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EU Commissioner designate Maros Sefcovic attends his confirmation hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels, on November 4, 2024. Sefcovic has been designated as commissioner for trade and economic security, interinstutional relations, and transparency. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP) (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)

EU moves to shield its struggling metals industry from Trump’s tariffs

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14 March 2025, Berlin: Friedrich Merz, CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag and CDU federal chairman, makes a statement after the parliamentary group meeting in the Bundestag. After lengthy discussions, the parliamentary group leaders of the CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens have reached an agreement on a billion-euro defense and infrastructure package. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa (Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

German MPs approve fiscal ‘bazooka’ package—paving way for over €1 trillion in defense spending

By Femke Colborne and AFP

PRODUCTION – 17 March 2025, Bavaria, Munich: The lettering “Siemens” can be seen on the façade of the conglomerate’s headquarters. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa (Photo by Peter Kneffel/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Germany’s Siemens to cut over 6,000 jobs globally—with half the roles lost in home market

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The U.S. Agency for Global Media website is displayed on a mobile phone with Voice of America seen in the background. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

China praises Trump’s plan to axe funding for ‘notorious’ U.S. media outlets like Voice of America ‘lie factory’

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19 March 2024, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Gernot Döllner, Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG, attends the annual press conference at the company headquarters. Audi presents the figures for the 2023 financial year. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)

German auto woes deepen: Audi to cut 7,500 jobs by 2029 amid rising Chinese competition and EV slowdown

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Jonathan Reynolds, UK business and trade secretary, departs from a weekly meeting of cabinet ministers in Downing Street in London, UK, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. The UK’s government will introduce long-promised legislation on Tuesday to speed up planning decisions as ministers seek to help stimulate growth through a step-change in housebuilding and by unblocking infrastructure projects from roads to wind farms. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

U.K. business minister flies to Washington urging Trump to spare Britain from steel import tariffs

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14 March 2025, Berlin: Friedrich Merz, CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag and CDU federal chairman, makes a statement after the parliamentary group meeting in the Bundestag. After lengthy discussions, the parliamentary group leaders of the CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens have reached an agreement on a billion-euro defense and infrastructure package. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa (Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

German lawmakers prepare to vote on $545 billion ‘fiscal bazooka’ as threat to Europe’s security intensifies

By Femke Colborne and AFP

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – MARCH 17: Kaja Kallas, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, arrives at a roundtable meeting during the 9th International Conference in Support of Syria at the European Council headquarters on March 17, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The European Union is convening its 9th conference in support of Syria – the first to include Syrian interim authorities, following the fall of the Assad regime in December. The event’s theme, ‘Standing with Syria: meeting the needs for a successful transition,’ aims to gather international support for the country during its recovery and development, in the wake of more than thirteen years of civil war. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Russia and China hitting Western democracies with ‘massive digital arsenals’ says EU

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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 21: Oracle co-founder, CTO and Executive Chairman Larry Ellison speaks during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced an investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and took questions on a range of topics including his presidential pardons of Jan. 6 defendants, the war in Ukraine, cryptocurrencies and other topics. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Oracle bets big on U.K. AI boom with $5 billion cloud investment

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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 23: Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves seen on stage during the Labour Party Conference 2024 at ACC Liverpool on September 23, 2024 in Liverpool, England. This is Labour’s first conference since they were returned as the governing party of The UK and Northern Ireland by voters in the July election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. They won with a landslide majority of 172 seats, and 412 in total. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

U.K. government to put forward a ‘radical’ plan to slash red tape and boost business

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PARIS, FRANCE – DECEMBER 07: French President Emmanuel Macron (C) poses for photographers with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) after their meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace on December 7, 2024 in Paris, France. A wave of foreign dignitaries descended on Paris this weekend to attend a reopening ceremony at Notre-Dame Cathedral, more than five years after it was damaged in a major fire. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Emmanuel Macron says pressure must be placed on Russia to accept ceasefire or else ‘Trump will toughen sanctions and retaliation’

By Francesco Fontemaggi and AFP

JERSEY CITY, NJ – MARCH 13: The full Worm Moon rises above the skyline of Brooklyn and the Statue of Liberty as the sun sets in New York City ahead of a total lunar eclipse on March 13, 2025, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty’—France wants sculpture back, says U.S. no longer shares its values

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Donatella Versace at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones held at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

Creative head Donatella Versace to step down at Versace amid Prada takeover speculation

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BERLIN, GERMANY – MARCH 03: German designated chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks to the media the day after the Hamburg city-state election on March 03, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Merz is under pressure to negotiate the formation of the next federal government coalition quickly in order to help strengthen Europe’s position over defence and its relationship to the USA. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Germany’s next leader Merz is vowing to do ‘whatever it takes’ on historic $1.3 trillion infrastructure spending revolution

By Jastinder Khera, Sam Reeves, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 27: (L-R) UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets with U.S. President Donald Trump, during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is on his first visit to Washington since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House. Starmer’s trip comes shortly after he announced an increase in UK defence spending, ostensibly as a signal to Trump that the UK is prepared to bolster Europe’s security, and as he aims to broker a fair peace deal for Ukraine amid Trump’s warming relations with Russia. (Photo by Carl Court – Pool/Getty Images)

Starmer says U.K. won’t follow Europe’s ‘disappointing’ retaliation against Trump’s steel tariffs—yet

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