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“It worries me greatly because we do not spy on friends,” Rasmussen also said in response to a report in The Wall Street Journal. According to DR, one of the men compiled lists of Greenlanders supportive of, or critical toward, U.S. influence, while others maintained political and business contacts on the island. It was unclear whether they acted independently or under direction from U.S. officials. The move comes amid ongoing tensions over Greenland, a mineral-rich, self-governing Danish territory. Earlier this year, Trump told CNN that Washington would “100 percent” gain control of Greenland, even repeatedly threatening to use military force.…
Published on 27/08/2025 – 13:38 GMT+2 Turkey’s transport minister has been fined for speeding after he posted a video on social media of himself clocking 225 kilometres per hour on a highway — far exceeding the 140km/h limit. Abdulkadir Uraloğlu shared a video on X on Sunday showing him driving along the Ankara–Nigde highway in an Audi near the Turkish capital, while listening to folk music and speeches by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The footage — which shows the minister’s speedometer clocking speeds of between 190 and 225km/h — was accompanied by the hashtag #TurkeyAccelerates. Hours later, Uraloğlu reposted the…
In a letter made public earlier this month, Netanyahu said antisemitism had “surged” in France and accused the French president of fueling hatred with his campaign to get nations to recognize Palestinian statehood at the United Nations General Assembly next month. “Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire,” Netanyahu wrote in his letter. “It is not diplomacy, it is appeasement. It rewards Hamas terror, hardens Hamas’s refusal to free the hostages, emboldens those who menace French Jews,” he wrote. Macron and Netanyahu have long had a turbulent relationship that has become more tense with Macron’s…
Published on 27/08/2025 – 12:33 GMT+2 Russia plans to formally withdraw from Europe’s convention against torture and inhuman treatment, according to a decree published this week. The resolution by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin calls upon President Vladimir Putin to submit the withdrawal from the treaty to Russia’s lower house of parliament. Moscow’s move is likely to be seen as moot given widespread criticism of its worsening human rights record since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. In 2024, UN-backed experts presented evidence that Russia had systematically tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war. Last month, the European Court of…
Published on 27/08/2025 – 10:50 GMT+2 The hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters has become the most-streamed movie in Netflix history, according to the streamer. Released in June, the animated action-musical about a fictional K-pop girl band Huntr/x whose three members secretly protect the world from demons, has been watched more than 236 million times. This means that the surprise hit of the summer has overtaken the action comedy Red Notice, starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, to Netflix’s top spot. The 2021 movie raked up a total of 230.9 million views. If you were wondering, rounding out the top…
In extracts of the speech pre-briefed to journalists, Cabinet Office Minister Thomas-Symonds says Reform UK’s pledge means “cutting at least £9 billion from the economy, bringing with it a risk to jobs and a risk of food prices going up.” Reform UK in turn accused Labour of “cosying up” to the EU. Thomas-Symonds will claim that reversing the reset will risk investment in the food and drink sector, make exporting more difficult for farmers and fishers, as well as other small business owners, and see food once again rot in the back of lorries stuck in 16-hour queues. Senior figures…
By Euronews Published on 27/08/2025 – 10:59 GMT+2 Australian police on Wednesday named a suspect in the fatal shooting of two police officers in the country’s remote southeast, as a massive manhunt for the gunman continues. The suspect, identified as 56-year-old Dezi Bird Freeman, is heavily armed and experienced in wilderness survival skills, police said. They urged people to stay indoors. Freeman killed a detective and a senior constable on Tuesday when 10 armed police officers attempted to search his property in Porepunkah, located around 320 kilometres northeast of Melbourne. Another detective was shot and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The officers were…
By Euronews & AP Published on 27/08/2025 – 11:11 GMT+2 Artificial intelligence company Anthropic and a group of book authors settled a copyright infringement lawsuit. Justin Nelson, the lawyer representing the book authors, said it is a “historic settlement [that] will benefit all class members”. The terms of the proposed class settlement will be finalised next week, according to a federal appeals court ruling filed on Tuesday. Anthropic declined to comment on the deal. US District Judge William Alsup ruled in June that Anthropic didn’t break the law by training its chatbot Claude on millions of copyrighted books. However, the company…
He added that Trump was convening a “large meeting” at the White House on Wednesday to hash out the details of a “comprehensive plan” to rebuild Gaza, which Israel’s assault has left a “demolition zone.” Another conflict the Trump administration is eager to resolve by the close of 2025 is the war in Ukraine. After whirlwind summits in Alaska and Washington with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, Witkoff said “the end is in sight” and the U.S. was “hopeful that by the end of this year, and maybe quite a bit sooner, we actually can find the ingredients to get…
Dans un entretien accordé à POLITICO, la directrice générale de la DGCCRF, Sarah Lacoche, revient sur la procédure lancée contre l’enseigne asiatique en 2023, et les pistes envisagées pour améliorer les contrôles en ligne. Jul 5 4 mins read