Brussels is beefing up its intelligence machinery. Zoya Sheftalovich and Kathryn Carlson talk about the growing role of INTCEN — the EU’s little-known intelligence-analysis hub inside the European External Action Service — and the quiet power struggle brewing between Kaja Kallas’ diplomatic service and Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission over who gets to handle sensitive […]
Continue ReadingThe Italian Supreme Court rejected a tourist’s claim that her consumer rights were breached when she was only offered €7 bottled mineral water.
Continue ReadingThe country has recorded more than 60,000 suspected cases of measles in just over two months.
Continue ReadingKulbergs himself would become prime minister, while the coalition also hands key portfolios to figures from across Latvia’s fragmented political spectrum, including former Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis as finance minister and National Alliance heavyweight Ilze Indriksone as education minister. Foreign Minister Baiba Braže is set to remain in office, while Colonel Raivis Melnis has been […]
Continue ReadingMay 26, 2026, 9:33 p.mMay 26, 2026, 9:33 p.m The explosion occurred on Tuesday morning (local time).Image: sc/x.com According to authorities, people were killed in an explosion on the premises of a packaging company in the northwest of the USA. The local fire department in Washington state said on Facebook in a joint statement with […]
Continue ReadingThe top U.S. diplomat visited the world’s largest democracy in a bid to reverse soured relations over Trump’s tariff agenda and embrace of Pakistan.
Continue ReadingThe BBC’s Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield described people scurrying for shade “as if it was the middle of August” in the French capital, with temperatures reaching 34C (93.2F) on Tuesday. This comes as France’s national weather service said a “heat dome” settling over Western Europe was producing temperatures 10 to 15 degrees Celsius above the […]
Continue ReadingTrump has dismayed European allies by announcing he would pull 5,000 troops out of Germany, which later turned out to include 4,000 soldiers from Poland — before U-turning and saying he would deploy an additional 5,000 troops to Poland. The exact nature of the cutbacks is not yet finalized, the diplomats said, and the U.S. […]
Continue ReadingGarbage on Mount Everest is collected and separated.Image: SPCC Nepal Every year, mountains of rubbish on Mount Everest make the rounds on social media. That’s why new regulations in the fight against rubbish were launched for the new season. Whether this will pay off remains to be seen. May 26, 2026, 11:19 amMay 26, 2026, […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the spate of recent drone incursions into the airspace of European Union (EU) countries over the past few weeks are “not isolated incidents,” as Baltic leaders and EU officials caution that hybrid threats along Europe’s eastern border are intensifying. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “This is a deliberate strategy […]
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