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Britain prepares to go all-in on nuclear power — after years of dither

The U.K. Treasury has run out of road for delaying nuclear decisions, according to Whitehall and industry insiders.

June 5, 2025 4:18 am CET

Budget cuts hit European Parliament communications department

“There are people scared for their jobs,” said one Parliament official.

June 4, 2025 4:01 am CET

Pentagon to redraw command map to more closely align Greenland with the US

The Pentagon’s move to shift its oversight of Greenland under U.S. Northern Command aligns with President Donald Trump’s pledge to take control of the autonomous Danish territory.

June 3, 2025 12:20 am CET

Dozens of Palestinians killed en route to aid hub, health authorities claim

Israel refutes the claims, which come amid broader criticism of aid distribution efforts backed by Israel and the U.S.

June 1, 2025 6:59 pm CET

White House to pull nomination of Musk ally for top NASA job

Jared Isaacman has a long-running relationship with Elon Musk.

June 1, 2025 11:34 am CET

PBS sues Trump administration over order to revoke federal funding

PBS’s lawsuit comes just days after NPR filed a similar suit over Trump’s order to halt federal funding to public media.

May 31, 2025 10:06 am CET

Rachel Reeves has been prudent. Now she needs a purpose.

With a government-wide spending review looming, Britain’s top finance minister is being urged to give voters a compelling reason for her ‘tough decisions.’

May 30, 2025 4:01 am CET

How the EU always gets away with it

From fraud to nepotism to revolving doors between the public sector and industry, the stench of impunity is pervasive.

May 28, 2025 7:32 pm CET

The UK government thinks AI can do two-thirds of the most junior civil servants’ work

Meanwhile, the most senior civil servants perform zero routine (i.e. automatable) work.

May 28, 2025 1:36 pm CET

Prague accuses China of hacking Czech foreign ministry

EU also slams Beijing for “malicious cyber campaign.”

May 28, 2025 11:08 am CET

Trump administration to shrink the National Security Council

The plans involve slashing the number of staffers in the NSC to less than 150, according to three people familiar with the restructuring.

May 24, 2025 12:58 pm CET

Musk to step back from political spending: ‘I think I’ve done enough’

“If I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it. I don’t currently see a reason,” he said.

May 20, 2025 5:08 pm CET
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Qatari PM denies Trump plane gift is bribery

The offering will be “basically done with full transparency and very legally,” top Doha official says.

May 20, 2025 12:58 pm CET

EU downgrades growth estimates after US trade war

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit prospects.

May 19, 2025 11:09 am CET

Can defense become Europe’s economic growth machine?

If the continent plays its cards right, the necessity of defense could turn out to be the mother of invention.

May 19, 2025 4:26 am CET

Russia and Ukraine agree on 1,000-prisoner exchange — but no ceasefire

First direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in three years made little substantive progress toward peace.

May 16, 2025 7:05 pm CET

Put on a tie and get off your laptop, EU’s top tech officials told

Bureaucrats have been warned to speak only when spoken to when attending high-level meetings.

May 15, 2025 1:36 pm CET

PMQs: Starmer finishes on top as he brands Tories ‘dead party walking’

The PM faced flack about the economic picture — but dismissed Kemi Badenoch’s party as an irrelevant force.

May 14, 2025 2:17 pm CET

India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire

The two nuclear-armed countries agreed to start talks on a “broad set of issues at a neutral site,” U.S. says.

May 10, 2025 1:32 pm CET

EU farm plan: More cash for disaster relief and looser green rules

Proposals to slash red tape risk clashing with earlier recommendations to make farming more resilient.

May 9, 2025 4:17 am CET

Blow to UK clean power goals as major wind project shelved

The Hornsea 4 project secured government backing at the end of 2024.

May 7, 2025 10:45 am CET

‘Don’t tax Bluey’: Ambassadors to US warn against Trump movie tariffs

Australia’s diplomat says the popular children’s cartoon could be impacted.

May 7, 2025 4:15 am CET

What we do (and don’t) know about the UK-India trade deal

From tariffs to visas and services, we talk through the key concessions in the long-awaited agreement, as well as the big unanswered questions.

May 6, 2025 8:00 pm CET

Trump’s trade war threatens €549B of EU goods, Brussels warns

U.S. president’s existing and threatened tariffs would hit an estimated 97 percent of total EU exports to America.

May 6, 2025 10:12 am CET
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