EU Belong With Me: Brussels woos Taylor Swift to draw young voters
The EU on Wednesday called on US pop icon Taylor Swift to help young voters shake off any apathy and head to the polls at European elections in June. The …
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Gabriel Attal, 34, becomes France’s youngest ever prime minister
Gabriel Attal promised to be bold and act fast to help the middle class weather the rising cost of living, after President Emmanuel Macron, seeking to breathe new life into …
Race to replace EU Council president after Charles Michel steps down
“Four years after starting my term as a European leader, it’s my responsibility to give an account of my work these past years and to propose a project for Europe’s …
‘Likely to agitate China’: European powers step up their Indo-Pacific presence – to a mixed Southeast Asian reaction
China’s island-building efforts since 2014 in the South China Sea – which Beijing claims almost in its entirety – “marked the beginning of the end of European trust in China”, …
Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire across Lebanon border amid concern over Gaza war spillover
Tensions have been especially high since Arouri was killed by a drone in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hamas’ Lebanese ally Hezbollah, in an attack widely attributed …
Microsoft’s Incentives to Block Rivals After Activision Deal Probed by EU Regulators: Details
EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals’ access to Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard’s best-selling games, according to an EU document seen …
Israel-Gaza war: France’s Macron asks Netanyahu for ‘lasting ceasefire’
French President Emmanuel Macron demanded a “lasting ceasefire” in Gaza during a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, his office said, as an escalating humanitarian crisis grips …
Jacques Delors, father of European integration, dies at 98
So antagonistic did relations between London and Brussels become towards the end of Thatcher’s time in office, especially over the plans for monetary union, that The Sun newspaper famously ran …
Serbia police arrest at least 38 people amid protests against election results
Serbian police said Monday they have detained at least 38 people who took part in a protest against reported widespread irregularities during a recent general ballot that declared the governing …
Olive oil is getting more expensive — and these Italian farmers can tell you why
On a warm, blustery December afternoon outside the De Laurentis olive oil-producing co-op in the white hilltop town of Ostuni, Puglia, Luigi D’Amico holds out his palm, revealing an olive …