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The U.S. Stena Immaculate chemical tanker was carrying around 35 million liters of aviation fuel for the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command. The fuel has a high boiling point, meaning it evaporates slowly and is relatively toxic. It collided with the Portuguese Solong vessel, which had 15 containers of toxic sodium cyanide on its cargo. CBS News cited an unnamed American sailor on board the Stena Immaculate who said “a massive ship came from out of the blue” and collided with the tanker. One crew member from the Solong is still missing, with a search called off last night. Its other 13…

The protests have been falsely depicted as anti-migrant as part of a coordinated disinformation campaign. A video circulating widely on social media falsely claims to show recent mass demonstrations in Greece over the number of irregular migrants and refugees arriving in the country. One of the posts the Euroverify team detected has been viewed at least 1.2 million times on X and was artificially amplified by several bot-like accounts.We verified the video and found it in fact shows a 28 February protest near the Syntagma square in central Athens to mark two years since a deadly rail disaster in which two…

👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy have their guide to the day ahead in British politics. Bats, pylons, and planning reforms – how far is Sir Keir Starmer willing to go to achieve the growth and infrastructure he’s promised, and will Labour’s new reforms help the UK get there? And what has the fallout been after Mike Amesbury announced his resignation, triggering a by-election in Runcorn? And over in Saudi Arabia, ahead of peace talks over the war in Ukraine, how significant a role…

The EU Commission has just unveiled its long-term political vision to maintain its commitment to gender equality, but some argue it lacks detailed solutions to long-standing challenges. Amid a global backlash against women’s rights, the EU Commission presented on Friday its long-term political vision for achieving a gender-equal society, known as the ‘roadmap on women’s rights’, but detractors were disappointed with its lack of substance. “We have felt this pushback coming from across the Atlantic, but we have this roadmap exactly to be sure that we are not going to be on the wrong side of the progress,” EU Commissioner for…

KYIV — Ukraine launched its biggest drone attack on Moscow since the start of the war with Russia last night, hours before a delegation from Kyiv was due to meet with U.S. officials for peace talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Russian military said it shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian regions, while media reports said that at least one person was killed and several wounded. Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment. “The most massive drone attack on Moscow has been repelled tonight. Some 74 drones were shot down near Moscow, and hundreds at different frontiers,” the city’s…

On Tuesday the Commission will present a new proposal for a Critical Medicines Act, a priority the executive set for the outset of its mandate. How can the EU fix the dramatic shortages of vital medicines which put patients at risk? The European Commission will on Tuesday present its ”Critical Medicines Act” to address shortages of antibiotics, insulin, and painkillers (among others), reduce dependency on Asia and improve supply chain resilience across Europe.The bloc depends on Asia for 60–80% of its supply, leaving it vulnerable to disruptions. Some countries have suggested integrating medicine shortages into EU defence spending, seeing them…

Wall Street tumbled amid tariff-driven recession fears in the US economy, triggering sharp selloffs in the big tech stocks, wiping out billions of euros in market valuation. Recession fears mounted as the global trade war escalated following a series of US tariffs and retaliatory measures taken by China and Canada last week. Wall Street tumbled on Monday, with the tech-heavy index Nasdaq shedding 4%- the biggest single-day loss since 2022- wiping off $1.1 trillion (€710 billion) in market valuation.Big US Tech stocks tumbleThe Magnificent Seven stocks led the broad market decline, as US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs raised concerns…

Updated: 11/03/2025 – 7:45 GMT+1Caravaggio’s masterpieces make a triumphant return to Rome for Caravaggio 2025, a landmark exhibition at Palazzo Barberini that reunites 24 extraordinary works, some unseen in Italy for centuries. … More

All European countries are massively ramping up defense spending, and all are facing similar issues on where to find the cash to do so. In January, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on European nations to redirect “a small fraction” of spending on pensions, health and social security to the military. But he’s mostly faced pushback so far, with countries such as Italy and even those closer to Russia like Lithuania saying no.  Aggressively going after the welfare state could spark fireworks in France, where Macron’s past attempts to tweak the country’s social safety nets, most notably on pensions, were met with…

Sandu warmly thanked the French President, adding Moldova was open for business, which will not just profit France but all EU member states. French President Emmanuel Macron met his Moldovan counterpart Maia Sandu at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday evening. Macron reiterated French support for Moldova in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine as well as their accession bid to the European Union. Sandu told reporters that: “Russia breaks every promise. It pledged to withdraw its illegal troops from our territory by 2002. Never did. It cut off gas, violating its own supply contract.” “It imposes embargoes on…