In Nord Stream bombings probe, German investigators see Ukraine link, reports say – POLITICO

[ad_1] BERLIN — German prosecutors have found “traces” of evidence indicating that Ukrainians may have been involved in the explosions that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, according to German media reports Tuesday. Investigators identified a boat that was potentially used for transporting a crew of six people, diving equipment and … Read more

Greek leader faces political backlash after rail crash – POLITICO

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. ATHENS — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was supposed to be preparing to call an early election — instead he’s dealing with protestors throwing Molotov cocktails at police as a wave of public rage convulses Greece following a train crash that killed 57 … Read more

Inside the Qatargate-hit Socialist group – POLITICO

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — The European Parliament’s Socialists are warily eyeing their colleagues and assistants, wondering which putative ally might turn out to be a liar as new details emerge in a growing cash-for-favors scandal. Long-simmering geographic divisions within the group, Parliament’s second largest, are … Read more

In Irpin, Ukrainians slowly rebuild their burned-out homes – POLITICO

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. IRPIN, Ukraine — Volodymyr Yukhymchuk thinks it was God who saved him and his wife on March 4, 2022 — the day a Russian jet fired a rocket into his house in Irpin, a town just to the northwest of Kyiv. The 59-year-old, … Read more

Biden rebuffs UK bid for closer cooperation on tech – POLITICO

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Britain was rebuffed by the Biden administration after multiple requests to develop an advanced trade and technology dialogue similar to structures the U.S. set up with the European Union. On visits to Washington as a Cabinet minister over the past two … Read more

Beyond the pale? Why the EU is regulating breast milk – POLITICO

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The European Union regulates all sorts of banks: money banks, blood banks, sperm banks.  Its next target? Breast milk banks. Brussels bureaucrats want to homogenize the rules overseeing the donation and use of donor breast milk across the bloc.  It’s part of the … Read more

High Seas Treaty secured after marathon UN talks – POLITICO

[ad_1] More than 100 countries reached agreement on a United Nations treaty to protect the high seas, following marathon talks at U.N. headquarters in New York that ended late Saturday. The High Seas Treaty will put 30 percent of the planet’s seas into protected areas by 2030, aiming to safeguard marine life. “This is a … Read more

Iran pledges more access for nuclear inspectors, head of UN watchdog says – POLITICO

[ad_1] Iran pledged to re-install monitoring equipment at its nuclear facilities and to assist an investigation into uranium traces detected at undeclared sites, the head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency said Saturday after a visit to Tehran. Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and … Read more

Sanctions on China loom large as von der Leyen to meet Biden in US – POLITICO

[ad_1] BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Washington next week, with China’s potential supply of weapons to Russia expected to be high on the agenda of a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.  Her trip next Friday, confirmed by the White House, comes as EU officials are taking a … Read more

Marco Asensio receives spectacular Premier League offer to betray Real Madrid

[ad_1] Real Madrid fear Marco Asensio already has an agreement with Premier League giants Newcastle United, which is why he’s stalling his contract extension. The sensational claim comes from Spanish news outlet El Nacional, who speculate that the Spaniard could leave as a free agent this summer. Asensio joined Real Madrid from Mallorca for €3.9 … Read more