EU risks trade war with China over electric vehicles – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — This is how it starts. In the midst of an invasion by Chinese…
Dutch cozy up to US with controls on exporting microchip kit to China – POLITICO
BRUSSELS — The Netherlands on Friday started enforcing new export controls restrictions on advanced microchips production machines to China, siding with Washington in the geopolitical…
British firms quizzed on Chinese tech links as US-style clampdown looms – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — British firms are being asked about their investments in a swathe of "sensitive"…
Western powers argue over how to control AI – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. In the race to rein in artificial intelligence, Western governments have hit a major…
The EU wants to cure your teen’s smartphone addiction – POLITICO
Glazed eyes. One syllable responses. The steady tinkle of beeps and buzzes coming out of a smartphone’s speakers. It’s a familiar scene for parents around…
Ukraine declares war on Russia’s Black Sea shipping – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Russian ports and ships on the Black Sea — including tankers carrying millions of…
Drone attack on tanker shows Kyiv’s intent to hit Russian energy shipments – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — An overnight naval drone attack against a Russian tanker in the Black…
‘Stalinist.’ Putin nemesis Alexei Navalny gets 19 more years in prison – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. A Russian court on Friday sentenced opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to…
Wagner forces are trying to ‘destabilize’ NATO, Polish PM says – POLITICO
Russia’s Wagner Group might carry out “sabotage actions” and their threat should not be underestimated, said Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday, warning that the…
China is not as powerful as the West might think – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. President Xi Jinping wants to project China as a powerful trade partner — or…
Turkey fumes as Disney axes founding father series after Armenian outcry – POLITICO
Disney’s decision not to air a high-profile series dramatizing the life of Turkey’s founding father has sparked uproar, with top Turkish officials accusing the American…
AI improves breast cancer detection rate by 20 percent – POLITICO
Artificial intelligence is able to accurately detect 20 percent more breast cancers from mammograms than traditional screening by radiologists, according to early results from a…
Wagner boss Prigozhin spotted at Russia-Africa summit – POLITICO
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been photographed at a Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, appearing on the sidelines of the event hosted by President Vladimir Putin…
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…
From scorching heat to deadly storms, Europe has no rest from ‘summer of hell’ – POLITICO
Europe is grappling with extreme weather from soaring temperatures in southern Italy to powerful storms in Croatia and Italy, piling pressure on emergency services and…
Russia closes Crimea bridge — again — after attack on ammo depot – POLITICO
Four days after re-opening the strategic Crimea bridge that links Russia to the occupied Ukrainian peninsula, Moscow was forced to close it again due to…
French rejection of top American economist is a blow to liberal Europe – POLITICO
Lionel Barber is former editor of the Financial Times (2005-20) and Brussels bureau chief (1992-98) Nobody does “No” better than the French. Charles De Gaulle…
Putin tightens grip on Africa after killing Black Sea grain deal – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. African leaders have long been reluctant to criticize Russia and now that President Vladimir…
Russia’s war in Ukraine gatecrashes EU-Latin America reunion – POLITICO
A diplomatic row between EU and Latin American countries over how — or even whether — to mention the war in Ukraine risks turning what was…
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…