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Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Nach dem Wahlsieg in Sachsen-Anhalt steht AfD-Spitzenkandidat Ulrich Siegmund vor der Regierungsbildung – doch sein Vorgehen weckt Zweifel an seinen wahren Absichten.

Europe is at a “tipping point,” according to Ursula von der Leyen.

The Russian drone found Monday off Poland’s northwestern coast was carrying a warhead with a detonator, prosecutors handling the case announced Wednesday.

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music In this special episode from Strasbourg, Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart give their first take on the State of the European Union speech delivered by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

LONDON — British lawmakers called on the U.K.’s spending watchdog to investigate how much the U.K.

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague on Wednesday found former President Hashim Thaçi criminally responsible for war crimes carried out during the 1998-1999 war with Serbia and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

Ursula von der Leyen used her State of the Union speech to unveil a raft of proposals aimed at making Europe better prepared for a world of threats — from sweltering summers to hybrid warfare, migrant crises and even TikTok.

A majority of Americans think artificial intelligence could someday destroy humanity.

BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement that the EU will explore “associate membership” for Canada came as a surprise to member countries — and left governments concerned about the potential trade-offs.

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ATHENS — Ankara considers Greece’s militarization of the Aegean Islands a security threat, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, as tensions between the two neighbors rise.

LONDON — The U.K. government plans to update the Online Safety Act to clamp down on so-called “doxxing”— publicly sharing private or personal information about a person online without their consent — following the harassment of volunteers at a charity whi…

A tiny village in the south-East of England has symbolically “voted” to leave the U.K. in protest at the housing of asylum-seekers at a nearby military site.

STRASBOURG ― Ursula von der Leyen used her State of the Union speech Wednesday to rally against a world that’s making Europe less powerful and poorer, where AI is threatening centuries of certainty and in which climate change risks destroying it.

U.S. prosecutors have charged five people allegedly working for Russian intelligence with conspiracy to finance terrorism and, in three cases, conspiracy to commit murder for hire.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants Canada to become the first “associate member” of the European Union, she said in her annual State of the Union address on Wednesday.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said she would propose a new security forum for EU and like-minded leaders in response to escalating Russian attacks and fraying transatlantic relations.

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy look at how political communication has changed – from Keir Starmer’s government paying influencers to promote its message, to Andy Burnham putting himself front and centre of…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to invite the main artificial intelligence companies to discuss industry efforts to impose a slowdown of AI development, she will say in her State of the European Union speech on Wednesday.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will use her State of the Union speech on Wednesday to reiterate her warning over the EU’s ballooning trade deficit with China, as Brussels steps up negotiations with Beijing ahead of a key October deadli…

LONDON — A top aide to ex-Prime Minister Keir Starmer wanted the government to set up a think tank that would sit outside the usual scrutiny which applies to 10 Downing Street, he told a private event Tuesday.

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is giving her State of the European Union address this morning … her biggest set-piece speech of the year.

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Ursula von der Leyen hasn’t won the hearts and minds of EU citizens — if they know her at all.

LONDON — Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is spoiling for a legal fight against Labour’s attempt to prevent record-shattering donations from reshaping British politics.

SAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the AI industry doesn’t need any new laws Tuesday during San Francisco’s annual Dreamforce megaconference hosted by Salesforce billionaire Marc Benioff, doubling down on arguments that have also been voiced by…

OpenAI is supporting a slate of bills that the company says will help prevent artificial intelligence models from supercharging the threat of biological weapons and synthetic viruses.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz will not fly to New York next Tuesday to attend the United Nations General Assembly as planned.

The first five months of the Iran war cost the U.S. $38 billion, according to Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper, the most comprehensive look at the extended military conflict ahead of the midterm elections.

President Donald Trump called AI concerns a “hoax.”

BRUSSELS — France has a week to reassure fellow EU countries that its push to remove a controversial Russian-Uzbek billionaire from the bloc’s sanctions list won’t start a free-for-all that fractures restrictions on Moscow.

BRIGHTON, England — The U.K. government must commit to spending 3 percent of GDP on defense by 2030, one of Britain’s most powerful union leaders told POLITICO.

LONDON — Mark Carney and Andy Burnham meet for the first time Wednesday — and it’s not just a love of Everton Football Club uniting the Canadian prime minister and his newly-installed British counterpart.

BRUSSELS — The European Union will continue to export hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic waste to Turkey each year, despite finding evidence of environmental damage that could breach EU rules.

LONDON — The Welsh leader of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK resigned Tuesday after being arrested on suspicion of assault.

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Deezer Plus possible de se dérober : Edouard Philippe s’apprête à dévoiler enfin sa réforme des retraites, cinq ans après avoir promis qu’il était prêt à décaler l’âge légal de départ à 65, 66 ou 67 ans.

BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen’s handling of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit has turned into an awkward diplomatic mess, with one leading MEP branding her conduct “unacceptable.”

House Democrats have demanded that Donald Trump Jr. preserve all records, documents and communications related to his relationship with Umar Kremlev, the Russian oligarch who reportedly paid for parts of Trump Jr.’s, wedding celebrations in the Bahamas.

Members of the European Parliament voted Tuesday to waive the parliamentary immunity of far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun, who is facing Holocaust denial charges in Poland.

Die gesundheitlichen und wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen von Covid-19 werden laut einem heute veröffentlichten Bericht der reichsten Industrieländer der Welt voraussichtlich noch zwei weitere Jahrzehnte andauern.

LONDON — Andy Burnham should drop Labour’s “arbitrary” Brexit red lines and build a close new relationship with the EU, Britain’s trade unions said Tuesday.

BRUSSELS — This summer sparked a “realization” that the European Union needs to strengthen its climate-proofing efforts, including by tailoring its budget to the challenges of a warming world, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said.

BRUSSELS — Presidents and prime ministers from across the EU will be asked to review the bloc’s dependencies on increasingly uncertain trading partners, weigh in on the row over its €2 trillion long-term budget and consider how to pave the way to admitting

The health and economic impacts from Covid-19 will likely continue for another two decades, according to a report out Tuesday from the world’s wealthiest countries.

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Canberra is watching Canada’s attempt to build a closer relationship with the European Union and is aligned with Ottawa on the issue, according to Don Farrell, Australia’s trade minister.

The UN Security Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss the situation in the Middle East, as the Houthis’ rapid advance along Yemen’s Red Sea coast raises fresh concerns over global shipping.

Government officials from across the European Union will gather in Brussels on Thursday to discuss how to set global rules to counter the threat from new AI models, according to two EU diplomats and a draft agenda seen by POLITICO.

GENEVA, Switzerland — Failure to reform the World Trade Organization could shrink the global economy by about 10% by 2050, a new report from the international body said Tuesday.

Dutch police are investigating a suspected act of sabotage after large parts of the country’s rail network came to a standstill Tuesday morning, causing delays and cancellations for passengers across central and northern parts of the Netherlands.