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Tariffs & Trivia: Your summer EU-US trade war recap quiz

ADVERTISEMENT Donald Trump’s return to power marked a turning point in US trade policy. Seeking to bring industrial sectors back to the US and replenish state coffers, the Trump administration hit imports from its global partners with a range of tariffs.  The EU was no exception. Since mid-March, threats and…

Kallas calls snap meeting of EU foreign ministers on Ukraine on Monday

ADVERTISEMENT The EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Sunday that any deal between the US and Russia should involve Ukraine and the EU and convened a meeting of foreign ministers on Monday to discuss next steps. “The US has the power to force Russia to negotiate seriously. Any deal…

Nawrocki’s first trip as Polish President will be to meet Trump in US

ADVERTISEMENT Karol Nawrocki’s first visit as President of Poland will to be the United States, where he will meet with Donald Trump. The head of the President’s Cabinet, Pawel Szefernaker, announced Nawrocki’s meeting with Trump on X on Saturday. “In an official congratulatory letter delivered on the day of his…

466 arrested in protests backing banned group Palestine Action

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 10/08/2025 – 8:45 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT British police have arrested 466 people at a protest in central London in support of a recently banned pro-Palestinian group on Saturday. The Metropolitan police reported on their X account that an additional eight people were arrested for other offences including five…

Wildfire on Mount Vesuvius: flames visible from Naples

By&nbspEuronews Published on 09/08/2025 – 15:32 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT A huge fire has erupted in Vesuvius National Park in Italy’s western Campania region. The situation is critical, and to help manage the emergency, the Campania Civil Protection has called in the Army to guard roads, open access routes, and supply water…

‘Heat island’ effect: Will European cities become unliveable?

ADVERTISEMENT The summer of 2025 has again been marked by several successive heatwaves, which have gripped large swathes of Europe. Nowhere are the effects of this extreme weather more intense than in the continent’s urban areas. This is due to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, which significantly raises temperatures…

More jobs, fewer women: The sports sector gender gap widens

ADVERTISEMENT Between 2023 and 2024, employment in the sports sector rose by 6.5%, reaching 1.6 million employees last year. This is the third year in a row where employment in sport has seen growth, a positive trend attributed to recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, according to Eurostat. Sweden leads the…

Fake online investigations claim famous women were born male

ADVERTISEMENT In July, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a defamation lawsuit against US alt-right podcaster Candace Owens. The couple’s lawyers accused her of being at the helm of an online crusade predicated on the assertion that she would stake “her entire professional career on the fact…

Haunted by Merkel: Trump still grappling with Europe’s lost leader

ADVERTISEMENT When US President Donald Trump issued a warning on Tuesday about the trade deal he agreed with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland on 27 July, it was another German – former Chancellor Angela Merkel – who appeared to be on his mind. Despite being out…

Delegates meet for last-chance talks to reduce plastic pollution

ADVERTISEMENT Is a global treaty to put an end to plastic pollution within reach? Meeting in Geneva from 5-14 August, delegates from around 100 countries, including the EU, are tackling the problem at source, with the aim of setting legally binding targets to reduce plastic production. “We really need to…

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