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America has many advantages in this race — which is how it has managed to stay ahead, even as Beijing embarked on its long-term strategy to overtake it. But in the past six months, the Trump administration has systematically begun to dismantle many of them. Let’s take partnerships: The biggest advantage for the U.S. is that it has allies, while China has clients. Collectively, the U.S. and its allies can outcompete, outspend, out-innovate, out-trade, out-finance and out-attract others to its side. But Washington’s allies in North America, Europe and Asia increasingly — and rightfully — fear that the current “America…
Le petit village basque de Zubieta possède un talent improbable pour un endroit de cette taille : cette commune de 300 âmes peut faire disparaître les déchets d’un demi-million de personnes. Chaque année, pas moins de 200 000 tonnes de déchets provenant de tout le nord-ouest de l’Espagne sont transportés par camion jusqu’à l’usine de traitement du Guipuscoa, située à la périphérie du village. Ils y sont triés et acheminés vers un incinérateur géant, qui produit suffisamment d’électricité pour alimenter 45 000 foyers. L’usine du Guipuscoa était censée être une alternative écologique aux décharges, c’est pourtant l’inverse qui lui est…
“Appeasement towards jihadist terrorists always fails. It will fail you too. It will not happen.” The broadside came after Starmer — under pressure from his own party and a French push on the issue — made a conditional pledge to recognize a Palestinian state ahead of September’s United Nations General Assembly. The British prime minister told his Cabinet Tuesday that “now was the right time to move this position forward” because of the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza and the diminishing prospects of a peace process. Starmer promised that the U.K. would recognize a Palestinian state in September unless the…
In Tuesday’s foreign ministry statement, Moscow said Norway’s decision represented “a gross violation” of the long-standing fisheries accord. It accused Oslo of undermining what it described as a “long-term effective system” for managing joint fish stocks in the Barents and Norwegian Seas. The Kremlin warned that Norway’s actions could jeopardize broader fisheries cooperation and threaten the sustainable exploitation of marine resources in the North Atlantic. “If Oslo is not ready to return to fulfilling the conditions prescribed by the 1976 agreement,” the ministry said, “the Russian side will take the necessary measures to protect the interests of domestic fisheries.” Norway’s…
POLITICO fait le point sur ce que l’on sait à ce stade. Energie Que contient l’accord ? Trump et von der Leyen ont convenu que l’UE achèterait pour 750 milliards de dollars de pétrole et de gaz naturel liquéfié aux Etats-Unis — ce montant inclurait également d’autres produits énergétiques, tels que le combustible nucléaire. Cela représente 250 milliards de dollars de nouveaux achats d’énergie chaque année, ce qui, selon la cheffe de la Commission, contribuerait également à mettre fin à la dépendance de l’UE à l’égard des importations russes. Qui gagne, qui perd ? En théorie, cet accord est une…
The gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building before killing himself claimed in a note to have a brain disease linked to contact sports and was trying to target the National Football League’s (NFL) headquarters but took the wrong lift, officials said on Tuesday. Investigators believe Shane Tamura, of Las Vegas, was trying to get up to the NFL offices after shooting several people in the lobby of the building at 345 Park Avenue on Monday but entered the wrong elevator, Mayor Eric Adams said. Four people were killed, including an off-duty New York City police officer, Didarul…
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Published on 29/07/2025 – 19:50 GMT+2 A zoo in the German city of Nürnberg said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday despite protests, capping a saga rooted in concerns that the zoo had too little space to house a growing group of the animals. The Tiergarten Nürnberg zoo first announced plans to kill baboons it didn’t have enough space in February 2024. It has said that it examined offers to take in some of the animals but was unable to make any of them work. The plans drew criticism from animal protection groups. They also drew protests at the zoo,…
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar contacted his Greek counterpart, Giorgos Gerapetritis, regarding one recent incident, and the Athens government pledged to adopt a harsher stance and use anti-racist legislation to crack down on protesters. “Anyone who attempts to prevent a third-country national from entering the country legally will be prosecuted, arrested and subsequently subject to criminal proceedings under anti-racism legislation,” Minister for Public Order Michalis Chrisochoidis said last week. On Tuesday afternoon, demonstrators unfurled a huge Palestinian flag and shouted, “Free, free Palestine” as tourists disembarked the Crown Iris from Israel for bus tours of the island. According to local media…
By Una Hajdari with AP Published on 29/07/2025 – 18:18 GMT+2 The second-biggest carmaker in Europe has forecast that US tariffs could cost it €1.5 billion this year as the EU has failed to avert auto levies imposed by the Trump administration. The producers of luxury Maserati cars as well as mid-range and affordable favourites such as Lancia, Peugeot and Fiat, said on Tuesday that net profits plummeted from €5.6bn in the same period last year. This was as it burned €3.3 billion in cash for the cancellation of a hydrogen fuel cell project. Changes in the fine regime for US carbon emission…