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The staff of the tiny agency on the front lines of President Donald Trump’s trade wars has shrunk to its smallest size in two decades as its responsibilities balloon. Its work is suffering. Since Trump returned to the White House, the agency has rolled out new tariffs across the globe, launched trade negotiations with dozens of countries and reopened the signature pact governing North American trade. And after the Supreme Court struck down many of his initial tariffs, it has begun four probes into countries’ unfair trade practices to provide legal justification for new duties — with more threatened. The…

Mykhailo Fedorov’s call for wartime elections has been rejected by protesters who spent the past month campaigning for his return as defence minister. The former minister’s video address on Tuesday evening marked an unexpected turn for a movement that had rallied behind him since Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed him in a wartime government reshuffle. But leading organisers have opposed the idea of holding elections during the war and signalled an end to the daily demonstrations. Dmytro Koziatynskyi, a Ukrainian war veteran and one of the protest organisers, said on Wednesday evening that he opposed holding elections while the war continued. “I…

The system is designed to “support early detection of emerging hotspots and continuous monitoring of fire behavior,” the European Space Agency said.  Satellites’ role in gathering vast, real-time data and images can also help with other extreme weather events. The Finnish company ICEYE offers monitoring services for governments and businesses to manage both natural catastrophes, such as floods and wildfires, and man-made ones, such as illegal deforestation. ICEYE raised €1 billion in new financing this year, and became the first company to get backing from the Scaleup Europe Fund, a new fund backed by the European Commission to help companies expand…

Published on 19/08/2026 – 10:52 GMT+2 UK’s annual inflation rate jumped to 2.9% in July, up from 2.6% in June, according to official figures from the Office for National Statistics, released on Wednesday. This was mainly due to higher energy bills and was in line with analyst expectations. The price cap on household energy bills soared 13% last month, driven by the ongoing Middle East conflict. This was labelled as “the largest rise in gas prices for almost four years” by the ONS. “A renewed spike in inflation has been expected as the war in the Middle East continues to…

In a joint statement posted on X in response to the new sanctions, von der Leyen and Costa said they “stand firmly with the [ICC], President Tomoko Akane and the officials who uphold its mission.” The court helps deliver justice to victims of some of the world’s worst crimes, they noted, and its judges and officials must be able to work “independently and without external pressure.” Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera struck a similar tone, calling the sanctions “profoundly sad and unfair.” The EU stands with the court, its president and officials, she said. The statements add to mounting pushback…

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The SEC announced on Tuesday that it had filed a proposal titled “Regulation Crypto Assets”, giving crypto entrepreneurs a clearer, considerably lighter route to raising capital under federal securities law, according to the press release published by the regulator. It is the agency’s first formal rulemaking dedicated to crypto asset offerings, building on broader interpretive guidance the SEC issued in March, and would spare qualifying issuers the costly registration process required of most public offerings. At the centre of the proposal sit two new exemptions. The “startup exemption” would let an issuer raise up to $5 million (€4.3mn) over a…

Zelenskyy axing Fedorov had sparked an outcry because, after seven months in the role, the ex-minister was widely viewed as innovating to ensure Ukraine’s military could continue resisting the Russian attack. Fedorov, who previously served as digital minister and also has close ties with American entrepreneur Elon Musk, made no secret of his displeasure at being booted from the defense job — and launched his counterattack on Tuesday night in a bombshell YouTube address. “If the war drags on for another year, two, or three, could Russia effectively gain the right to determine when Ukrainians can once again choose their…

Published on 19/08/2026 – 14:00 GMT+2 Apparently, Diseny have access to a million alpacas… During the notorious televised defamation trial against Amber Heard in 2022, Johnny Depp swore that he would not play the beloved character of Captain Jack Sparrow again even if he were offered “$300m and a million alpacas”. The actor was clearly sore that Disney had dropped him from the series following his well-publicised legal issues. Now, Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, has said that Depp is in talks to return to the hit franchise in a planned sixth instalment. Bruckheimer…

“SMEs active in the press sector play an essential role in safeguarding media pluralism, cultural and linguistic diversity, democratic participation and citizens’ access to reliable information, particularly at local and regional level,” the Commission writes, highlighting structural challenges arising from the digital transformation of media markets. To qualify for assistance, beneficiaries would need to fulfil at least one item in a Commission checklist that includes preserving media pluralism and diversity of opinion, transitioning to digital content while also preserving print editions.  “The exemption covers aid pursuing cultural objectives — including linguistic diversity, the digitalization of press publications or the promotion of…