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On U.S. relations, Schmit criticized the Commission for not publicly defending former commissioner Breton, who was handed a travel ban by Washington over what it views as unfair efforts to regulate American social media and tech giants. Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told POLITICO at the time that the College of Commissioners agreed to provide Breton with legal and financial support. Breton was the commissioner who pushed through and helped enforce the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a piece of regulation designed to enforce content moderation policies on large online platforms. Schmit said the laws that the U.S. is unhappy about…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 01/02/2026 – 22:05 GMT+1 An intercity bus rolled off a road in southern Turkey’s Antalya province on Sunday, killing nine people and injuring dozens more, according to local officials. Images showed the vehicle lying on its side on an embankment off a highway slip road in Döşemealtı, a district to the northwest of Antalya city centre. Ahmet Kodaz, a passenger who survived the crash, described the terrifying moments before the accident. “We were travelling from Isparta to Antalya. There was already fog on the road, and the driver was going very fast,” he said. “When we…
By Rafael Salido with AP Published on 01/02/2026 – 22:45 GMT+1 Almost a month after the US military operation that deposed former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the United States has taken a new step towards normalising relations with Caracas. The chargé d’affaires for Venezuela, Laura Dogu, arrived in the South American country on Saturday to reopen the US diplomatic mission, which has been closed for seven years. “I have just arrived in Venezuela. My team and I are ready to work,” Dogu confirmed in a message posted on the X account of the US embassy in Caracas, accompanied by images of her arrival…
Published on 01/02/2026 – 21:01 GMT+1 The third edition of Web Summit Qatar has officially opened to sold-out crowds, with over 30,000 innovators, entrepreneurs and tech fans arriving in Doha. This year’s summit brings together more than 1,600 startups, 900 investors and 400 speakers from around the world, making it the largest edition in Qatar so far. Running from 1–4 February, the summit features talks, panels, networking opportunities and showcases of the latest technology and innovation. Participants come from over 120 countries, with leading global companies including IBM, Microsoft, Huawei and Qatar Airways among the event’s partners. Shifting tech power…
Published on 01/02/2026 – 20:33 GMT+1 Grain wagons from Russia were dispatched to Armenia through Azerbaijani territory on Sunday, as reopening transit routes remains part of the normalisation process between Baku and Yerevan. A total of 25 grain wagons, weighing at 1,746 tonnes, have been sent from Russia to Armenia via a transit through Azerbaijan. So far, a total of 285 wagons, carrying nearly 19,900 tonnes of grain, have been transported. In the past few months, several shipments of this kind have already taken place. The first batch of grain to Armenia via Azerbaijan was sent in November last year,…
London could also be asked to pay a fee to join the loan. France, with the support of other countries, last week suggested that third-party countries that take part should contribute. They made the argument that since EU member countries pay interest on the loan it would be unfair if non-EU countries don’t pay anything, according to three EU diplomats. However, British officials said this idea was not under active discussion. A U.K government spokesperson said: “We do not comment on internal EU processes,” pointing out that the country has so far committed a total of £21.8 billion in support for…
French IT giant Capgemini announced on Sunday that it was putting up for sale its subsidiary working with the US immigration police (ICE), at the heart of international controversy over the violent methods used by these federal agents. The company has been in the spotlight for several days because of a contract, revealed by the NGO Observatoire des Multinationales, that its US subsidiary, Capgemini Government Solutions, signed with ICE to identify foreign nationals on US soil and track their movements. In a press release, Capgemini explained that “the usual legal constraints imposed in the United States on contracting with federal…
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By Andreas Rogal & Jerry Fisayo-Bambi Published on 01/02/2026 – 17:30 GMT+1•Updated 17:39 A Russian attack on a bus outside the city of Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has killed at least 15 miners and injured seven others on Sunday, Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm, DTEK, reported. Russia launched a mass attack, targeting DTEK mines, the company said. One of the strikes hit a service bus in the town of Ternivka, which was transporting miners home after their shift. “The service bus was carrying mine workers — civilians who were not involved in the combat. This is yet another brutal attack with casualties, just…
Gold hit a new record high on Thursday at $5600 per ounce. Silver was trading at $120 per ounce. Suddenly, precious metal prices began to fall. By Friday evening, gold was already costing $470 per ounce. Gold fever reached a new high at the beginning of 2026, with prices hitting a record earlier this week. All over the world, people queued up to sell bullion they already owned or to buy it. Consumers went to local retailers to cash in their gold jewellery. Some are buying gold coins or bars for the first time. Others are investing in exchange-traded funds,…