parliament (S&D), on the EU-Mexico […]
Continue ReadingByTomasz LezonwithReuters, P.A.P Published on 05/22/2026 – 7:35 GMT+2•Updated 7:36 US President Donald Trump has announced he will send an additional 5,000 American troops to Poland. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Based on the successful election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to endorse, […]
Continue ReadingMay 22, 2026, 06:48May 22, 2026, 06:48 Ten years after the start of renegotiations, the European Union and Mexico will sign the modernized version of their trade and cooperation agreement from 2000 this Friday. This is intended to reduce further tariffs and trade barriers and update the framework for cooperation. EU Commission President Ursula von […]
Continue ReadingThere’s an ominous backdrop to this year’s GLOBSEC forum in Prague as the war in Ukraine strays into the skies over NATO’s Eastern flank. The last few weeks have seen an increasing number of drone incursions in the Baltics — Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — across EU airspace. And there are questions over America’s commitment to European security ahead of an important NATO summit in Ankara in July, following changes in American troop deployments, and whether the tide is really changing in […]
Continue ReadingThe White House abruptly delayed President Donald Trump’s signing Thursday of an executive order on artificial intelligence — as the president publicly distanced himself from the AI policy his staff had crafted and readied for his approval. The abrupt delay came after companies and trade groups had already been briefed on the forthcoming order and AI company […]
Continue Reading“It was not flagged during our G7 finance ministerial meeting earlier this week, so came as a surprise,” Dombrovskis said. “What we were discussing in G7 [is] actually that now is not the time to roll back sanctions against Russia because Russia is actually the country that is benefiting from the war in Iran and […]
Continue ReadingKing Charles III is alive, a British radio station now announced. The day before, the monarch’s death had been falsely reported. May 20, 2026, 10:21 p.mMay 20, 2026, 10:21 p.m An article by A British radio station apologized on Wednesday after it mistakenly reported the death of King Charles III the previous day. had reported. […]
Continue ReadingIn an inter-peninsula match-up between women’s teams that showed the limits of sports diplomacy, players from North Korea remained stone-faced — until they won.
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