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Under the joint statement, “the United States committed to exempting generic medicines from the 15% tariffs; therefore MFN [most-favored-nation] treatment continues to apply, corresponding to a 0% tariff rate,” said the European Commission deputy chief spokesperson Olof Gill. He added that EU innovative drugs continue to be subject to a 15 percent tariff. “This clearly shows that the EU–U.S. Joint Statement is delivering by preserving stability and predictability, and protecting a key strategic sector from disruption and tariff increases,” Gill stressed. The deal as such is not legally binding, but any breach of its terms would likely unleash tit-for-tat tariff…
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Monique Barbut, France’s Minister for Ecological Transition, will remain in her role despite having announced her resignation earlier on Wednesday after French President Emmanuel Macron asked her to stay. According to her office, she ultimately chose to stay “because of the urgent need to tackle the impacts of climate change, which are already hitting France hard, and to address pressing environmental health issues.” French President Emmanuel Macron and Monique Barbut “agreed to disagree on the agriculture bill as passed by parliament,” government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said during Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. “The president refused to accept her resignation; and they agreed…
By Greta Ruffino & Euronews Published on 22/07/2026 – 14:56 GMT+2 Russia said that drones were heard over Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk during the night of 22 July and accused Ukraine of targeting Wildberries warehouses for the second time in a week. According to Russian officials and the company, fires broke out at warehouse sites in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions. Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim said employees had been evacuated in advance but that 15 people were injured – 10 in Krasnodar and five in Nevinnomyssk. She said several employees were taken to hospital, while others were treated at the scene. Regional authorities declared…
Published on 22/07/2026 – 14:29 GMT+2 Elon Musk is proving he’s a sore loser. After spending months railing against Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey with racist outbursts, predicting that its diverse casting would lead to the film’s “go woke, go broke” failure, the tech mogul has been proven rather spectacularly wrong. Reviews have been glowing (largely), and the global box office numbers don’t lie: The Odyssey is a barn-storming success and one of the biggest hits of 2026after less than a week since its release. Clearly not taking the news well, Musk wrote on X that he was “down” to give…
Earlier on Wednesday, the minister announced on LinkedIn that she would step down, citing the “forces opposing” her green transition agenda becoming “too powerful” and making it impossible for her to carry out her job. Tensions between Barbut — a former climate diplomat and former head of the French branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) — and the government came to a head over an agriculture bill that temporarily authorized the use of a currently banned pesticide for nut producers and doubled water storage allowances for farmers over the next decade, two provisions she had publicly opposed.…
Published on 22/07/2026 – 13:31 GMT+2•Updated 13:39 Iran has issued a direct warning to Bulgaria over plans to host US military aircraft, saying Sofia must not allow its territory to become a launchpad for operations against Tehran. The warning follows a Bulgarian government proposal to temporarily deploy up to eight US aerial refuelling aircraft at Bezmer Air Base in the country’s southeast. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said any support for US attacks would make Bulgaria complicit in what Tehran describes as “aggression and war crimes”. Sofia and Washington have sought to play down those concerns, insisting that the…
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Published on 22/07/2026 – 12:17 GMT+2 The European Union is preparing to accept new tariffs the United States is expected to impose in the coming days over forced labour, as long as they do not exceed the 15 percent cap agreed under the Turnberry agreement, the European Commission said. The White House said in early June that it would impose fresh duties on its global trading partners, arguing that insufficient efforts to curb trade in goods produced using forced labour were harming US commercial interests. The current US tariff regime expires on Friday, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said…
Published on 22/07/2026 – 12:01 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump is reportedly keen for FIFA’s Gianni Infantino to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations. According to a report by US media outlet The New York Post that cites a source close to the president, Trump believes there is a clear opportunity for a challenger to take the role and sees Infantino as a “respected” potential candidate. The process is already underway to replace the UN’s current Secretary-General, António Guterres, who finishes his second term on 31 December. The winning candidate would need the approval of the 15-strong UN…