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A hand holding a mobile phone (smartphone) displaying social media apps Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google+, Pinterest EU launches disinformation probe against social media giant Meta
The European Commission has launched a disinformation probe against social media giant Meta. | The EU announced the investigation into the operator of Facebook and Instag... (photo: Creative Commons) Al Jazeera
Disinformation   European Union   Photos   Social Media  
Open Days at the European Parliament in Strasbourg EU’s future at stake in critical parliamentary election
From June 6 to 9, the most extraordinarily massive election will take place in Europe. It will involve more than 400 million voters in 27 states. In terms of electoral pr... (photo: European Union 2024 - Source : EP / European Union 2024 - Source : EP) Arab News
Elections   European Parliament   Photos   Politics  
Emmanuel MACRON (President of France) Why Macron wants to give nukes to the EU
Emmanuel Macron is thinking and saying the unthinkable for a French President of the Republic. This weekend he suggested that French nuclear weapons – the holy grail of... (photo: European Union) The Spectator
European Union   France   Nuclear Weapons   Photos  
This Sept. 28, 2020, file photo, shows a TikTok logo on a smartphone screen in Tokyo TikTok ban in EU not excluded von der Leyen
Last week, US President Joe Biden signed a law demanding that the platform's Chinese owner sell it or be barred from app stores | The EU has not ruled out banning Chinese... (photo: AP / Kiichiro Sato) Beijing News
China   European Union   Photos   Social Media  
Police offices walk in front of a crater after a Russian rocket attack on mental hospital 3 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 27, 2024. In Europe, they cheer passage of Ukraine aid but worry about possible Trump future
By Trudy Rubin | Trudy Rubin | BRUSSELS — On April 19, I watched an audience of European and American political officials and strategic experts pay rapt attention a... (photo: AP / Yakiv Liashenko) Korea Times
Nato   Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War  
File - Migrants wait to be transferred from Lampedusa Island, Italy, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Lampedusa, which is closer to Africa than the Italian mainland, has been overwhelmed this week by thousands of people hoping to reach Europe from Tunisia, which has replaced Libya as the main base of operations for migrant smuggling operations in the Mediterranean. Nearly 47 child migrants a day vanished in Europe since 2021, research reveals
Around 47 children vanish every day in Europe, according to new research by cross-border journalism collective Lost in Europe showing more than 50,000 child migrants went... (photo: AP / Valeria Ferraro) CNN
European Union   Human Rights   Immigration   Photos  
These are open-source pictures taken during the anti-Brexit, pro-EU, pro-UK, People's Vote march in London, England, on October 19, 2019. Less choice and higher prices? Britain braces for Brexit checks on food imports
The United Kingdom does not feed itself, relying heavily on the European Union for fresh fruit and vegetables. That dependency has changed little since Britain left the b... (photo: Creative Commons / Ilovetheeu) CNN
Britain   European Union   Global Trading   Photos  
A Ukrainian serviceman with the 65th Brigade opens the door of his armored vehicle at the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 21, 2024. 'Not too late' for Ukraine to win war, NATO chief says
The head of NATO has said it is "not too late" for Ukraine to win against Russia despite Moscow's mounting advances, promising more Western help is on its way. | Jens Sto... (photo: AP / Andriy Andriyenko) RTE
NATO   Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War  
Open Days at the European Parliament in Strasbourg European Parliament highlights importance of voting and safeguarding democracy
Between 6 and 9 June 2024, more than 370 million people across 27 Member States are called to vote in the European elections. To further inform EU citizens and encourage ... (photo: European Union 2024 - Source : EP / European Union 2024 - Source : EP) The Malta Independent
Democracy   Elections   European Parliament   Photos  
Scottish politician and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care minister Humza Yousaf Humza Yousaf steps down as Scotland’s first minister
Humza Yousaf has announced that he will step down as first minister and SNP leader, little over a year since he was elected. | Yousaf told a press conference at Bute Hous... (photo: Creative Commons / Scottish Government https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en) The Observer
Humza Yousaf   Photos   Politics   Scotland  
Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives for the investiture debate and vote at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 Spain's Prime Minister Sánchez says he'll continue in office after days of reflection.
