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Key EU-US trade deal in limbo amid tension as US threatens extra tariffs

"In politics as in business – a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something.” Ursula von der Leyen's comments came amid growing tension between Europe and the US over Greenlan...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

EU Commission says Mercosur delay means EU "weakening itself"

The European Union's parliament voted on Wednesday to refer a freshly signed trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur to the EU's top court, casting the hard-fought accord into legal limbo. The vo...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

EU vows 'unflinching' response to Trump's Greenland gambit

European leaders drew a clear line over Greenland Tuesday, vowing an "unflinching" response to Washington's threats even as US President Donald Trump said he was ready to hold a meeting in Davos about...

4dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Mercosur delayed by two years as MEPs refer it to top EU court

European Union lawmakers on January 21 to hold up ratification of a major free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries over concerns about the legality of the deal. The dea...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Le Pen admits "negligence" in EU fund embezzlement appeal trial

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was questioned for the second day as part of her appeal trial regarding accusations of embezzlement of EU funds by her party for several years. The morning starte...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Hearing in Marine Le Pen appeal trial expected summer 2026

Marine Le Pen's presidential ambitions hang in the balance as the French far-right leader goes to court to appeal against an embezzlement conviction, which barred her from running for office for five ...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Marine Le Pen's appeal in EU fund embezzlement case opens in Paris

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who needs to have a graft conviction overturned to seize her best chance at the French presidency, risks seeing her life's work upended if she loses her appeal. It come...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Japan: Assassin of ex-PM Shinzo Abe jailed for life

The man who shot ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun in 2022 is due to spend his life in prison. The killer, Tetsuya Yamagami, said his actions were fueled by anger over the controversial Unifi...

3dDeutsche WellecrimeImpact

Marine Le Pen aiming to win appeal trial on "technicality rather than emotion"

French ‍far-right leader Marine Le ​Pen softened her tone while answering judges' questions during her appeal trial in ⁠Paris but denied wrongdoing, after being barred from public office over a convic...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Japan court to deliver verdict in ex-PM Shinzo Abe assassination trial

The gunman charged with killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe faces a verdict on Wednesday, more than three years after the daylight assassination stunned the country, prompting scrutiny of...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen takes the stand in high-stakes appeals trial

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political future hangs in the balance as she faces an appeals trial in Paris, a case that could derail her party’s ambitions to radically reshape France with an...

4dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

France's Marine Le Pen returns to court as appeal could decide her 2027 presidential fate

A Paris appeal court will decide whether the far-right figurehead can run for president in 2027, as attention increasingly turns to her 30-year-old protégé and MEP Jordan Bardella....

Jan 13EuronewsPoliticsImpact

France's far-right Le Pen appeals graft conviction with 2027 presidential bid on the line

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to return to court on Tuesday to appeal a graft conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging in the balance. Le Pen was banned from standing fo...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Gunman jailed for life in killing of Japan ex-PM Shinzo Abe

The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty January 21 and jailed for life. The shooting more than three years ago forced a reckoning in a country with li...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Marine Le Pen denies her party had 'organised system' to misuse EU funding in critical appeal trial

With the 2027 presidential election on the horizon, the outcome of the trial could determine whether Marine Le Pen — a three-time presidential candidate — will be able to run, or whether her current b...

4dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Hang on, there’s a Trump Phone Ultra coming too?

Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

600,000 Trump Mobile phones sold? There’s no proof.

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the...

Jan 16The VergePoliticsImpact

Zelensky criticises the EU"s lack of "political will" in countering Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on January 22 blasted the EU's lack of "political will" in countering Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during a fiery address criticising some of Kyiv's top allies...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Fury over five-year-old's detention by ICE agents in Minneapolis

Over the past six weeks, ICE agents have made about 3,000 arrests, with one of the latest being a five-year-old boy who was taken into custody with his father. JD Vance argued that agents were protect...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

China's top general under investigation in latest military purge

Analysts believe these purges aim to reform the military and ensure loyalty to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Another commission member, Liu Zhenli, is also under investigation. (Image credit: Ng Han Guan...

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