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The EU executive has touted the new asymmetric tariff agreement with the Donald Trump administration, announced on Sunday, as a step toward predictability. Yet, less than a day before the US is expected to implement a new tariff ceiling of 15% on EU industrial goods, crucial details for several sectors, including wine and spirits, remain unresolved. Industry stakeholders are still holding out hope for exemptions, but no official list has been released. A Commission spokesperson admitted on Thursday that wine and spirits are likely to be subject to the tariffs. “It is not our expectation that wine and spirits will…
The Reform Party leader and longtime ally of Trump went on to say that he had never discussed it with the U.S. leader, but added: “I think this is one area where Donald has sort of put himself into conflict with much of his own base.” Farage observed that if he’d been of a different generation, he too would have probably come into contact with Epstein. “Had I been 10 years older, I would have done, because they were the circles … ” he added. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was told in May by his attorney general,…
The spokesperson said the acceptance of dismissal “should not be considered as confirmation of the allegations.” His exit comes as a report by Der Standard in Austria named Oberreiter in connection with a sexually explicit blog. The report said Oberreiter denied that allegation and that he resigned to save Austria from further embarrassment. POLITICO has not verified the report. “For reasons of data and privacy protection of the person concerned and their relatives, we cannot provide further details,” the government spokesperson said. POLITICO has contacted a representative for Oberreiter for comment. Oberreiter has worked in the Austrian foreign service for more than 30…
The fire in Galicia began on Wednesday afternoon and spread rapidly due to high temperatures and winds. Emergency services have evacuated residents from Valeixe and placed seven nearby villages under lockdown as a precaution. More than 30 firefighting units, including air and ground support and the Military Emergency Unit (UME), have been deployed. Civil Protection has issued mobile alerts urging calm and instructing residents to follow safety guidelines.
Published on 31/07/2025 – 14:42 GMT+2 Spain is facing a critical situation with several active wildfires keeping authorities and affected communities on high alert. More than a thousand personnel and firefighting units are working tirelessly to control three major blazes, which remain uncontained and are classified as level 2 in potential severity. In the Las Hurdes region of Cáceres, the Caminomorisco fire has become the most worrying fire of the summer in Extremadura. Originating from human activity – whether due to negligence, accident or intentionally – this fire has devastated nearly 2,600 hectares within a 28.5-kilometre perimeter. The situation has…
Sweden’s call adds to growing pressure within the EU against Israel over its ongoing assault in Gaza, where tens of thousands of people have been killed in military retaliation against Hamas militants over their Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. On Monday, the European Commission proposed suspending parts of the EU-Israel Association Agreement involving a flagship research project, citing a “humanitarian catastrophe” that it said threatens “virtually the entire Gaza population.” The initiative was ultimately blocked at a meeting of envoys on Tuesday by Germany and three other member countries. On Wednesday, the Netherlands also announced it advocated suspending the…
Tensions are escalating between Paris and Madrid following comments by Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente in the case involving the removal of a group of French Jewish teenagers from a flight in Spain. The incident occurred on 23 July, when a group of around 40 teens was removed from a plane at Valencia airport. Last Friday, Oscar Puente posted and then later deleted on the social media platform X, criticising Spanish conservative politicians for allegedly failing to back the airline and instead “supporting the Israeli brats.” The post quickly drew ire from the French government, which also denounced the behaviour…
Published on 31/07/2025 – 13:43 GMT+2 If you’ve ever watched your phone’s battery icon plummet faster than expected, you know charging estimates aren’t perfect. In an electric car, the battery’s charge reading is more than a guess, it’s a critical number for passenger safety. State of charge (SOC), which shows the percentage of the car battery’s remaining capacity, is used for safety functions like preventing overcharging or completely running out of battery. Both can have disastrous consequences. Failure to accurately measure SOC can result in overcharging, which leads to excessive heat, chemical breakdown, and in extreme cases “thermal runaway” –…
By Tokunbo Salako with AP Published on 31/07/2025 – 13:49 GMT+2 Keanu Reeves is to be reunited with six of his Rolex watches stolen from his Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles during a string of high-profile thefts across the United States in December 2023. The luxury timepieces, worth an estimated €110,000, turned up in the Chilean capital, Santiago, were discovered several months ago when police raided several homes and found items including stolen cars, iPhones and designer purses. That operation coincided with another Chilean investigation, coordinated with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, into a spate of burglaries by South America-based crime…
The bill now goes back to Zelenskyy to be signed into law. Many current MPs are subjects of NABU investigations. The agency has charged 71 current and former MPs with corruption, 42 of them during the period between 2022 and 2025. Thirty-one of the charged MPs still sit in the Ukrainian parliament. While many of the lawmakers implicitly admitted they erred originally in scuttling the independence of NABU and SAP, some Ukrainian political heavyweights — such as former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko — defended the controversial vote last week. “This bill, the president submitted under colossal pressure, is not about…