UK rolls back digital ID for work checks as privacy fears drive backlash
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped plans to make digital ID mandatory for workers after a backlash over âOrwellianâ surveillance fears....
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped plans to make digital ID mandatory for workers after a backlash over âOrwellianâ surveillance fears....
Russia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of its invasion, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance....
European leaders criticise stance on Arctic island, with Macron taking aim at US presidentâs âuseless aggressivityâ...
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NATO said that the United States, Denmark and Greenland would negotiate on stepping up efforts to stop Russia and China gaining a "foothold" on the territory....
European Council President Antonio Costa said the EU was weighing a joint response to the Trump administration's efforts to acquire Greenland. Follow the latest....
Germany has vowed a "united" response from Europe after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on nations that oppose him over Greenland. NATO's Mark Rutte is set for talks with Danish and Greenland official...
Whole milk is heading back to school lunch cafeterias...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has a chance to really âtake back controlâ...
Emmanuel Macron asks fellow leaders to back punitive measures against US companies...
After seizures, sanctions and collapse, can Venezuela ever win back Big Oilâs trust?...
Z.AI released GLM-Image, trained entirely on Huawei chips, as Beijing moves to block Nvidia H200 imports in a push for AI self-reliance....
New York state judge orders the state must redraw its congressional map by early February because the current mapâs 11th District dilutes the votes of Blacks and Latinos....
The planned exit marks the Trump administrationâs latest move to scale back Washingtonâs military investment in Europeâs defense....
Investors sought refuge from crypto exposure on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pulled back from his Greenland-related threats....
Rewatch US President Donald Trump's speech in Davos amid growing tension with European allies and declining support back home....
US refuses to back down in the face of outrage among its allies over plan to acquire Danish territory...
In a very unsurprising turn of events, Trump walked back his latest EU tariff threatsâmuch to the market's delight....
EU ambassadors convened an emergency meeting in Brussels after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on eight European countries in a dispute over Greenland. France wants the block to use its so-called trad...
The Agriculture Committee is moving ahead on crypto legislation despite a lack of bipartisan agreement, even as the Banking Committee slows its own work....