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Scholz, pressed on the collapse of his coalition government — a three-party alliance that had struggled with internal disagreements — faced a blunt inquiry: Why hadn’t he appointed a “dispute-settling minister” to mediate between his feuding allies?  “That wouldn’t help if one side refuses to compromise,” the chancellor replied dryly, referring to tensions with his former Finance Minister Christian Lindner, leader of the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP). Merz, the conservative challenger from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and front-runner in the current election, faced an even more personal challenge. A 14-year-old named Rachid took issue with Merz’s past remarks about…

“You also forget to mention that [Trump] also had a long phone call with [Ukraine] President Zelenskyy,” he said. “There’s a clear convergence emerging: We all want peace in Ukraine, rather sooner than later. We all want Ukraine to be in the best possible position.” U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s debut in Europe created quite a stir. On his first trip to Brussels since he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Hegseth told his counterparts Wednesday at the NATO headquarters that Zelenskyy had no chance of returning Ukraine to its pre-2014 borders. He also shut down hopes that Kyiv would…

Tesla’s stock retreated sharply, erasing most of the gains from the Trump-led surge. BYD’s partnership with DeepSeek to develop its autonomous vehicle poses the biggest threat to Tesla’s competitiveness. Telsa’s stock is down 17% this year and slumped 33% from its all-time high in December last year, making it the biggest loser among the US tech giants, or so-called Magnificent Seven stocks. The drop in its share price is attributed to several factors including a broad retreat in the US tech stocks, Elon Musk’s leadership in acquiring OpenAI, and the recent BYD’s announcement to partner with DeepSeek. Meanwhile, optimism toward Trump’s…

This article was originally published in Turkish NASA’s new observations of the asteroid, named 2024 YR4, led to a 2.3 per cent probability of hitting Earth on 22 December 2032. The probability of the recently discovered asteroid, which is expected to make a close pass close to Earth in 2032, has doubled.NASA’s new observations of the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, have led to a 2.3 per cent chance of it hitting Earth on 22 December 2032.The space agency had previously put the risk at about 1 per cent.Although the risk is still quite low, scientists continue to closely monitor the asteroid’s…

The U.K. economy fared marginally better than expected at the end of last year, eking out modest growth thanks to an uptick in industrial output. The news offers a modicum of relief to a government that has seen growth largely grind to a halt since it took office, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first budget compounding some stiff international headwinds and the lingering effects of high inflation and interest rates. The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product grew 0.1 percent in the three months through December, and was up 0.9 percent from a year earlier. Analysts had expected a…

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Doing so would have “far-reaching negative consequences for the stability of European energy markets and the security of supply across the Continent,” they said, arguing it would undermine Europe’s credibility as a gas customer and shift trading outside the bloc. EU capitals first agreed to the cap, which theoretically set a ceiling on gas imports, as energy prices soared to record highs following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. But the measure, which expired earlier this month, was never activated, as prices never met the required threshold. The discussion on reviving the cap comes as Brussels gears up to…

NATO split Trump’s demand is splitting the alliance’s European nations into three groupings, said Camille Grand, a former NATO assistant secretary-general who’s now a distinguished policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. A “relatively small group” that includes the Baltic nations and Poland is already spending nearly 5 percent of GDP on defense to deter Russian leader Vladimir Putin and is ready to “pay the price” to keep Trump onside, Grand said. “I don’t think many nations will commit up-front to 5 percent because so much of the pace at which you can go depends so much on…

Trump said he expects to see Putin in Saudi Arabia in the “not too distant future” for their first meeting since his inauguration last month. The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas released a late-night statement on behalf of the Weimar + group of nations, which includes France, Poland, Germany, Spain, Italy and the U.K., reacting to Trump’s pronouncements. “Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity are unconditional” as peace talks begin, the statement posted by Kallas said. “Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.” Marko Mihkelson, chair of the Estonian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, cautioned: “Today might…