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9:41 GMT+1 Rubio on Ukraine Onto a Q&A, Rubio answers a question on Ukraine.The Secretary of State skipped an informal meeting on the conflict yesterday which was attended by multiple European leaders.According to Rubio, the issues between Russia and Ukraine have “narrowed” but “the hardest questions to answer” remain. He pushes back on the idea Moscow is not interested in negotiations.The US and Europe should continue to take steps to pressure Russia into negotiations, Rubio says, insisting the US has “made progress” in talks.Credit- AP 9:41 GMT+1 US wants to ‘fix’ the status quo, Rubio says Rubio goes on to…
At the heart of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games’ experience is the food, which, for high-performance athletes, is not only a way of discovering the rich Italian cuisine but also provides fuel for the competition. Every day, more than 10,000 meals are prepared across the different villages and facilities. According to the organisation of the games, in the Milan Olympic Village alone, the kitchens serve around 3,000 eggs and approximately 450 kilograms of pasta daily. In the 24-hour canteens, athletes can find balanced meals to help fight jet lag and help with training, high-protein diets for cross-country skiiers, lighter ones…
By Euronews Published on 14/02/2026 – 8:00 GMT+1 The artificial intelligence (AI) created caricature trend that showcases everything a chatbot knows about someone in a colourful picture, can pose serious security risks, according to cybersecurity experts. Users upload a photo of themselves with a company logo or details about their role and ask OpenAI’s ChatGPT to create a caricature of them and their job using what the chatbot knows about them. Cybersecurity experts told Euronews Next that social media challenges, such as AI caricatures, can provide fraudsters with a treasure trove of valuable information. A single image, paired with personal details,…
His address comes after Pentagon deputy Elbridge Colby told the conference he wanted a new version of the alliance where members pay more and take greater responsibility for defending Europe — echoing a consistent message from the Trump administration, which has prided itself on prodding other NATO members to increase defense spending. While Britain still sees the U.S. as an indispensable ally, according to Starmer, Europe must shift from “overdependence to interdependence.” Starmer will also signal his willingness to work with European leaders on joint defense procurement in order to reduce gaps and duplication. Greater integration His speech comes in…
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The software sector is experiencing its worst market sell-off since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, but this time the trigger is not a banking collapse, it is artificial intelligence. The US sector fell 14.5% in January, its worst monthly performance since October 2008. The sell-off accelerated in early February, with a further 10% decline in less than two weeks. At the heart of the rout is a growing investor concern. Many fear that AI tools may not simply enhance existing software products, but erode parts of the subscription-based business models that have underpinned the sector’s growth for more…
It’s Valentine’s Day, giving POLITICO the chance to speculate about an ever-closer union of a different kind. POLITICO’s EU Influence newsletter asked Marjorie Libourel, a Brussels-based matchmaker who works with clients in the bubble, how she’d pair up some of the top Commission names. (Note: These are hypothetical. We’re sure none of the commissioners are in the market for love). Ursula von der Leyen (European Commission president) A very successful woman, Type A, very career-focused and occasionally isolated. Libourel would pair her with a “discreet, reliable, solid and grounded” man like Margaret Thatcher’s husband, Denis, or Angela Merkel’s spouse, Joachim…
What Kristersson’s comments lay bare is the lasting damage done to relations between many European governments and the U.S. after Trump’s demands to take “ownership” of the island away from Sweden’s neighbor Denmark. “For very obvious reasons, trust took a hit, no doubt,” Kristersson said this week, shortly before traveling to the Munich Security Conference. “I’m not at all saying that it is unreparable, and I don’t think it is either, but of course the tone the Americans used against Europeans, Canadians, Denmark, is not building trust.” It is clear that the conflict between the U.S. and European countries reached…
Europe and the U.S. “face the same sort of threat and the same threat actors,” said Cairncross, who advises Trump on cybersecurity policy. Rather than weaning off America, wean off China, he said: “There is a clean tech stack. It is primarily American. And then there is a Chinese tech stack.” Claiming that U.S. tech is as risky as Chinese tech is “a giant false equivalency,” according to Cairncross. “Personal data doesn’t get piped to the state in the United States,” he said, referencing concerns that the Beijing government has laws requiring firms to hand over data for Chinese surveillance and…
At a Thursday meeting of NATO’s defense ministers, “I felt a shift in mindset where the Europeans were not only saying, ‘Hey, we are going to spend much more,’” Rutte said. “The shift in mindset is Europeans saying, ‘We need to take more the lead in NATO,’ … and this is exactly what the United States wanted.” That “makes it easier for the United States to stay anchored in NATO,” Rutte added. The remarks come one day after an unusually cordial intervention from Deputy Pentagon chief Elbridge Colby at Thursday’s meeting of alliance ministers in Brussels — which some Europeans…