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It’s not only European tourists traveling in the United States and finding themselves in front of closed museum doors or national park gates. Because the US is so central to the global economy, European businesses could feel negative effects of a US government shutdown too. In fact, they should get ready for a rough ride that will only become more painful the longer the gridlock in Washington lasts. So, why should corporate Europe be worried about public employees on the other side of the Atlantic not being able to work? Well, the shutdown halts or scales back many federal operations…
Published on 01/10/2025 – 7:00 GMT+2 After three years of construction, the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is now open to traffic in China’s Guizhou Province, cutting travel across the canyon from two hours to just two minutes. Soaring 625 metres above the Beipan River, the structure is officially the tallest bridge in the world, and with a 1,420-metre main span, it has also become the world’s longest-span steel truss girder suspension bridge in mountainous terrain. The new bridge surpasses the previous record-holder – another Beipan River span located about 100 km away, opened in 2016 with a height of 565.4…
Beim EU-Gipfel geht es heute um Drohnenabwehr, eingefrorene russische Milliarden und den Dauerblockierer Viktor Orbán. Kanzler Friedrich Merz vollzieht eine Kehrtwende – und will 140 Milliarden Euro aus russischen Assets für die Ukraine als zinsloses Darlehen freigeben. Und die Debatte über Einstimmigkeit oder Mehrheitsentscheid geht weiter. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview fordert die FDP-Europaabgeordnete und Verteidigungspolitikerin Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann eine klare Linie: Putins Geld beschlagnahmen, Sanktionen verschärfen, die Drohnenabwehr ernsthaft aufbauen, aber Umsicht walten lassen nach Forderungen danach etwas vom Himmel zu holen.Innenpolitisch will die Bundesregierung härter gegen Terrorvorbereitungen vorgehen. Ricarda Breyton von WELT erklärt, wie der Gesetzentwurf über EU-Vorgaben hinausgeht. Das Berlin Playbook…
By Euronews with AP Published on 01/10/2025 – 5:33 GMT+2 The United States government is headed towards a shutdown after Senate Democrats voted down the last-ditch Republican bill to extend federal funding for seven more weeks. As Republicans only have 54 seats in the Senate and need 60 votes, Democrats are using that as leverage to achieve their policy goals. With only 55 votes in favour and 45 against the bill, the vote fell short to pass the legislation. Democrats want to negotiate an extension of the health subsidies immediately as people are beginning to receive notices of premium increases for the next…
Since the Labour government came into power in July 2024, merger control in the UK has been drawn into a wider debate about growth and investment. This government prioritises economic growth, and ministers have signalled that competition policy should support the pro-growth agenda. The dismissal of CMA Chair Marcus Bokkerink in January 2025 was widely seen as a political intervention, driven by concerns that the authority’s stance risked deterring investment and hampering growth. As part of this shift, the CMA introduced its “4Ps” framework—committing to improved pace, predictability, proportionality and process—with merger control singled out as a critical area for…
Predictably, Russian media also targeted Ukraine’s president, whom they accused of a conspiracy to drag the United States deeper into conflict. “The main beneficiary of this commotion on a global scale is [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy,” wrote the pro-Kremlin tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets. Only U.S. President Donald Trump was spared a thorough excoriation, with journalists praising him for what they deemed his measured reaction, because he refrained from immediately denouncing Russia after the drone incursion into Poland. Alexei Zhuravlev, a guest on “60 minutes,” summarized the state of play : “We [Russians] are calmly advancing, Europe continues to act aggressively, and Trump remains…
In a rare interview, Jonathan Reynolds told POLITICO he would not be employing a tarantula or a “little black book,” but would take a gentler approach to keep restive MPs on the government’s side. Sep 29 5 mins read
Ses deux derniers livres portent sur les tyrans et les autocrates, et les présidents et ministres de toute l’Europe les ont dévorés dans l’espoir d’apprendre à survivre dans le monde hostile de la géopolitique. Emmanuel Macron appelle da Empoli par son prénom et le cite dans ses discours. La Première ministre danoise, Mette Frederiksen, qui a passé une grande partie de l’année à se disputer avec Donald Trump au sujet de ses menaces sur le Groenland, a une ligne directe avec cet Italo-Suisse flegmatique. Dans un élégant salon donnant sur le jardin du siège parisien de sa maison d’édition Gallimard,…
His view contrasts with skepticism from officials in Brussels and politicians in European capitals, some of whom dismissed Trump’s statements that Ukraine could “win” back all its territory from Russia as hollow words. But Stubb has more credibility than most when it comes to interpreting Trump, having built a rapport with the American president while playing golf, a sport they both love. Asked what sort of stick Trump would choose to hit Putin with, Stubb quipped that it might be a “driver.” “President Trump is working if not around the clock, then every day with trying to end the war,”…
His concerns the gathering would turn into a “re-tread of 1999” — when the socially liberal PM Tony Blair was in power — had been assuaged. It “hasn’t turned out that way at all,” he said heralding Mahmood’s “brave” speech on the importance of borders and sovereignty. Starmer needed to be given the space to “grow,” he said, claiming it would have been “inconceivable” a year ago that the prime minister would have been talking about stopping the boats and appointing Mahmood as home secretary. “Conference is very calm. All that noise has died down. It’s not let Keir be Keir the human rights…