Iceland summons U.S. envoy over Trump map depicting it in stars and stripes
A Trump post showed the country, along with Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Greenland, covered in red, white and blue, and labeled “United States of America.”
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Eiffel Tower reopens after row over limits on women staff
The Eiffel Tower reopened Tuesday, a day after one of the world’s most-visited landmarks was closed by a strike to protest what a union official called “unacceptable” management instructions limiting the presence of women during a visit by a Hindu religious group close to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling nationalist party.
Continue ReadingRoman shipwreck off Sicily yields hundreds of intact ancient amphorae
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists recently uncovered a roughly 2,100-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sicily — along with hundreds of remnants of its ancient cargo. The discovery was announced last month by the Italian Ministry of Culture. The ruins are about three miles off the coast of Mazara del Vallo, […]
Continue ReadingFrance calls for new EU taxes to raise €60B – POLITICO
There are lingering concerns that a bad budget deal for France could boost the far-right National Rally, which is ahead in the polls and has campaigned to halve Paris’ contributions to the EU budget. During a closed-door discussion on Tuesday, France’s ambassador to the EU, Philippe Léglise-Costa, told colleagues that new EU-wide levies should generate […]
Continue ReadingEU court rules in favor of Ikea against Belgian far-right party – POLITICO
The firm sued Vlaams Belang in Belgium in November 2022, alleging trademark law infringement. The Belgian business court then asked the CJEU for its advice on how to strike the balance between freedom of expression and the right of a business to defend its trademark. “It does not appear that the use of the Ikea […]
Continue ReadingFrench AI startup Mistral valued at over 21 billion euros after latest funding
French AI company Mistral announced Tuesday that it had raised three billion euros ($3.5 billion) in what it described as the largest-ever European tech fundraising, valuing the startup at over 21 billion euros. While still an upstart compared to the AI giants OpenAI or Anthropic, Mistral says it is carving a niche by offering models that companies can […]
Continue ReadingEl Niño ‘supersized’ as countries race to prepare for extreme weather, UN warns
The world has entered a “danger zone of extreme weather” as the impacts of El Niño start to be felt globally, UN head António Guterres has warned. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released the latest data on the natural weather phenomenon showing it could be the strongest for more than 70 years and last […]
Continue ReadingCanada looks to Europe as Trump escalates trade war but EU membership ‘not on front burner’ – The Irish Times
Canadian membership of the EU is “not on the front burner right now” but Canada is strongly aligned with the EU in a variety of areas, the Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand says. Canada would also continue to closely co-operate with the bloc on security, she says. Anand was speaking to The Irish Times in […]
Continue ReadingDublin tests Europe’s budget red lines – POLITICO
At the informal General Affairs Council in Dublin today, the EU’s next 7-year budget is set to dominate the agenda. The talks are still in deadlock over the size of the money pot … but the red lines of various capitals are starting to take shape. On today’s episode, host Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart […]
Continue ReadingTrump $1 coin makes him first living president on US currency in a century
Donald Trump’s portrait has made its way on to a US coin – the first time a living president has appeared on American currency in a century. On Wednesday, the US Mint launched the $1 coin with a portrait of Trump alongside the words “LIBERTY” and “IN GOD WE TRUST”, to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. […]
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