3+ hour, 56+ min ago   (371+ words) The appointment of French diplomat Aurélien Lechevallier as France’s envoy to Washington stalled following a diplomatic dispute between France and the U.S. BRUSSELS — France has defused a social media row with the U.S. after an online spat over…...

19+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1257+ words) Latest polls put Sunday’s vote in NATO’s newest member on a knife-edge. STOCKHOLM — Millions of Swedes will vote in a tense general election on Sunday that is set to deliver a new left-wing government or bring far-right ministers into power…...

11+ hour, 22+ min ago   (831+ words) Pascal Canfin, the European Parliament’s China trade rapporteur, says MEPs are ready to back stronger measures against Beijing in the EU’s flagship industry bill. This article is also available in: German BRUSSELS — A cross-party consensus is growing in the European Parliament…...

1+ day, 34+ min ago   (734+ words) Speculations over Lagarde’s early departure and her involvement in the presidential campaign keep mounting. ÉPREVILLE–EN-LIEUVIN, France – As European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde shook hands and tasted oysters on the bucolic grounds of a Norman manor on Saturday, some…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (190+ words) “It’s going to happen eventually”, the U.S. president said in Dublin during a golf-focused trip to the long-divided island. DUBLIN — U.S. President Donald Trump waded into another age-old conflict Saturday, declaring on a golf-focused visit to Ireland that…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (363+ words) Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party cashed in a massive £36 million donation from crypto billionaire Ben Delo, giving the populist leader a massive financial head start in his bid to win the UK’s next general election. It is the largest ever…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (850+ words) The new prime minister’s red lines are making a more radical reimagining of the U.K.-EU relationship implausible, EU officials say. LONDON — Andy Burnham says he wants a big new Brexit deal to boost economic growth. Don’t expect it at…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (981+ words) Sweden has blocked the legislation over opposition to taxing nicotine pouches. BRUSSELS — The EU has delayed a key vote to hike tobacco and nicotine taxes until November to allow extra time for Sweden to form a new government after its…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1446+ words) Heightened global AI safety panic is leading to louder calls for regulation. A dramatic resignation from AI company Anthropic this week where a researcher accused it and OpenAI of “gambling with our lives,” threw fuel onto the fire around AI…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (662+ words) Brussels sees the panic set off in Silicon Valley as vindication that its AI regulation is the right path. BRUSSELS — A viral social media post warning that top American AI developers are "gambling with our lives" has been met this…...