Yevgeny Prigozhin — hot dog tycoon, warlord and mutineer — dead at 62 – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s days seemed numbered the moment he had the audacity — some would…
Conference center for the world – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Britain has spent years seeking its place in the world after Brexit.…
Rishi Sunak could get mobbed (and bag a trade deal) when he heads to India – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Rishi Sunak might struggle to set pulses racing at home. But Downing…
Putin can’t count on his friends in Italy anymore – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni walks into the Oval Office on Thursday, her…
China fires Foreign Minister Qin Gang – POLITICO
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang was sacked on Tuesday, in a rare political scandal engulfing a loyalist to President Xi Jinping. Qin had been missing…
China secretly sends enough gear to Russia to equip an army – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The pictures posted on the Chinese company’s website show a tall, Caucasian man with…
Scoop! Why Ben from Ben & Jerry’s blames America for war in Ukraine – POLITICO
Ben Cohen wasn’t talking about ice cream. He was talking about American militarism. At 72, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is bald…
Russia has ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster bombs to strike back, Putin warns – POLITICO
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster bombs and threatened to take “reciprocal action” if Ukraine used…
Migration money feud infiltrates EU summit – POLITICO
BRUSSELS — EU countries are bickering over granting billions in new funds to deal with migration as asylum applications soar and backlogs pile up at…
Gaming out Russia’s future – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. All eyes are on Moscow — but no one knows what they’re looking at. …
Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak try to bridge a 37-year divide – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. WASHINGTON — Rishi Sunak, not a tall man, looked tiny against the backdrop of…
Oops! Austria’s Social Democrats announce wrong winner of leadership contest – POLITICO
In Austria, the elections really are rigged — by incompetence. The Social Democrats (SPÖ) said they’d declared the wrong candidate as the winner of a…
Trump voices admiration and envy of Kim Jong Un, underscoring his respect for autocrats
Reporting from Washington — Even for a president long known for flattering autocrats, President Trump’s open envy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — one…
Italy prepares to quit Xi’s global building megaplan – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. HIROSHIMA, Japan — It took four years for Italy to consider breaking off its…
Chinese menace threatens to shatter G7 unity – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. HIROSHIMA, Japan — As the leaders of the Group of Seven gather for their…
Turkey approaches its decisive battle for democracy – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. It’s now easy to forget that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was once hailed…
Joe Biden seems like a spring chicken compared to some of these guys – POLITICO
When the U.S. president on Tuesday announced that he would seek reelection in 2024, attention quickly turned to his advanced age. If elected, Joe Biden…
Ukraine slams EU for failing to deliver on ammo plan – POLITICO
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba slammed the EU on Thursday for failing to “implement its own decision” to jointly purchase ammunition for Ukraine as the…
2023’s most important election: Turkey – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. For Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, next month’s election is of massive historical significance.…
Poland’s Morawiecki plays Europe’s anti-Macron in Washington – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. There’s an Emmanuel Macron-shaped shadow hovering over this week’s U.S. visit by Polish Prime…