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“Even though İmamoğlu can declare his candidacy virtually from a jail cell, there is no way this will be legally allowed — because for Erdoğan this would be a mortal political threat if this were a free and fairly contested race,” he said. Foreign policy flop In his responses, İmamoğlu took aim at Erdoğan’s “aggressive” foreign policy and his close relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump, linking both to the erosion of rights at home. İmamoğlu took aim at Erdoğan’s close relationship with Donald Trump. | Pool photo by Evan Vucci via Getty Images “It is clear that President Trump’s…

Almost 200 newplants and fungi were named new to science last year, with conservationists warning that many are already “threatened with extinction”. Today (8 January), the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG) in London, along with its international partners, has revealed its top 10 species that were described in 2025. The list aims to highlight just how much of the natural world still remains unnamed. “Describing new plant and fungal species is essential at a time when the impacts of biodiversity loss and climate change accelerate before our eyes,” says Dr Martin Cheek, senior research leader in RGB Kew’s Africa team.“It…

Once meant for connecting with close friends, social media has long since evolved into an amorphous blob of adverts, AI slop, and rapid-cycle trends – all driven by aggressively addictive algorithms. Journalist Cory Doctorow coined a name for it: enshittification. It refers to the process by which digital platforms become worse and worse to use as their owners prioritise profit over people. We’ve seen this in the rise in hate speech on X, following owner Elon Musk’s decision to relax moderation policies, while Meta’s business-driven focus has led to a swell of targeted ads, making connecting with other people even…

“We have many, many people below the poverty line, and the infrastructure in Greenland is lagging, and our resources are primarily taken out without good profit to Greenland but mostly profit to Danish companies,” said Kuno Fencker, a pro-independence Greenlandic opposition MP.  An attractive offer from Denmark and the EU could be enough to keep Greenlanders out of America’s grasp. Option 3: Retaliate economically Since Trump’s first term in office, “there’s been a lot of effort to try and think through how we ensure European security, Nordic security, Arctic security, without the U.S. actively involved,” said Thomas Crosbie, a U.S.…

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Friedrich Merz steht zu Beginn des Jahres 2026 unter Zugzwang. Bei der CSU-Klausur in Seeon muss er beweisen, ob er den Spagat zwischen „Klingbeil-Versteher“ und Reformkanzler schafft. Rasmus Buchsteiner berichtet aus dem Kloster, warum die Union jetzt Ergebnisse bei der Unternehmenssteuer will und wie Merz seine Doppelbotschaft aus Sicherheit und Wirtschaft vermitteln muss. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview bezieht EU-Kommissar Magnus Brunner (ÖVP) Stellung zur CSU-Forderung nach einer Abschiebeoffensive Richtung Syrien.Er erklärt, warum Regeln eingehalten werden müssen, wie Brüssel künftig mit „Return Hubs“ plant und warum Grenzkontrollen noch eine Weile bleiben dürften. Ringen um die außenpolitischen Linien in der AfD: Weil Alice Weidel…

Throughout his reelection campaign, Trump still emphasized the need to produce more oil. “Drill, baby, drill” became as central to his energy policy as “take the oil” was to his views on military intervention. He called on oil executives to raise $1 billion for his campaign, promising his administration would be “a great deal” for their industry. And he talked incessantly of the large reservoirs of “liquid gold” in the U.S., claiming: “We’re going to make a fortune.” But these weren’t just campaign promises. Upon his return to office, Trump unleashed the full force of the U.S. government to boost…

European ETS vs. global CORSIA In 2012, the EU began taxing aviation emissions through its cap-and-trade ETS, which covers all outgoing flights from the European Economic Area — meaning EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Switzerland and the U.K. later introduced similar schemes. In parallel, the U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization was working on its own carbon reduction plan, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation. Given that fact, Brussels delayed imposing the ETS on flights to non-European destinations. The EU will now be examining the ICAO’s CORSIA to see if it meets the mark. “CORSIA lets…

LEGO’s new smart brick has created one of the biggest buzzes at the CES 2026 technology conference in Las Vegas, which comes at a moment when excessive screen time for children is under fire, and physical play is being praised. Euronews Next got up close to the bricks to see and saw a hands-on demonstration, showing what they can actually do, and spoke to Lego and Lucasfilm executives to find out how the technology works. Firstly, the Lego Smart Brick isn’t just one brick. It works with a small square tag that tells the Smart Brick what to do. So…

Selon Thomas Crosbie, du Royal Danish Defense College, les stratèges de Donald Trump lui présenteraient probablement plusieurs options. “Le plus inquiétant serait une stratégie de type ‘fait accompli’, que nous voyons beaucoup et à laquelle nous pensons beaucoup dans les cercles militaires, qui consisterait simplement à s’emparer du territoire de la même manière que Poutine a essayé de s’emparer de l’Ukraine, de revendiquer des territoires. Il pourrait tout simplement déployer des troupes dans le pays et juste dire que maintenant c’est l’Amérique […] l’armée américaine est capable de faire débarquer n’importe quelle force au Groenland, que ce soit par voie…