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By Euronews with AP Published on 12/12/2025 – 10:01 GMT+1 US President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence (AI), saying the burgeoning industry is at risk of being stifled by a patchwork of onerous rules while in a battle with Chinese competitors for supremacy. Members of Congress from both parties, as well as civil liberties and consumer rights groups, have pushed for more regulations on AI, saying there is not enough oversight for the powerful technology. But Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that “there’s only…
Surfball was supposed to be the sport of the next generation – but it instead it was a fiction created by Peter Mandelson. Lying in politics is nothing new, but after the budget, Rachel Reeves’ extraordinary pitch-rolling was viewed by some as an outright lie and others as justifiable spin. Inspired by this grey area, host Sascha O’Sullivan tries to find out the difference. BBC Radio 4 Presenter Nick Robinson tells Sascha how he can spot when a politician is lying and explains the difference between ministers making a justifiable argument and those who read “the line to take.” Former…
Published on 12/12/2025 – 8:54 GMT+1 •Updated 9:11 Thailand’s parliament was dissolved on Friday for new elections set to be held early next year as the country continues its cross-border skirmishes with Cambodia. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives – the parliament’s lower house – after obtaining approval from King Maha Vajiralongkorn, whose endorsement came into effect on Friday with its publication in the Royal Gazette. Anutin had signalled the move with a Facebook post late Thursday, saying, “I’d like to return power to the people.” By law, the election must be held 45 to 60…
Kazakhstan is the last of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries to ratify a new Customs Code that will oblige its citizens to declare all online purchases made outside of the union. It will also change the customs duty mechanism, essentially making goods from China, the European Union, or the United States more expensive. Within the EAEU territory, which includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Armenia, and Belarus, parcels will remain exempt from duties and declarations. This essentially puts Russian marketplaces such as Wildberries and Ozon at an ample advantage, considering they are already widely represented across the EAEU. Kazakhstan’s capital Astana…
By Ema Gil Pires with AP Published on 12/12/2025 – 9:31 GMT+1 The world’s first social housing neighbourhood dedicated to promoting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is now open in a suburb of the Portuguese capital Lisbon. In one of the best-known social housing neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city, a new project aims to bring joy to residents through art. A total of 17 murals now cover the façades of the buildings in Bairro do Zambujal,in Amadora, inspired by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The stories of the community itself are one of the main motif s that inspired…
The United States is breaking up with a font because it’s just not their type. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered American diplomats to use the Times New Roman font in official communications and drop Calibri, which was brought in during the Joe Biden administration and is now described as a “wasteful” diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters. The State Department started using Calibri because it’s easier for people with visual disabilities to read. But these are the Donald Trump years, so those people seemingly no longer matter. As well as being yet another…
The city of Tver lies northwest of Moscow and local officials report that the lower floors caught fire, prompting an evacuation to temporary shelters. Videos shared online show broken windows and smoke coming from the building. The strike was part of what Russia’s Defence Ministry describes as a large overnight wave of about 90 drones across several regions. Many were intercepted, but some reached targets far from the border, including sites in Yaroslavl Oblast. Flights at major Moscow airports were briefly disrupted. Responsibility for the Tver incident has not been confirmed by Ukraine, and some details remain unclear as emergency…
In Britain, just a month after Starmer’s victory last year, riots broke out across the country, fueled by far-right extremists. The catalyst was the murder of three young girls aged 6, 7 and 9, in Southport, northwest England, by a Black teenager wrongly identified at the time on social media — in posts amplified by the far-right — as a Muslim. At the time, Farage suggested the police were withholding the truth about the suspect, earning him the fury of mainstream politicians. While stressing he did not support violence, Farage railed against what he called “two-tier policing,” a phrase popular among far-right commentators…
Published on 12/12/2025 – 7:50 GMT+1 •Updated 8:17 Speaking from Berlin, NATO secretary general Mark Rutte has made a stark announcement to Europeans that Russia could attack in the next five years. A number of Western intelligence agencies have said the same, while Moscow has called it hysteria. Meanwhile, the US has said Ukraine should pull its troops out of Donbas so that Washington could set up a free economic zone in these regions. For the latest our Ukraine Sasha Vakulina fills us in. Then, President of the European Investment Bank Nadia Calviño joins us live from the European Council…
Researchers have mapped how much it costs to set up fake online accounts in every country in the world, as governments and regulators grapple with online misinformation and fraud. The University of Cambridge on Thursday launched the Cambridge Online Trust and Safety Index (COTSI), a website, which it says is the first global tool to track real-time prices for verifying fake accounts across more than 500 platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify and Uber. These accounts are often used to build “bot-armies,” which are designed to mimic real people and shape online public debate. Authors of the study say they…