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But the campaign has run into strong opposition from Malta. The tiny island in the Mediterranean Sea, with a population of just over half a million people, is home to a burgeoning betting sector. It says that higher taxes will cripple its gambling industry, boost illegal operators and drive firms outside the bloc. “[Malta] will not accept the introduction of any EU-level taxes designed to sustain the bloc’s spending,” the country’s Prime Minister, Robert Abela, told the Maltese Parliament in June. But Shilton, who lost more than £1 million in betting on horse racing over 45 years and now runs…
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By Una Hajdari with AP Published on 05/08/2026 – 15:27 GMT+2 China has announced a series of economic measures against the United States, including controls on drone exports and a ban on dealings with six American entities. The move is in response to recent restrictions imposed by Washington. Tensions are simmering between the world’s two biggest economies ahead of an expected visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the US in September. This comes despite signs of warming ties during his meetings with US President Donald Trump in Beijing in May. China’s Commerce Ministry said the sanctions are a response to recent US…
From border management and asylum rules to integration and the rights of people living in Europe without legal status, migration continues to raise difficult questions for policymakers. Spanish MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Socialists & Democrats) and Swedish MEP Tomas Tobé (European People’s Party) discuss how Europe should manage migration, including the use of the “safe third country” concept and Spain’s large-scale regularisation plan. Another major issue on the EU agenda this year was the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. With the deal dividing opinion across Europe, Swedish EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn and Irish Renew MEP Ciaran Mullooly debate its potential benefits…
Iran and Oman on Wednesday finalised an agreement on what Tehran calls the geographical coordinates of a proposed shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran and Oman are preparing a joint statement on the agreement which includes technical, legal, security and environmental points. Separately, Iranian media quoted official sources saying that the reopening of the Strait would depend on the US ending its naval blockade of the country’s ports. The key aspect of such an agreement revolves around Tehran’s insistence to charge fees for passage as it claims sovereign control of the…
Officials told WELT — which, like POLITICO, is part of the Axel Springer group — that the device’s detonator failed to function, preventing an explosion. They also said the drone was found just meters from a Ukrainian Antonov transport aircraft. According to the report, it contained Semtex, the explosive used in the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground. According to WELT, security authorities have internally classified the incident as an attempted attack. No suspects had been detained as of Wednesday evening. Germany’s Interior Minister…
Published on 05/08/2026 – 18:22 GMT+2 Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic party’s Senate primary election in the US state of Michigan on Wednesday, highlighting key internal differences over the party’s direction. El-Sayed narrowly defeated moderate congresswoman Haley Stevens – who was backed by many of the party’s senior establishment figures such as Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer – in what became a proxy battle for the party’s direction. He will now go on to face Republican Mike Rogers in November to keep Michigan’s Senate seat with the Democrats. November’s elections will determine the makeup of Congress for US…
By Euronews with AP Published on 05/08/2026 – 16:25 GMT+2 René Redzepi had it all. The Danish chef and co-founder of Noma led his restaurant to three Michelin stars and during his 23 years at Noma, the restaurant collected numerous accolades. These included topping the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List not once, but five times. On top of wowing the culinary world with his innovative “New Nordic” cuisine, he even created and starred in a TV series, Omnivore, which was released on Apple TV+. Now, as the restaurant reopens, he’s nowhere to be found. Noma says it is beginning a “new chapter” with…
Trump’s participation in the June G7 summit in Evian was praised as a high point in the relationship, with the U.S. president showing signs of support for Ukraine and prolonging his visit to France to join Macron and his wife for dinner at the gilded Versailles Palace. “We have our ups and downs in our relationship with the U.S.,” said a former French official, who has kept informed of the transatlantic relationship. Macron is capable of challenging America’s bullying at the Economic Forum of Davos, but “can also hug President Trump and invite him to sign his Iran deal in…