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday he will continue in office “even with more strength” after days of reflection. | Sánchez shocked th... (photo: AP / Manu Fernandez) North Shore News
Pedro Sanchez   Photos   Politics   Spain  
FILE - Ukrainian soldiers with the 71st Jaeger Brigade fire a M101 howitzer at Russian positions on the front line, near the city of Avdiivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on March 22, 2024. Approval by the U.S. House of a $61 billion package for Ukraine puts the country a step closer to getting an infusion of new firepower. But the clock is ticking. Russia is using all its might to achieve its most significant gains since the invasion by a May 9 deadline. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) Russia makes more gains around Avdiivka as Ukraine awaits US aid
Russia has consolidated recent battlefield gains in the east of Ukraine, and is attempting to break through Ukrainian defensive lines before a long-awaited package of US ... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky, File) AOL
Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Vladimir Putin   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War  
U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Pearl, left, and Spc. Atlee Steever, both with 1st Battalion 43rd Air Defense Artillery, power-up a MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 29, 2009. US to give Ukraine new Patriot missiles as part of $6 billion aid package
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday announced the United States will provide key air defense munitions and artillery rounds to Ukraine as part of a $6 billion milita... (photo: USAF File / Staff Sgt. Robert Barney) France24
Military Aid   Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War  
People chant slogans holding banners that reads "From Gaza to Paris - Residence - Emergency Palestine" during a pro-Palestinian rally, in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023 Across the Western world, public opinion on Palestine is finally shifting
For a very long time, many in the Western world have not engaged at all with the issues stemming from the occupation of Palestine. The occupation was in the news, every y... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus) Al Jazeera
Israel   Palestinians   Photos   US States  
FILE - Tanks for producing bio gas are pictured at the harbor in Hamburg, Germany, on April 19, 2022. Full gas storage in Europe expected to put downward pressure on spot prices
The high natural gas storage level in Europe, along with a forecast of a warm winter that is set to lower demand, is expected to place downward pressure on gas spot price... (photo: AP / Martin Meissner, File) Anadolu Agency
European Union   Gas   Global Trading   Photos  
File - T-150K tractor on the field. Kasova Hora, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. Ukraine is the world's largest producer of sunflower oil and a major global producer of grain and sugar. Ukraine detains agriculture minister in $7m corruption case
Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky has been detained on suspicion of being involved in a multimillion-dollar landgrab scheme involving state property, accordi... (photo: Creative Commons / Vian https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) Al Jazeera
Agriculture   Corruption   Photos   Ukraine  
People enter a job center in Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. The number of unemployed in Germany rose in December by 60,000 amid the global economic downturn, pushing the jobless rate up to 7.8 percent, according to official figures released on Tuesday. The Federal Labor Office said the German unemployment rate grew by 0.2 percentage points from the previous month. A total of 3.276 million people were without jobs in Germany at the end of last year. German unemployment seen rising to highest level in almost a decade
Germany’s economic weakness is finally taking a toll on the labour market, with the number of unemployed workers expected to rise to the highest level in almost a d... (photo: AP / Gero Breloer) Philenews
Economy   European Union   Germany   Photos  
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban acknowledges cheering supporters during an election night rally in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 3, 2022. MAGA is obsessed with Viktor Orban. Liberals should be too
<p><em>By Marc Champion</em></p>.<p>Why are Donald Trump and MAGA America so fascinated by Viktor Orban, the prime minister of a small, land... (photo: AP / Petr David Josek) Deccan Herald
Photos   Politics   US States   Viktor Orban  
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to media after the second day's session of an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, energy and food security at the Europa building in Brussels, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 'Europe could die': Macron calls for stronger defences, economic reforms
PARIS--French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for stronger, more integrated European defences as he outlined his vision for a more assertive European Union o... (photo: AP / Geert Vanden Wijngaert) The Daily Herald - St Maarten
European Union   France   Photos   Politics  
The Navajo Generating Station emitting flue gas emissions near Page, Arizona, United States,14 August 2014. Germany urges industrialized nations to live up to their climate pledges
Germany on Thursday called on industrialized nations to live up to their climate pledges, and not to cut down funds for developing countries. | “We in the industria... (photo: Creative Commons / Myrabella/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Myrabella) Anadolu Agency
Climate change   Environment   Germany   Photos