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France and Germany have urged the resignation of United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese following remarks she made during a forum in Qatar, intensifying diplomatic pressure over comments linked to Israel and the war in Gaza. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told the National Assembly on Wednesday that Paris “unequivocally......
NATO has launched a new operation aimed at strengthening its military footprint in the Arctic and High North, with Sweden announcing the deployment of fighter jets as part of the expanded mission known as Arctic Sentry. The alliance formally introduced Arctic Sentry on February 11, 2026, describing it as a multi-domain effort designed to......
Lufthansa was forced to cancel around 800 flights departing from Germany on Thursday due to a coordinated strike involving pilots and cabin crew, significantly disrupting air traffic across the country. According to the airline group, the cancellations affected approximately 100,000 passengers. The strike primarily impacted operations at......
With tensions over Greenland now easing, NATO allies are working to prevent another transatlantic crisis by reinforcing Europe’s role within the Alliance. The bloc this week unveiled a new Arctic security mission, a move widely seen as an effort to address past U.S. concerns and strengthen collective defense in the region. The initiative,......
The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that it will provide over £500 million (€575 million) in military aid to help Ukraine defend itself against ongoing Russian strikes, particularly targeting its energy infrastructure. UK Defense Secretary John Healey confirmed the emergency funding ahead of a NATO defense ministers’......
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how scientists investigate complex physical systems, with new advances enabling faster and more precise simulations of phenomena ranging from liquid behavior to electron dynamics in water. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth announced this week that they have developed an AI based method capable......
The benchmark French stock index, the CAC 40, crossed the 8 400-point milestone for the first time Thursday at the start of trading, propelled by a wave of mostly well-received corporate earnings reports. Shortly after the market opened, the index was trading 1.09 % higher at 8 403.94 points, exceeding its previous record of 8 396.72 points,......
Mercedes-Benz Group reported a sharp decline in earnings for 2025, as global tariffs and mounting competition in China weighed heavily on the German luxury carmaker’s performance. The Stuttgart-based manufacturer said its group earnings before interest and taxes fell 57 percent to 5.8 billion euros in 2025, down from 13.6 billion euros......
As European Union leaders prepare to gather on February 12 for a key summit on competitiveness, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are positioning their countries as a new driving force within the bloc, reshaping internal dynamics and placing France on the defensive. The two leaders are expected to......
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday that a decision on the troubled Future Combat Air System program will be made within days, adding that the political leadership must now determine whether to rescue the 100 billion euro initiative. His remarks mark the latest turn in a long-running industrial dispute that has stalled......
China signaled on Wednesday that it could open investigations into French wine or impose reciprocal tariffs on European Union goods if France continues to advocate for sweeping trade measures against Chinese products, according to Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV. The warning followed a strategic......
Poland said Wednesday it would not join the United States led Peace Council under current conditions, becoming the latest European country to reject the international initiative launched last month by President Donald Trump. “Given certain domestic doubts regarding the structure of the council, under these circumstances Poland will......
Tesla has lodged a criminal complaint against a member of Germany’s IG Metall union after he was caught secretly recording a works council meeting at the company’s Grünheide plant near Berlin, according to an internal staff memo reviewed by Reuters. The incident marks a new escalation in strained relations between Europe’s......
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