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EU capitals say deleting US tech is not realistic

(Mathieu Pollet - Politico) National capitals have a sobering message for Brussels: Europe runs on American technology, and that won’t change for years. After...

The EU’s secret weapon to shut out Chinese companies

(Gregorio Sorgi - Politico) The EU executive wants to cut Chinese firms out of lucrative EU public contracts at home and abroad by overhauling...

Starmer still needs to explain why he went ahead with Mandelson’s appointment

(Donald Macintyre - Politico) It’s become commonplace in London to say the scandal surrounding former ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson, which is so profoundly...

Bank of France chief’s surprise exit stokes suspicion among Macron’s opponents

(Jason Wiels and Giorgio Leali - Politico) Bank of France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau is to quit his job in early June, more...

Trump’s world order hangs over Europe on eve of key defence conference

(Frank Gardner - BBC) It is one year since US Vice-President JD Vance delivered a bombshell speech at the Munich Security Conference, castigating Europe...

Trump threatens to block opening of US-Canada bridge

(Nardine Saad - BBC) President Donald Trump has threatened to block the opening of a bridge connecting the US and Canada until Washington is...

DR Congo: UN vows orderly peacekeeping transition as South Africa withdraws troops

(UN News) South Africa has moved to withdraw its peacekeepers deployed at the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the...

UN calls for release of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai following 20-year sentence

(UN News) The UN human rights chief on Monday called for the immediate release of Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai after a Chinese...

Iran Update, February 9, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War) US-Iran Negotiations: Some Iranian regime elements are signaling that Iran may offer relatively insignificant, nuclear-only concessions, but only if...

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