EU hits Meta with record €1.2B privacy fine – POLITICO
admin Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. U.S. tech giant Meta has been hit with a record €1.2 billion fine for not complying with the EU’s…
Erdoğan finds a scapegoat in Turkey’s election: LGBTQ+ people – POLITICO
ISTANBUL — To President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s LGBTQ+ community represents “deviant structures” and a “virus of heresy.” In the run-up to Sunday’s too-close-to-call election, he has ramped up his…
Who are the bad guys? Police brutality shapes Greek election – POLITICO
ATHENS — The biggest crime in Greece? The state of the police force. That’s according to opposition politicians, who are putting security and law enforcement center-stage ahead of this month’s…
Biden rebuffs UK bid for closer cooperation on tech – POLITICO
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…
How Boris Johnson’s departure paved the way for a grand Brexit bargain – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — It was clear when Boris Johnson was forced from Downing Street that British politics had changed forever.…
Ukraine’s Drone Academy is in session – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — As the distant howl of air raid sirens echoes around them, a dozen Ukrainian soldiers clamber out…
You don’t scare us … anymore – POLITICO
BRUSSELS — The EU was "scared" of Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon during the European parliamentary election in 2019 — but those fears are gone ahead of the…
Putin is staring at defeat in his gas war with Europe – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. There's more bad news for Vladimir Putin. Europe is on course to get through winter with its vital gas…
No new COVID variants from China since zero-COVID policy lifted – POLITICO
Fears that China’s lifting of its zero-COVID policy could result in fresh coronavirus variants seem to have not (yet) materialized. A study published in The Lancet on Wednesday found there…
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 destined for the exit —…
