Teresa Ribera raised the alarm over how companies can “entrench corporate power” in AI markets, as her regulators pursue alleged risks posed by giants including Nvidia and Meta Platforms. “We are looking at the entire AI stack,” Ribera told Berlin’s International Conference on Competition on Thursday, referring to the set of technologies and services that […]
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Continue ReadingIran targeted the world’s busiest international airport on Wednesday and attacked commercial ships in an escalation aimed at generating global economic pain to pressure the United States and Israel to end the war. On Thursday, an Iranian attack sparked a major fire on Bahrain’s Muharraq Island, home to the island kingdom’s international airport. Authorities urged […]
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Continue ReadingAn increasingly heated dispute is breaking out between Budapest and Kiev over the planned visit of a Hungarian delegation to Ukraine that wants to check the condition of the “Druzhba” (“Friendship”) oil pipeline. 03/12/2026, 02:1803/12/2026, 02:18 Because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he knew nothing about such a trip, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto accused […]
Continue ReadingThe parliament in Senegal has decided to tighten criminal laws against homosexual relationships. 03/12/2026, 01:4403/12/2026, 01:44 On Wednesday evening, the National Assembly passed a government bill with 135 votes in favor and three abstentions that provides for significantly longer prison sentences and higher fines for so-called “unnatural acts”. Same-sex sexual relationships will in future face […]
Continue ReadingMar 11, 2026, 9:04 p.mMar 11, 2026, 9:04 p.m Kirill Dmitriev, pictured here on the right, in conversation with US envoy Steve Witkoff. (Archive image, January 2026Image: keystone According to media reports, the Kremlin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev met with representatives of US President Donald Trump in Florida. The Russian state news agency Tass reported […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 11/03/2026 – 19:42 GMT+1 Hungary and Slovakia are resisting a renewal of sanctions from the European Union on over 2,700 individuals and entities in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, just days before a 15 March deadline as tensions over a damaged oil pipeline drag on. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Under EU rules, sanctions […]
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