Author: staff

French telecoms giant that fumed over Starlink used … Musk’s satellites for storm-ravaged island – POLITICO Skip to main content

Trump, who takes office on 20 January, hasn’t publicly fleshed out his policy on Ukraine, but his previous comments have put a question mark over whether the United States will continue to be Ukraine’s biggest military backer. US President-elect Donald Trump is “strong and unpredictable” and those qualities can be a decisive factor in his policy approach to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.However, Zelenskyy said it won’t be possible to end the almost three years of war in one day, as Trump claimed during his election campaign that he could do.”The ‘hot’ stage of the war…

Johnson’s weak grip on the gavel has threatened not only his own survival but Trump’s ambitious agenda of tax cuts and mass deportations as the Republicans sweep to power. Republican Mike Johnson has narrowly won re-election to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts after a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.The uneasy scene brought an ominous start to the first day of the new Congress.A small collection of hardline Republicans convened in the back of the House chamber, one by one declining to vote or choosing another lawmaker.Johnson’s face…

Local media reported Ukraine’s military struck a Russian command post in the Kursk region. Meanwhile, Russia launched several missile and drone attacks towards Ukraine overnight. Ukraine’s military launched a precision strike at a Russian command post in Maryino in the Kursk region on Thursday, local media reported. Ukraine’s General Staff said “these attacks are primarily carried out to weaken Russia’s ability and willingness to carry out terrorist acts against Ukrainian civilians,” adding that necessary measures were taken to minimise harm to civilians in its nearby surroundings. Kyiv also downed two Russian helicopters and damaged another in a sea drone attack,…

2024 was a “massive” year for the zoo with the birth of two baby gorillas and three Asiatic lion cubs. From alpacas to zebras – and lots of birds, reptiles and invertebrates – London Zoo on Friday is taking stock of its residents.The annual census of the zoo’s 10,000-plus occupants is a requirement of its license, and the information gleaned will be shared with zoos around the world to help manage breeding programmes of endangered species.Glynn Hennessy, the zoo’s lead primate keeper, said that zoos are “really good now” at sharing information.“We can sort of see the genetic pathway of…

Apartment buildings and business across the region have been left without heating and hot water as a result of the shut-off, with residents told to insulate their homes as temperatures drop to below zero degrees Celsius. Russia ended gas supplies claiming Moldova owes €680 million in debts for unpaid gas bills. The Moldovan government disputes the sum and insists independent audits put the true figure at only around €8 million. According to officials, Russia’s only interest is sparking a humanitarian crisis it can use to say Moldova’s pro-EU path has brought economic disaster. According to the country’s national security advisor, Stanislav…

Germany’s export-based economy would suffer if it’s caught between Trump’s tariffs and Chinese industrial subsidies: the country’s companies have high exports to both the U.S. and China.  Scholz claims the EU’s policies should enable those exports and not anger trading partners. One such example is a planned EU carbon border tax, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).  According to Scholz, the carbon tax needs to be reworked to boost the attractiveness of energy-intensive products, like steel, made in Europe. As it stands, the CBAM would only impose tariffs on incoming products, shielding European companies from cheaper products that don’t meet…

Flattery from Macron Musk hasn’t yet thrown his endorsement behind Marine Le Pen and the French far right. But President Macron — who, like Scholz in Germany, is politically fragile and facing domestic turbulence — is desperate to get him onside. He has been urging the tech entrepreneur, alongside Trump, to attend a major artificial intelligence summit in Paris next month. The duo’s appearance at the recent Notre-Dame reopening was a diplomatic coup for Macron.  “Trump doesn’t seem to hold Paris in the same contempt he holds the EU or Germany,” said a Republican foreign policy expert working with Trump’s…

Updated: 03/01/2025 – 18:32 GMT+1 A 37-year-old US Army soldier, Matthew Livelsberger, was inside the Tesla Cybertruck filled with fireworks that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, the authorities have said. … More A 37-year-old US Army soldier, Matthew Livelsberger, was inside the Tesla Cybertruck filled with fireworks that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, the authorities have said.The man is believed to have shot himself in the head just before the explosion.Seven people were lightly injured in the blast, which caused little damage to the hotel.

The self-governing Danish territory has been in the spotlight since US President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his wish to buy the island. Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede has called for the North Atlantic island to pursue independence from its former colonial ruler Denmark in a New Year speech.The world’s biggest island — which is home to about 57,000 people — was a Danish colony until it become a self-governing territory of Denmark in 1979. Since 2009, Greenland has held the right to declare independence through a referendum.”The history and current conditions have shown that our cooperation with the Kingdom of Denmark…