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Calls for direct talks have prompted debate among the bloc’s 27 member countries about who, if anyone, should represent the EU. Poland and Baltic countries have pushed back on these efforts, arguing that direct talks could undermine pressure on Moscow, while French President Emmanuel Macron has backed the talks. A senior EU diplomat from a Nordic country described the effort to make contact as “delusional.” “It’s surprising how much willingness some EU leaders have to make the same mistakes, to be proven wrong, to get nothing of each and every attempt ‘to talk to Russia’ and yet keep repeating the same…
The dispute between US tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and the public broadcaster ZDF is causing a major stir across Germany. In its coverage of last week’s anti-immigrant riots in Belfast, an edition of “ZDFheute live” said that Musk had called for “a migrant hunt” in his social media posts about Northern Ireland. On Monday, Musk called ZDF’s characterisation of his words a “terrible lie” and said he was pursuing legal action against the broadcaster, which has since removed the contested passage. On 9 June, Musk shared a post by British far-right activist Tommy Robinson in which Robinson, following the knife…
By euronews Published on 17/06/2026 – 12:42 GMT+2 Vietnamese police have rescued hundreds of cats after dismantling an cat meat trafficking ring in Ho Chi Minh City. The operation followed an investigation into a series of pet thefts and led officers to locations where cats were being held in cages. Authorities discovered around 400 live cats, additional animals at a separate site and dozens of dead cats. More than 500 cats were seized in total. Animal welfare group Humane World for Animals said more than 40 rescued cats have already been reunited with their owners, although several animals later died due…
In a marked shift from its previous projections, nine Fed officials forecast at least one interest rate increase this year, while the central bank also removed language from its policy statement that had suggested its next move would be a rate cut. The unusually brief statement likely reflects the influence of new Fed chair Kevin Warsh, appointed by Trump, who has previously criticised the Fed for commenting too broadly on the economy. Six policymakers projected two or more rate increases this year, a sharp change from March, when no officials pencilled in a hike and the committee as a whole…
Les uns disent qu’il ne décolle pas, les autres qu’il a un socle solide. Avec son meeting samedi au Parc floral, à Paris, le président des Républicains, candidat à la présidentielle, Bruno Retailleau espère faire taire les critiques et convaincre les siens qu’il peut desserrer l’étau entre celui qui représentera le Rassemblement national et Edouard Philippe. Anthony Lattier en discute avec Elisa Bertholomey et Sarah Paillou dans le podcast Playbook Paris de POLITICO.
Published on 17/06/2026 – 21:44 GMT+2 The UN food aid agency, which has been hit hard by steep European and US funding cuts, on Wednesday welcomed an $800 million (€695 million) contribution from the United States. The World Food Programme in a statement said the funds would support “life-saving food and nutrition operations to reach more than 38 million of the most vulnerable across at least 37 countries.” The Rome-based WFP said earlier this month it was facing a deep shortfall in its funding at a time of acute need. The agency received $10 billion (€8.6 billion) in contributions in…
Updated: 17/06/2026 – 14:49 GMT+2 Donald Trump joked that he was “the boss” as he arrived for a G7 meeting in France on Wednesday. The light-hearted remark came before leaders gathered for talks on trade, economic challenges and global financial stability alongside representatives from partner nations. … More
The signs from the room were that the Anthropic saga, rather than dividing nations, could give a new boost to global efforts to keep AI in check, which have been floundering since U.S. President Donald Trump took office for a second time. This optimism played out even as Trump’s administration had yet to announce any truce in its latest confrontation with Anthropic, one of the United States’ top AI developers. China was mentioned multiple times during the talks, according to detailed notes shared by one participant, reflecting fears that while American companies gained an early lead on artificial intelligence, China…
Leaders of the world’s richest economies, plus several partner countries, flocked to Évian-les-Bains, France, to discuss the most pressing global issues, from the war in Ukraine to a fragile truce in the Middle East. The most repeated word on the lips of diplomats has been “convergence,” as they expressed relief that the high-level conference unfolded far more smoothly than the previous summit, and that U.S. President Donald Trump proved cooperative. Euronews breaks down the most significant takeaways from the G7 summit, cutting through the noise surrounding the latest international developments. United for Ukraine Ukraine may be the G7’s biggest winner,…
“Whoever becomes the presidential candidate of the French Patriots, we will support him or her, but my personal loyalty — and that of Fidesz — is first and foremost bound to Ms. Le Pen,” Orbán said. The former Hungarian leader, who was prime minister for 16 years, said it was because of Le Pen that he had decided to affiliate Fidesz with the Patriots rather than with the European Conservatives and Reformists group of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “That is why we consider her [Le Pen] a legend,” Orbán said. “So we really hope that the French people will…