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17 wild facts about Kemi Badenoch’s new Tory team
From spilling wine on Queen Elizabeth’s carpets to branding colleagues “lazy,” the new Conservative leader has an eclectic shadow Cabinet.
5 things we’ll miss as Britain’s hereditary peers face the chop
We still love you Elon Musk, says UK government
UK scraps Brexit’s ‘Not for EU’ food labels — for now
Trump called for ‘unity’ after the first assassination attempt. Not this time.
The plan to save European farming
What the last of the anti-war Chicago Seven wants today’s protesters to know
As Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’
Republicans are reeling from Trump’s undisciplined approach to the opening stages of his race against Harris.
This burger could kill the EU
Farmers furious about lab-grown meat are taking their fight to the heart of the European project.
Stoltenberg bashes China for creeping closer to NATO
The Chinese-Belarusian anti-terrorism exercises, conducted not far from the border with NATO ally Poland, coincide with the NATO summit.
Fork in the road: How a right turn will change European farming
The next parliament is likely to push back harder against the green farming agenda and faces a challenge to reform the Common Agricultural Policy.
Top Biden adviser reveals she confronted Netanyahu
Power revealed the details of her conversation with Netanyahu at POLITICO’s Health Care Summit today in Washington.
Commission sparks greenwashing fears in row over ‘100 percent recycled’ claims
The EU executive suggests laxer rules for calculating recycled content in products, siding with the chemical industry.
Putin on Biden’s SOB diss: Fair enough
Wearing a smile, Russian leader restates preference for Biden over Trump.
EU chief quietly kills ‘nanny-state’ policies with eye on election
From pesticides to alcohol labeling, Ursula von der Leyen is taking an ax to any potentially vote-losing policies.
Here’s your life in 2040 — if the EU’s climate plan works
Fewer steaks, a carbon Nutri-Score on food labels, bikeshares galore, and incentives to downsize once your kids move out.
Brits left baffled by Brexit’s ‘not for EU’ food labels
Post-Brexit rules requiring foods to carry ‘not for EU’ labels spark confusion — and, in some cases, outright disgust — from UK shoppers.
Europe’s war against tobacco has a new target: Nicotine
As the market for nicotine pouches grows, Brussels is eyeing regulation.
Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal is up and running. It’s ‘cataclysmic’ for UK food exports
Industry fears UK’s interpretation of EU label rules will cost British firms hundreds of millions.
Moscow police raid gay clubs after high court labels LGBTQ movement ‘extremist’
The crackdown follows the effective ban of the LGBTQ movement by the Russian Supreme Court.
Lab-grown meat threatens Italian culture — Meloni minister
Italy’s parliament has passed Europe’s first legislation banning lab-cultured meat.
How a march against antisemitism became a headache for Macron
The cross-party event planned for Sunday points up political fissures and backfired against the French president.
New EU packaging rules can only work if they are fair for all
The planned EU rules on packaging have the right aims but the wrong solution. If unchanged, they could lead to more waste, not less.
Not just the China spy scandal: 7 flashpoints for Britain’s Tory hawks
The hot-button topics for British backbenchers spooked by Beijing keep piling up.
5 real-life impacts of the EU’s foot-dragging on chemicals law reboot
Shortcomings in the current rules leave Europeans exposed to harmful chemicals.
EU wants Google, Facebook to start labeling AI-generated content
The European Commission is worried artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will result in more online disinformation.
Anti-war Russians face dilemma with Sunday’s mass Navalny protests
Planned multinational demonstrations in support of jailed Russian opposition leader present stark choice for backers still in Russia.
The next agricultural revolution is doing away with … agriculture
Environmentalists want to use nature’s oldest trick — fermentation — to ‘replace the animal as a concept.’
Ireland signs law requiring cancer warnings on all alcoholic beverages
The Irish government says the measure — opposed by drinks industry chiefs worldwide but cleared by EU and WTO regulators — will come into force in May 2026.