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Trump adds Europe to the list of US trade partners he's threatening with tariffs

Dec. 20, 2024 13:38 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he's threatening with tariffs — unless the group takes steps to import more U.S. goods. “I told the European Union that they...

Hungary’s Orbán says European leaders must change strategy on Ukraine

Dec. 20, 2024 09:12 AM EST

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that European leaders must acknowledge the need to change their strategy regarding Ukraine. In comments to Hungary’s state broadcaster on Friday, Orbán argued that the current strategy was not working...

Rising butter prices give European consumers and bakers a bad taste

Dec. 20, 2024 00:49 AM EST

PARIS (AP) — Pastry chef Arnaud Delmontel rolls out dough for croissants and pain au chocolat that later emerge golden and fragrant from the oven in his Paris patisserie. The price for the butter so essential to the pastries has shot up in recent months, by 25% since September...

EU leaders insist no decisions can be taken about Ukraine without Ukraine, or behind their backs

Dec. 19, 2024 21:39 PM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders insisted on Thursday that no decisions can be taken about the future of war-ravaged Ukraine without its consent — or behind the backs of its partners in Europe, barely a month before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Ukraine’s...

Italy's Salvini faces verdict for blocking migrants at sea. Case weighs limits of stemming migration

Dec. 19, 2024 12:48 PM EST

MILAN (AP) — Italy’s deputy premier, Matteo Salvini, has sounded defiant ahead of Friday’s court verdict in Sicily for blocking some 100 migrants at sea on a humanitarian rescue boat in 2019 when he was interior minister. Salvini, who leads the Euroskeptic, anti-migrant League,...

Apple complains Meta requests risk privacy in spat over EU efforts to widen access to iPhone tech

Dec. 19, 2024 09:31 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Apple complained that requests from Meta Platforms for access to its operating software threaten user privacy, in a spat fueled by the European Union's intensifying efforts to get the iPhone maker to open up to products from tech rivals. The 27-nation EU's executive...

Romania's political tumult continues as leftist party leaves talks to form pro-European coalition

Dec. 19, 2024 07:08 AM EST

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s leftist Social Democratic Party on Thursday withdrew from negotiations to form a pro-European coalition government, extending political turmoil that has gripped the European Union country after a top court annulled a presidential election. ...

Russia says it has detained a suspect in the Moscow bombing that killed a senior general

Dec. 18, 2024 11:08 AM EST

Russia's security service said Wednesday it detained a citizen from Uzbekistan in the bombing that killed a senior general as he left his southeastern Moscow apartment — a bold assassination that was claimed by Ukraine's security service. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday...

The group behind a new European soccer competition has resurfaced. Here's what they propose

Dec. 18, 2024 10:01 AM EST

The group behind a proposed breakaway European soccer competition is back. They have a new name for their tournament, too, calling it the Unify League this time. The latest idea for an elite competition for the biggest teams in Europe is being put forward by...

Barcelona subway recycles energy from braking into power to charge electric cars

Dec. 18, 2024 06:45 AM EST

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Barcelona subway grinds to a halt, the doors slide open and commuters pour out to go about their daily business. Little do they know that as they do so, a burst of energy is sent up to street level to help charge an electric car. Barcelona...