After Macron, le déluge – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Anyone looking at France right now could be forgiven for thinking the country was…
French also warn against WhatsApp, Instagram – POLITICO
PARIS — In a typically French move, France's top lawmakers are refusing to side with the United States and single out China's TikTok. This week,…
Zelenskyy plays the long game with Xi Jinping – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is happy to unleash withering criticism against countries including…
UN climate report shows world is flying blind into the storm – POLITICO
TL;DR, global warming is bad and getting worse. But a sprawling assessment of tens of thousands of scientific papers on the state of the planet,…
Macron narrowly survives crucial no-confidence votes in parliament – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote in the French parliament…
Macron faces no-confidence votes amid nationwide protests – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — Emmanuel Macron’s government faces several motions of no confidence in the National…
Zelenskyy digs in against calls to quit Bakhmut – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Doubts are growing about the wisdom of holding the shattered frontline city of Bakhmut…
How French pensions revolt could wreck his presidency – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron will face a moment of reckoning Thursday as…
The crypto ‘contagion’ that helped bring down SVB – POLITICO
As U.S. banking regulators begin their post-mortem of Silicon Valley Bank, some pundits are pointing the finger at crypto markets, whose own collapse over the…
Biden splits EU’s top ranks over China – POLITICO
A split is emerging at the very top of the European Union over the bloc’s China policy, amid growing pressure from U.S. President Joe Biden…
France pushes protectionism in Ukraine defense plan – POLITICO
As Russia’s war in Ukraine puts a heavy strain on EU arms, there’s infighting in Brussels over how best to reload. The latest skirmish is…
In Irpin, Ukrainians slowly rebuild their burned out homes – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. IRPIN, Ukraine — Volodymyr Yukhymchuk thinks it was God who saved him and his…
The environmental scars of Russia’s war in Ukraine – POLITICO
One year of war in Ukraine has left deep scars — including on the country’s natural landscape. The conflict has ruined vast swathes of farmland, burned…
China talks ‘peace,’ woos Europe and trashes Biden in Munich – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. MUNICH — China is trying to drive a fresh wedge between Europe and the…
Can Putin win? – POLITICO
“I am wicked and scary with claws and teeth,” Vladimir Putin reportedly warned David Cameron when the then-British prime minister pressed him about the use of…
Elon Musk goes to war with researchers – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. When Elon Musk bought Twitter, he promised an era of openness for the social…
Heads roll in Ukraine graft purge, but defense chief Reznikov rejects rumors he’s out – POLITICO
KYIV — Heads are rolling in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s expanding purge against corruption in Ukraine, but Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov is denying rumors that he’s…
What happens to Europe when the balloon goes up? – POLITICO
BERLIN — The saga of the Chinese spy balloon has plunged relations between Washington and Beijing into fresh crisis. For European governments, that spells all…
Ukraine to get cold shoulder on rapid EU entry – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Top EU leaders are traveling to Ukraine this week, but they won’t be bringing…
Russian diamonds lose their sparkle in Europe – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. In the European bubble in Brussels, diamonds aren’t anyone’s best friend anymore. The Belgian…