Keir Starmer’s silence on Brexit damage blasted as food security declines KEIR Starmer has been accused of keeping silent about the damage caused by Brexit despite knowing all about it. The National (Scotland) · Jan 5, 2025
NHS contraceptive pills funding Hungary PM’s 'propaganda' as he restricts abortion PROFITS from contraceptive pills used by the NHS are funding an organisation with close ties to Hungary’s hard-right government which has… The National (Scotland) · Jan 5, 2025
How a Viktor Orbán-backed populist think tank is stoking Scotland’s culture war WHEN MCC Brussels – a soft power outpost of right-wing Hungarian president Viktor Orbán’s privately run “pet” University, Mathias Corvinus… The National (Scotland) · Jan 5, 2025
Keir Starmer, Voted Most Unpopular PM in Modern History, Slammed for Queue Jumping in Portugal Sir Keir Starmer has apparently continued his quest to be the most unpopular man in Britain by breaking one of the nation's most sacred cultural practices: queuing. International Business Times UK · Jan 4, 2025
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on SPECIAL REPORT: As January marks five years on from Britain leaving the EU, Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin explore its impact The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2025
French carrier strike group makes stopovers in Goa Deployed in the Indian Ocean as part of Mission Clemenceau 25, the French carrier strike group (CSG), comprising the aircraft carrier FNS Charles De Gaulle. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Jan 4, 2025
UK rollout of eVisas could leave non-EU migrants ‘vulnerable’ Home Office is issuing digital visas without completing necessary checks, Freedom of Information quest reveals The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2025
Lab-grown meat is the future for pet food – and that’s a huge opportunity for Britain While the EU and US hesitate, the UK can become world leader in this burgeoning – and cruelty-free – innovation, says Guardian editorial data analyst Lucy McCormick The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2025
EU Commission chief has 'severe pneumonia' and will be out for 2 weeks European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is ill with “severe pneumonia” and has canceled her appointments for the next two weeks The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2025
DRC case against Apple brings new hope in conflict minerals crisis As the DRC brings an unprecedented case against Apple, and the company offers assurances that it will no longer use conflict minerals from central Africa, experts are questioning whether real change is on the horizon in illegal mining. Radio France Internationale · Jan 3, 2025
More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and poverty The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025
Ukraine closure of Gazprom pipeline to Europe hurts Russia’s war effort but leaves Transnistrians in the cold Kyiv has finally turned off Russia’s gas supply to Europe, ending a source of income that helped pay for Moscow’s war against Ukraine. The decades-old deal, which allowed the transit of natural gas produced by Russian energy giant Gazprom through Ukraine, ended at midnight on December 31, shutting down Russia’s… The Conversation · Jan 3, 2025
Why has the EU stripped Hungary of €1 billion? The latest confrontation explained The European Commission has stripped €1.04 billion in aid from Hungary in the latest phase of an ongoing political struggle with its errant member state. The Conversation · Jan 3, 2025
European Ministers Call For Inclusive Transition In Syria European ministers visit Syria to discuss inclusive transition of power and justice for victims post-Assad regime fall. Top News · Jan 3, 2025
The Conversation · Jan 3, 2025 UK foreign policy: the top five priorities for 2025 The UK’s new government has now had six months to settle in to office. And by the general standards of new governments, Keir Starmer’s was well prepared in terms of foreign policy. Once in office, the government hit the ground running. Defence secretary John Healey visited Ukraine within 48 hours…
Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2025 Comment: Remote working is damaging the tech industry - just look at gaming The tech sector has always thrived on ideas and innovation but in recent years, large parts of it have stuttered. For the third year in a row, investments across the industry fell in 2024 and European startups struggled to raise even half of the $101 billion raised when the sector…
Fortune · Jan 3, 2025 Why US tech ends up being governed by European regulation Also: Meta leadership switch, economists worry Trump will slow U.S. economy, Tesla shares slump.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025 French and German foreign ministers ‘want new relationship with Syria’ Jean-Noël Barrot and Annalena Baerbock call for peaceful transition in highest-level western visit since Assad’s fall
The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2025 Middle East latest: German and French foreign ministers seek 'new beginning' with Syria The German and French foreign ministers are heading to Damascus to send what the German minister said is a clear signal that a “political new beginning” between Europe and Syria is possible
Al Jazeera · Jan 3, 2025 French, German foreign ministers meet Syria’s de facto rulers Germany’s Annalena Baerbock says Europe will support Syria but ‘will not be a financier of Islamist structures’.
Fortune · Jan 3, 2025 Europe stunned the world with its ‘regulatory tsunami’ in 2024—but AI and Trump will add new snags in 2025 The EU went after Big Tech in 2024. The new year will add more players to the regulatory tussle, including Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 3, 2025 Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hopes Trump’s ‘unpredictability’ can end war with Russia Ukrainian leader has sought to build bridges with Trump amid fears the president-elect could slow vital military aid once in office. What we know on day 1,045
International Business Times · Jan 2, 2025 Spain's Canary Islands Received Record 46,843 Migrants In 2024: Ministry A record 46,843 migrants reached Spain's Canary Islands illegally in 2024 via the increasingly deadly Atlantic route, the second consecutive year of unprecedented arrival numbers, official data showed on Thursday.
The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025 Europol dismantles network of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated content A Europol operation during last summer’s European Championship and Paris Olympics dismantled a network of several hundred providers of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated content
The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025 The Guardian view on the Blair-era archives: fateful decisions come in many guises Editorial: Document releases from 2004 show that the Labour cabinet was deeply divided and badly informed on how to handle migration from Europe