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US President Donald Trump’s comments on NATO, and specifically his criticism of European allies, have raised questions regarding the country’s commitment to the alliance. However, the Foreign Affairs Minister of North Macedonia, Timcho Mucunski, argued his presidency marks an all-time high for the defence coalition. “My view is that, thanks to President Trump, [Secretary of State Marco] Rubio, and the entire foreign policy apparatus of the United States, NATO is stronger than it has ever been,” he said during an interview for Euronews’ programme 12 Minutes With. He added that his was “undeniable” following last year’s summit in The Hague,…

Canada joins the chat Monday’s talks in Brussels also included a high-level meeting on the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, attended by Sybiha, Kallas and Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand. While around 2,100 children have been returned to Ukraine, roughly 20,000 remain missing. “I’m a mother of four, and this is the day after Mother’s Day in North America,” Anand told POLITICO ahead of the meeting. “We have much more work to do to bring children home to their mothers, to their families, to their country. And this is absolutely a priority for Canada.” Kallas unveiled sanctions against…

The billionaire Mikhail Fridman and Russia’s former Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Petr Aven are listed as shareholders of a banking and financial services holding firm which Geoffrey Cox declared he provided legal services to in the U.K. parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests.   Apr 30 4 mins read

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stunned the Armenian society inside and outside the country with a passionate statement over the weekend, declaring that Karabakh was not Armenian and that Armenia’s “Karabakh movement was a fatal mistake for us.” In an electrifying video widely circulated by the Armenian media on Sunday, Pashinyan is seen confronting accusations that Armenia “lost” Karabakh by asking repeatedly, “How was that land ours? How was it ours? Please explain how it was ours?” Countering decades of prior Armenian national narrative regarding Karabakh, the Armenian prime minister said, “I don’t want to speak behind dead people’s backs,…

Published on 11/05/2026 – 18:30 GMT+2 Over the past three decades the making of the Palme D’or has been in the hands of the Chopard family at its Swiss headquarters on the edge of Geneva. Every year, the iconic awards are carefully created for the Cannes Film Festival using the same traditional techniques and delicate methods. Caroline Scheufele, Chopard’s co-president and artistic director, personally oversees the production from conception to creation and her role in the process came about by chance. “Actually, we opened up a boutique in front of the Palais, so in my thoughts – I have always…

BRUXELLES — OpenAI, l’entreprise derrière ChatGPT, est en pourparlers avec la Commission européenne pour lui permettre d’accéder à son modèle le plus avancé sur le plan cyber. Celui-ci est capable d’identifier des failles logicielles. Cette initiative inattendue est une aubaine pour l’Union européenne, qui peine depuis des semaines à cerner les risques liés à la cybersécurité posés par les nouveaux modèles d’IA. Mais c’est aussi un revers pour Anthropic, concurrent d’OpenAI, qui n’a pas encore autorisé l’UE à accéder à son modèle Mythos, spécialisé dans la cybersécurité. Le responsable de cette initiative chez OpenAI, l’ancien ministre britannique des Finances George…

She underlined that the decision not to participate or broadcast Eurovision is “not any message against Jewish people,” but a “message against [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s state, and the politics of what Netanyahu is doing.” Five countries chose not to participate in this year’s Eurovision contest if Israel competed, saying their decision is based on Israel’s war in Gaza and the resulting humanitarian crisis it triggered. Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people in Israel, a large majority of whom were civilians, and taking 251 hostages. The attack prompted a major Israeli…

Around five tractors gathered outside the TotalEnergies refinery in Feyzin early on Monday morning as part of a demonstration organised by the agricultural union Coordination Rurale. Video from the scene showed tractors unloading piles of waste near the refinery entrance while riot police monitored the protest. Tanker trucks were still able to enter and leave the site. The protesters say higher diesel prices, rising fertiliser costs and falling cereal prices are putting severe pressure. French farmers have staged repeated demonstrations in recent years over production costs, environmental regulations and competition from imports, arguing that many farms are struggling to remain…

From the moment I arrived, EMIN was warm and welcoming — the kind of host who makes you feel instantly at ease, as though you’re not meeting for the first time but catching up with an old friend. The setting itself was relaxed, overlooking the Caspian, but it was his openness that immediately set the tone. As we sat next to his piano, we talked about his new album, Maybe Tomorrow, a collection of songs produced by the legendary David Foster. But as the conversation unfolded, it quickly became clear that this album is more than a studio project for…

“It gives me a little bit of a breather, take stock and this way you’re formally asking somebody that they think there should be a change, so it’s a step before that. For new MPs, for example, it’s far less threatening to say you want that,” West said.  West’s decision means the immediate threat to Starmer has receded — but his position in No. 10 Downing Street remains in peril. Her U-turn gives potential leadership challenger Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, who does not currently have a seat in Westminster, time to return to parliament as an MP. Angela Rayner,…