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Meanwhile, Russian missiles and drones continue to rain down on Ukrainian cities, killing civilians and pummeling infrastructure. “We are forgetting that Russia has not made one single concession, and they are the ones who are the aggressor here,” Kallas said, adding that focusing the negotiations on Ukraine giving up territory was a “trap that Putin wants us to walk into.” On security guarantees for Ukraine, Trump said Monday he was ready to offer a “lot of help,” raising hopes that the U.S. could participate meaningfully in an international peacekeeping force. But he backtracked Tuesday, suggesting instead that he was open…
Published on 22/08/2025 – 11:10 GMT+2 As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the world at breakneck speed, economists have raised concerns over women and girls being left behind. Women are both underrepresented and misrepresented in the datasets that train AI systems and even fewer are involved in designing them. They are also at a higher risk of losing their jobs than men. A report published earlier this year by the United Nations’ International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Poland’s National Research Institute of the Ministry of Digital Affairs (NASK) found that AI could replace just under 10 per cent of female-dominated positions…
Regulation is currently based on the global Basel III accords that were agreed by regulators in 2010, two years after reckless lending by U.S. and European banks caused the biggest financial crisis in nearly 80 years and a wrenching recession across most of the world. Basel III drastically increased the amount of capital and liquidity that banks have to hold to protect themselves against a possible repeat. But the accords were aimed primarily at big international institutions whose operations were capable of destabilizing the global financial system; as the impact of the 2008-2009 disaster has faded, regulators have grudgingly come…
The 20-year-old from Waverly was crowned the 72nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way on Wednesday, beginning her role as ambassador for the US state’s 1,800 dairy farm families. Dressed in a tiara and sash over her coat, she described the moment as “unreal”, recalling her mother’s time as a finalist in 1996. Kulzer told her that her mother’s carving had been made with the very same knife still used in the butter booth today. Each of the ten finalists will have their portraits sculpted live before fairgoers and later take their butter heads home.
TASS, the state-owned press agency, put out an article this week playing down the threat posed by the missile, belittling it as being based on a design from a British firm — something the Ukrainians deny — and trying to undercut Ukraine’s technical prowess. Terekh doesn’t agree. “We watched Russian reaction to our first missions and I can tell you the more successful the mission was, the more Russians tried to choke all publicity around it,” she said. The Flamingo is now in serial production. “By December, we will have many more of them,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters…
“My relationship is no secret, but we keep our activities very separate. From Emmanuel Macron to Marine Le Pen, Bruno Retailleau, Édouard Philippe and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, I never felt in their eyes that they saw me as ‘the wife,’” she said. The French political class has largely stayed silent when it comes to the pair. This is, after all, a country where adultery scandals rarely cause lasting political damage. A journalist–politician partnership can seem tame by comparison. It’s also far from the first case of its kind. Salamé’s former cohost Thomas Sotto temporarily stepped away from reporting on politics during…
By Emma De Ruiter with AP Published on 22/08/2025 – 7:59 GMT+2 North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un held a ceremony in the capital Pyongyang to award state honours to soldiers who returned from combat in Ukraine and to mourn those killed, state media said on Friday. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim awarded state “hero” titles to commanders and soldiers who returned after fighting alongside Russian forces in the Kursk border region. He also placed medals beside the portraits of fallen North Korean troops, described by state media as “martyrs.” “The participants of overseas operations, through their steadfast struggle…
Brussels Where: Belgian capital, home of the EU institutions, NATO and fully functioning bureaucracy. No need to ask the city’s government for permission as there isn’t one.Pros: Many office buildings in the European Quarter are empty as staffers are in Provence until September. Trump and Putin could have their photo taken next to the statue of King Leopold II. Cons: It’s a hellhole. Trump could accidentally order filet Américain, thinking it’s a burger. Snake Island Where: Island in the Black Sea (also known as Zmiinyi Island). Pros: Easy to get to for Zelenskyy. The “Snake Island Accord” sounds cool.Cons: Could…
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From Glastonbury performers to classical music buffs, Westminster has always been packed full of music obsessives. But the music industry has not always been so obsessed with politicians. Who could forget Stormzy calling out Theresa May over Grenfell or Elton John calling Keir Starmer’s government “absolute losers”? So this week on Westminster Insider, host Sascha O’Sullivan finds out what how important the cultural capital of the music industry is to SW1. She talks to boss of music lobby PRS organisation and former Longpigs frontman Crispin Hunt about Tony Blair being buoyed to success during the Britpop era. Corbyn advisor James…