Donald Trump just did Europe a favor
OK, now what? The truth is, Europe only has itself to blame for the morass. Trump has been harping on about NATO’s laggards for years, but he hardly…
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Elon Musk: Diversity-based hiring is antisemitic
KRAKÓW, Poland — Elon Musk has upped his war on woke by saying that diversity-oriented hiring policies are “fundamentally antisemitic” and discriminatory, shortly after a private visit to the…
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Iran seizes Greek tanker, escalating tensions with West
Iran’s navy on Thursday boarded and seized a Greek-operated oil tanker, the St. Nikolas, off the coast of Oman. The high seas seizure heightens tensions with the West,…
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Eye-catching climate donations put spotlight on China at COP climate talks
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.N. climate summit kicked off Thursday with a parade of wealthy…
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NATO should be ready for ‘bad news’ from Ukraine, Stoltenberg warns
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned that the Western military alliance should be ready for bad news from the Ukrainian front as Kyiv continues to defend against Russia’s all-out…
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King Charles, David Cameron and Rishi Sunak show UK’s COP28 identity crisis
LONDON — COP28, meet the U.K.’s three amigos. One is a king who has spent most of his adult life campaigning for bold action on global warming —…
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Anti-green backlash hovers over COP climate talks
This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM. LONDON — World leaders will touch down in Dubai next week for a climate change conference they’re billing…
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US-EU unity ruptures over climate damage payments
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. A Brussels promise has exposed the yawning gap between the United States and European Union over payments…
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Israel has only weeks to defeat Hamas as global opinion sours, former PM Ehud Barak says
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be digging in for a “long and difficult…
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US, EU blamed as climate fund talks break down over World Bank push
Recriminations were spreading Saturday morning after the failure of talks on the creation of a new fund to help vulnerable countries rebuild from climate disasters. During fraught talks…
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France and Australia bury the AUKUS hatchet via football
Forget about the scuttled submarine deal that plunged Australia-France relations to an historic low. Paris and Canberra are acting like besties again, thanks to football and online bantz.…
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Italy intends to leave China’s Belt and Road Initiative, defense minister says
Italy intends to leave the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) “without doing damage” to its relationship with Beijing, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said. “The issue today is:…
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Moscow says NATO leaders should discuss Ukraine nuclear power plant
Russia said on Sunday that NATO leaders should discuss conditions at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at their summit this week, as an accident at the facility could affect…
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After the riots, Macron must fix a broken France
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — France is slowly catching its breath after days of large-scale urban unrest but a greater…
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Wagner rebels career toward showdown with Putin as they push to Moscow
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Mercenaries from the Wagner Group of embittered warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin — some of them speeding along a…
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How US-made sniper ammunition ends up in Russian rifles
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. As gear reviews go, it was a glowing one: In a 60-second video clip posted on Telegram,…
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This is Ukraine’s D-Day
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Ukraine is on the cusp of what may well prove to be one of the two key battles of the…
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Right to ‘exist’: The campaign to give nature a legal status
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Imagine a court hearing where the plaintiff is not a person, but a damaged river, lake or…
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Silence speaks volumes as Switzerland still reels from bank meltdown
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. ZURICH — In one of Europe’s wealthiest squares, overlooked by the looming headquarters of a huge international…
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Ukraine says it still has toe-hold in Bakhmut despite Putin’s ‘liberation’ claim
KYIV — Ukraine said its forces still control a small part of Bakhmut despite Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday hailing the “liberation” of the embattled eastern Ukrainian…
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