[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. It’s the rumor inflating the Brussels bubble: The EU’s top executive, Ursula von der Leyen, could be crossing town to run NATO. The rationale makes sense. She has a good working relationship with Washington. She is a former defense minister. And as European … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — As the U.K. prepares to overhaul its competition regime, a fierce lobbying battle has broken out between the world’s largest tech companies and their challengers. Ministers are gearing up to publish new competition legislation in late-April, giving regulators more power to … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. DUBLIN — U.S. President Joe Biden will pay a five-day visit to both parts of Ireland next month to mark the 25th anniversary of the U.S.-brokered Good Friday peace accord, according to a provisional Irish government itinerary seen by POLITICO. The plans, still … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Britain will be welcomed into an Indo-Pacific trade bloc late Thursday as ministers from the soon-to-be 12-nation trade pact meet in a virtual ceremony across multiple time zones. Chief negotiators and senior officials from member countries agreed Wednesday that Britain has … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — As Elon Musk urged humanity to get a grip on artificial intelligence, in London ministers were hailing its benefits. Rishi Sunak’s new technology chief Michelle Donelan on Wednesday unveiled the government’s long-awaited blueprint for regulating AI, insisting a heavy-handed approach is off … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Western governments are ticked off with TikTok. The Chinese-owned app loved by teenagers around the world is facing allegations of facilitating espionage, failing to protect personal data, and even of corrupting young minds. Governments in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand … Read more
[ad_1] Tanya Gold is a freelance journalist. Boris Johnson’s political career ended on Wednesday, with stuttering and fake politesse. Seated before a U.K. House of Commons committee poised to rule on whether he lied to parliament about Partygate, Johnson was far from his element. Beneath the ghost of his famous bonhomie and the half-conceived rhetoric, … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — France is bracing for fresh chaos Tuesday with a day of protests planned against Emmanuel Macron’s detested pensions reform, and trade unions calling for a general strike. Protests last Thursday descended into turmoil with clashes between police and protesters, and scenes … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. It’s a question worthy of a great TV detective: can streamers like Netflix still guarantee a certain proportion of European content if the goalposts are suddenly moved to exclude hits like Sherlock and Doctor Who? They may soon have to, as the European … Read more
[ad_1] LONDON — “Better than the last guy” might not be quite the tagline every world leader hopes for. It could yet be Rishi Sunak’s winning formula. The British prime minister, swept into office late last year by wave after wave of Tory psychodrama, has cleared several major hurdles in the space of the past … Read more