EU Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius (left) and Polish government representatives signing a loan agreement under the SAFE program in Warsaw.Image: keystone May 8, 2026, 9:47 p.mMay 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m After a long domestic political dispute, Poland has signed a contract for the payment of an EU arms loan worth billions. Defense Minister Wladyslaw […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 08/05/2026 – 20:52 GMT+2•Updated 23:28 Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a presidential decree on Friday night, confirming he would “permit” Russia to hold the Victory Day parade on Saturday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Taking into account numerous requests, and for humanitarian purposes outlined during negotiations with the American side on May 8, 2026, I hereby decree: […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Commission Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu said in an interview with Euronews on Wednesday that she is committed to eliminating poverty in the EU within 25 years. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Her comments followed the Commission’s presentation of its first-ever anti-poverty strategy, which aims to eradicate extreme poverty and social exclusion by 2050 through non-binding recommendations and best […]
Continue Reading“Lots of people feel very strongly, both about their local services as they should do and feel equally strongly about the fact that there’s a reprehensible genocide happening,” he said. The extra scrutiny facing the Greens in recent days does appear to be having an impact — and not in the direction Polanski wants. A […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 06/05/2026 – 16:28 GMT+2 France’s aircraft carrier strike group is moving south of the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea in preparation for a potential mission as part of a French-British plan for the Strait of Hormuz, the French armed forces said on Wednesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The southward repositioning of the nuclear-powered […]
Continue ReadingIf confirmed, the change marks a dramatic departure from the law’s initial form, which was designed to cover all sectors and uses of artificial intelligence. But Germany has faced resistance from a group of ten countries that warned that settling AI under sectoral law amounted to “deregulation, not simplification.” The decision comes as part of […]
Continue ReadingGoldman Sachs research shared with POLITICO estimates that commercial jet fuel stocks in Europe, excluding government reserves, could fall to below 23 days of supply by the end of May or early June. That is a critical threshold flagged earlier by the International Energy Agency, beyond which airports may begin to face shortages. This would occur under […]
Continue ReadingTwo cases of the virus, which rarely spreads between humans, have been confirmed on the ship, and three people have died.
Continue ReadingPublished on 05/05/2026 – 16:29 GMT+2 Ukraine struck a critically important military-industrial complex in Russia on Tuesday, just days before the Kremlin’s Victory Day parade on May 9. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy published a video of launches of domestically-made Flamingo cruise missiles, which he said covered a distance of more than 1,500km to […]
Continue ReadingLONDON — PornHub, which partially blocked access to its platform in the U.K. back in January amid concerns about the implementation of the Online Safety Act, has fully restored access to U.K.-based Apple users, the porn site’s parent company announced Tuesday. Under the OSA porn providers are required to have highly effective age assurance in […]
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