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India and the Philippines staged joint sail and naval exercises in the South China Sea for the first time — a high-profile military deployment likely to provoke Beijing, which lays claim to the contested waters. Filipino armed forces chief of staff General Romeo Brawner said Monday that the exercises — which began on Sunday — had so far been successful. When asked if Chinese forces carried out a response, Brawner said: “we did not experience any untoward incident but we were still shadowed. We expected that already.” Chinese navy and coast guard ships have kept watch from a distance in…
“I expect that it may take a few weeks, but we’ll have a general reshuffling of the government so that there will be a new beginning,” he said. Maria Panayiotou, Cyprus’s rural development and environment minister, also told POLITICO about steps the government has been taking to improve its wildfire protocol. | Olivier Hoslet/EPA For Cyprus, the stakes go far beyond politics. The costs of such climate change-enhanced disasters are enormous and rising — inaction could cost the country up to €18 billion by 2050 if it does nothing, according to an assessment from Theodoros Zachariadis, director of the Energy Environment…
By Euronews with AP Published on 04/08/2025 – 8:46 GMT+2 South Korea has started to remove propaganda loudspeakers along its border with North Korea in an effort to reduce tensions, South Korea’s military said. The South’s ministry clarified that the move marked a “practical measure aimed at easing tensions”, but did not affect its military’s readiness. The ministry did not provide specifics on the removal process, nor did it clarify whether the loudpseakers may be reinstalled if tensions rise again. Prior to the dismantling of the speakers, there had been no communication between the two Koreas, spokesperson for the ministry Lee Kyung-ho said.…
Published on 04/08/2025 – 7:38 GMT+2 Britpop stars Oasis said on Sunday that its members are “shocked and saddened” after a man fell to his death during a concert by the band at London’s Wembley Stadium. The tragedy took place on Saturday night and reports have suggested that the fan fell from the stadium’s upper tier of the 90,000-capacity venue. The band went on to say: “Oasis would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the person involved.” The Metropolitan Police confirmed the news on Sunday, saying that officers and medics at the stadium and…
Sir Keir Starmer is a prime minister who is arguably more comfortable abroad – and has spent his first year in office putting Britain front and centre on the world stage. So, in this episode, Sam and Anne are joined by Politico’s editor-in-chief John Harris to discuss the major international issues facing the government in the coming parliament. With trade deals and ongoing conflicts across the globe dominating the agenda, the trio ask: — Is the UK living in Trumpland?— How will relationships abroad impact Britain’s role in the world?— And does Starmer have the political strength to put pen-to-paper…
TIRANA, Albania — In a country where cash is king, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s ambition to make Albania go without by 2030 would turn society on its head. For years, Albanians have preferred to keep their cash under the mattress — next to their AK-47, as the national joke goes — rather than in banks. But if Rama gets his wish, Albania would become the world’s first cashless economy. Much of the reason for this is that at the moment so many transactions happen under the counter. The elimination of cash “is an absolute priority for countries with high informality…
Wer regiert die Welt – und was treibt sie an?In unserem Sommer-Spezial geht es um die mächtigsten und umstrittensten Politikerinnen und Politiker unserer Zeit. Wir zeigen, wie sie denken, entscheiden – und was das für uns bedeutet. Ein Politiker pro Tag, ein Blick hinter die Kulissen der Macht.In der Machthaber-Serie: 04.08.2025 – Wladimir Putin05.08.2025 – Marine Le Pen06.08.2025 – Javier Milei07.08.2025 – Xi Jinping08.08.2025 – Giorgia Meloni11.08.2025 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan12.08.2025 – Benjamin Netanjahu13.08.2025 – Narendra Modi14.08.2025 – Friedrich Merz15.08.2025 – Mohammed bin Salman16.08.2025 – Ursula von der LeyenDas Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es jeden Morgen ab 5 Uhr.…
PARIS — Dans les cartons depuis des mois, trois décrets viennent enfin d’atterrir sur le bureau des préfets pour renforcer leur rôle localement. Les voici plus que jamais managers et chefs d’orchestre de l’action publique dans les régions et les départements. Parmi les instruments ajoutés à la panoplie de ces hauts fonctionnaires nommés par le président sur proposition du ministre de l’Intérieur : une consultation sur les recrutements, les évaluations, les compléments de rémunération et les priorités des chefs de service territoriaux de l’Etat et des agences. Ces quelques 130 hommes et femmes auront aussi voix préalable au chapitre sur les cartes…
Hamas’ declaration that it won’t lay down its arms, even in the face of Arab League calls to do so, doesn’t help those arguing for the prioritization of civilian Palestinians either. Ordinary Gazans are caught between a militant Islamist group happy to trade their lives, and Israeli supremacists who see them as abettors of Hamas. Meanwhile, accusing French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of antisemitism or of supporting terror is also absurd, especially considering both helped intercept ballistic missiles that Iran launched at Israel in April, Olmert explained. “Of course, the accusation of antisemitism is a…
Published on 03/08/2025 – 19:13 GMT+2 Bavaria’s Minister-President Markus Söder is shaking up the coalition agreement of Germany’s so-called black-red federal government. In a ZDF summer interview on Sunday, Söder said he is in favour of reducing benefits for certain Ukrainian refugees, who currently receive a citizen’s allowance. The German citizen’s allowance is a state welfare benefit given to those with little or no income to ensure a minimum standard of living. Söder specified that only newly arrived refugees from Ukraine should receive reduced social benefits, adding that it must be ensured that there is “no more citizen’s allowance for…