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The meeting takes place as the United States announced that it had brokered a truce between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea. World leaders will gather in Paris on Thursday for a high-stakes summit on Ukraine’s security and to lay the groundwork for long-term security guarantees. According to the Élysée Palace, 31 countries, including NATO and EU members such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Norway are expected to attend.On Wednesday evening, Macron will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris for a working dinner ahead of the summit. “France will make the pursuit and reinforcement of military and…

Updated: 26/03/2025 – 9:28 GMT+1The UN will reduce its Gaza presence after an Israeli tank strike killed a staffer, while Palestinians face worsening shortages amid ongoing bombardment and aid cuts. … More Palestinians in northern Gaza queued at a UN distribution center on Tuesday, seeking aid as the world body announced a reduced presence in the besieged enclave. The decision follows an Israeli tank strike last week on a UN guesthouse, which killed one staffer and wounded five others.UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said about a third of its 100 international staff in Gaza would be temporarily withdrawn due to escalating…

The animals were rescued by the Wild Animals Rescue Centre, run by Natalia Popova, a Ukrainian woman who has saved hundreds of abandoned pets and zoo animals. One malnourished lioness had spent her life confined to an apartment. Another was so shell-shocked she could barely walk.They are among five traumatised lions rescued from the war zone in Ukraine who are settling into a new home in England after an international effort to bring them to safety.Male African lion Rori and lionesses Amani, Lira and Vanda arrived this month at the Big Cat Sanctuary after a 12-hour journey by road and…

Napster has been sold to immersive technology company Infinite Reality, are aiming to bring it back as a streaming service and virtual concert space. Napster, the brand notoriously connected to music piracy before reemerging as a subscription music service, has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207 million (€192m).The tech startup announced it had bought Napster in hopes of transforming the streaming service into a social music platform where artists can connect with fans and better monetize off their work.”The internet has evolved from desktop to mobile, from mobile to social, and now we are entering the immersive era,” said…

The EU predicted possible carbon leakage over 20 years ago. The 2003 Emissions Trading Directive highlighted this risk, notably for cement production. More than two decades later, the doomsday scenario is becoming reality. Eastern cement floods Europe Cement from Ukraine is flowing into the EU. In 2024 alone, Ukraine exported 1,713,000 tonnes of cement to the region — not only to Poland but also to Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. CEMBUREAU (European Cement Industry Association) data further confirms the growing influx. Meanwhile, one private plant in Ivano-Frankivsk is providing nearly two million tonnes per year (data from 2024) to the EU…

Europe should be more prepared for cyber attacks, the draft states. Since the war in Ukraine began, Russia has been ramping up activity in cyberspace, including targeting critical infrastructure such as energy networks. Europe’s eastern flank in particular has experienced a surge of cyber attacks.  China, Iran and North Korea also consistently target western governments, companies and other key institutions. State-sponsored hybrid and cyberattacks have become a “permanent feature of today’s reality,” the paper argues.  One key proposal is to set up a “European cybersecurity alert system,” which the Commission says would improve European threat detection and situational awareness. It…

A sharp decline in overall sales in major markets including Germany and Italy dragged down the numbers of newly registered cars in the EU. However, EVs are distinctly increasing their market share in the bloc, with Chinese-made cars on the rise. German, Italian and French demand for new cars has been lagging in the first two months of the year, hammering sales in the continent. New car registrations fell by 3.4% in February and 3% in the first two months of the year compared to the same period last year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).In February, year-to-date…

Asked by a reporter from American right-wing cable news broadcaster Newsmax if he believed that the Kremlin was stalling, Trump on Tuesday said he thought “Russia wants to see an end” to its full-scale invasion. “But it could be that they’re dragging their feet,” he admitted, adding that he had used the same tactic in his own past dealings to play for time. “I’ve done it over the years,” Trump said. “You know, I don’t want to sign a contract, I want to sort of stay in the game but maybe I don’t want to do it quite, I’m not…

The country’s education ministry requested the dissolution of the religious group for the harm it is alleged to have caused to its followers and their families. A court in Tokyo has ordered the Unification church in Japan to disband, following a request by the country’s government. The church, which is formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, came under increased scrutiny in the aftermath of the 2022 assassination of the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The alleged assassin claims the church bankrupted his mother, and blamed Abe for his party’s association with it.Japan’s education ministry sought…

– Wehrpflicht vs. Wehrdienst: Wie Union und SPD in der Frage, wie mehr junge Menschen für die Bundeswehr rekrutiert werden können, nicht zusammenfinden und warum weiter Stillstand droht, bespricht Gordon Repinski mit Rixa Fürsen. – Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Pascal Reddig, Vorsitzender der Jungen Gruppe in der Unions-Bundestagsfraktion zu Wehrpflicht, Rente und weiteren Forderungen jüngerer Wählerinnen und Wähler.– Neue Bundestagspräsidentin: Was das Parlament von Julia Klöckner erwartet und was Klöckner vom Parlament erwarten kann, berichtet Rasmus Buchsteiner.– Geheime Informationen in Signal-Chatgruppe: Was aus der Affäre folgt und wie Washington reagiert, erklärt Jonathan Martin von POLITICO in den USA.  Das Berlin Playbook als…