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Expensive fuel and million dollar missiles: Counting the cost of the Red Sea crisis
The combat reports from Western navies operating in the Red Sea in recent days read like missives fr...
8 months ago
Middle East braces for chaos as Iran and West square up
Western warplanes and guided missiles roared through the skies over Yemen in the early hours of Frid...
8 months ago
How Houthi rebels are threatening global trade nexus on Red Sea
The U.S. is mustering an international armada to deter Iranian-backed Houthi militias from Yemen fro...
8 months ago
UK considers probe of Chinese EV subsidies
LONDON — Britain is considering whether to investigate Chinese state subsidies for electric vehicle (EV) makers, two people familiar with the nascent plans told POLITICO.A U.K. investigation would follow the launch of a similar probe by the EU last Octobe...
6 months ago
New UK climate minister voted against key Tory green plan
LONDON — The U.K.’s new energy minister voted against flagship government environmental policy when he was a backbench MP.Conservative Justin Tomlinson, named a minister at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on Friday, rebelled in December ag...
6 months ago
Nobody even noticed the Tories’ biggest legacy
LONDON — When she needed a break from the Brexit wars, Theresa May would head for the hills. Far from the pressure-cooker of Westminster, May spent every summer between 2016 and 2019 — her three years as U.K. prime minister — walking in the mountains of S...
2 months ago
US unveils $1.5B in new energy, humanitarian aid for Ukraine
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Saturday a new $1.5 billion aid package for Ukraine, focused primarily on the war-torn country's energy sector and humanitarian assistance.Harris unveiled the package while attending a two-day Ukraine peace s...
2 months ago
Austria nominates Finance Minister Brunner as EU commissioner
BRUSSELS ― Austria nominated Finance Minister Magnus Brunner as its candidate to serve as European commissioner in the next term.Brunner "is an experienced government politician with a high level of expertise in financial, economic and competition policy...
2 months ago
The European Commission hopefuls with one thing on their mind
BRUSSELS ― It’s as if the European Commission is a trendy nightclub with a long line of eager party animals desperate to be admitted.Only a handful will get the chance to strut their stuff the way they crave. And that means a place in the Commission for t...
1 month ago
UK Labour faces a scandal of its own making
LONDON — Fresh from a landslide victory, new U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer was keen to pitch his administration as a clean break from the scandal-plagued years of his Tory predecessors.Addressing journalists in his first press conference as PM on an un...
1 month ago
France mourns its loss of influence in von der Leyen’s new Commission
BRUSSELS — Emmanuel Macron's clout on the European stage just isn't what it used to be.One day after now-former French Commissioner Thierry Breton resigned in a huff, five French officials bemoaned a loss of influence for Paris in Brussels after Ursula vo...
4 weeks ago
Germany retains quiet grip on Europe’s finances
BRUSSELS — Appearances can be deceiving. While the European Commission’s reorganization this week made it seem as if big-spending governments from the south had seized control, in reality Germany and co. retain an iron grip.Commission President Ursula von...
3 weeks ago
Top UK civil servant Simon Case quits
LONDON — Britain's most senior civil servant Simon Case confirmed his resignation on health grounds Monday after a controversial four-year tenure heading up the government machine.The U.K. government announced Monday afternoon that Case would stand down a...
2 weeks ago
European Commission maps out ‘power grab’ over €1.2 trillion money pot
BRUSSELS ― European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is laying out how she plans to pressure countries to implement key economic reforms if they want to access the EU’s €1.2 trillion seven-year cash pot.The Commission's budget officials mapped ou...
1 week ago