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Under the arrangement, struck last year after months of negotiations, the joint U.S.-U.K. base will remain under the control of both countries for the next 99 years under a lease agreement. But Trump posted Wednesday: “I have been telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer, of the United Kingdom, that Leases are no good when it comes to Countries, and that he is making a big mistake by entering a 100 Year Lease with whoever it is that is ‘claiming’ Right, Title, and Interest to Diego Garcia, strategically located in the Indian Ocean.” The Mauritian government — which has long claimed it was…
Published on 18/02/2026 – 18:13 GMT+1 In the heart of Milan, behind the imposing Sforza Castle, lies a monument to sport, culture and consumerism that’s attracting thousands of people to its doors every day. You might be thinking that’s normal given how the Italian city is playing host to the Winter Olympics and the enormous global circus which that entails. But, The Peak, Coca-Cola’s interactive show, offers a red and white-tinted view of the past and the role the black, sweet sticky stuff – and sugar-free varieties – have played throughout the history of the games. As free exhibitions go,…
BRUSSELS — Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken criticized European leaders for speaking too much about nuclear weapons. “Regarding nuclear deterrence, I really don’t understand why European leaders are so loose-lipped. Not wise. Please keep your mouth shut,” he posted on X, in reply to a podcast interview by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In the interview, the German leader ruled out the development of a German homegrown nuclear deterrent but said German fighter jets could potentially carry French and U.K. nuclear weapons. Germany and Belgium are both part of the U.S. nuclear sharing agreement and their air forces can carry American nuclear…
La présidence de la BCE est l’un des postes les plus influents d’Europe, commandant une puissance de feu financière sans pareille. C’est pourquoi les gouvernements nationaux se sont toujours battus avec acharnement pour promouvoir une personne favorable à leurs propres besoins et priorités. Les négociations sur la succession de Christine Lagarde risquent d’être intenses et seront encore compliquées par la montée des populistes sur le Vieux Continent, rendant plus difficile pour les partis politiques européens traditionnels de garder la main sur le processus de nomination aux postes clés. Ce problème a été mis en lumière la semaine dernière lorsque le…
Team USA skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, along with Italy’s Federica Brignone, are among the many skiers who have expressed concern during these Olympic Games about the accelerating melt of the world’s glaciers. And Olympic host city Cortina is a fitting place for them to be talking about climate change: glaciers once visible from town have dramatically shrunk. Many have been reduced to tiny glaciers or residual ice patches at high elevations among the jagged peaks of the Dolomites. Any Olympian or spectator wishing to lay eyes on a major glacier would have to take a long drive on…
The previous Conservative government appointed Michael Grade, a Tory peer, as chair in 2022. His term ends on April 26, and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, which is leading the recruitment process, hopes to announce his replacement before then. The interview panel, which is made up of civil servants and independent members, will now hand Technology Secretary Liz Kendall a shortlist of approved candidates. Former Conservative Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright is also in the running, according to the same two people quoted above. Wright, one of the architects of the Online Safety Act (OSA), has been critical of…
Roads and pathways were blanketed with snow in southern Romania on Wednesday after heavy snowfall and strong winds hit the region disrupting traffic, air, and rail services. In the capital, Bucharest, commuters faced delays as snow covered tracks and roads caused disruption to services while drivers were also seen struggling to free their snowed-in vehicles. Parts of highways were also closed in the south of the country, several trains were cancelled and Bucharest airport announced that some planes were diverted to other airports. Black Sea ports were also closed due to the adverse weather.
Space is not only about scientific exploration and economic opportunities. It’s also a political field, some might even say a battlefield, completely tied to developments on Earth. For example, on 24 February 2022, just before Russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a cyberattack struck satellite providers in Europe and Ukraine, impacting telecommunication systems across the continent. The satellite service targeted was KA-SAT, operated by the United States (US) company Viasat. The attack caused disruptions to energy infrastructures and internet outages across Europe, leaving several public authorities, businesses, and users in Ukraine without internet. In May 2022, the European Union…
Back in January, Radev met with the heads of various parliamentary groups, trying to task them with forming a government, but did not succeed. Radev then stepped down on Jan. 19 to start his own election campaign with Iotova, who had served as vice president, taking office shortly after. She appointed Andrey Gyurov, a former deputy governor of Bulgaria’s National Bank, as caretaker prime minister. Gyurov superseded the country’s last prime minister, Rosen Zhelyazkov, who resigned in December, following weeks of anti-corruption protests against his government. His Cabinet, which took office in January 2025, survived six no-confidence votes before collapsing.…
Europe doesn’t have an innovation problem, but a scale problem, says the latest report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), noting how the continent excels at research and pilot projects, but consistently fails to convert technological breakthroughs into large-scale industrial deployment. The hefty report was presented on Wednesday as energy ministers gather on the sidelines of the IEA’s ministerial meeting to take stock of the latest technological achievements in the energy sector. Among the technologies assessed are the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), fusion energy, or carbon capture and storage – all set to play a role in the…