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Let them eat burgers! Austrian chancellor says low-income families should eat at McDonald’s (www.politico.eu)

Rishi Sunak to sign UK-India trade deal without binding worker or environment pledges (www.politico.eu)

Ukraine says it killed top Russian admiral in Crimea missile attack (www.politico.eu)

The commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, died in Ukraine’s barrage on occupied Crimea last week, Kyiv said Monday....

Ukraine claims senior Russian navy officers killed, injured in Crimea missile strike (www.politico.eu)

NATO’s Bulgaria finds crashed killer drone on its land (www.politico.eu)

A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered on Bulgarian territory over the weekend....

China trying to ‘headhunt’ powerful Brits, UK government claims (www.politico.eu)

Admission comes as British government responds to damning report on efforts to counter Chinese interference....

Ukraine says it wrecked Russian submarine with British cruise missiles (www.politico.eu)

Ukraine on Thursday confirmed it wrecked a Russian submarine with British weapons, during a missile attack on the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea....

We can’t rely on Russia to protect us anymore, Armenian PM says (www.politico.eu)

Russia’s catastrophic invasion of Ukraine means Armenia can no longer rely on Moscow as a guarantor of its security, even as fears grow of a return to open conflict with Azerbaijan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told POLITICO in an interview....

Your car wants to know about your sex life (www.politico.eu)

Industry hoovered up data through sensors and technology built into newer car models that calculate people’s weight, filmed the car inside and outside with cameras, listened to conversations through microphones and tracked users via connected apps on smartphones.

Your car wants to know about your sex life (www.politico.eu)

Industry hoovered up data through sensors and technology built into newer car models that calculate people’s weight, filmed the car inside and outside with cameras, listened to conversations through microphones and tracked users via connected apps on smartphones.

EU official from Sweden has been in prison in Iran for over 500 days (www.politico.eu)

Zelenskyy sends strong signals with choice for Ukraine’s new defense chief (www.politico.eu)

Rustem Umerov, the first Crimea native to get such a high post in Kyiv, is praised for his diplomatic and management skills....

Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears (www.politico.eu)

By equating corruption to treason, Zelenskyy’s office is manipulating the public’s desire for justice, said Vitaly Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization that monitors graft. In reality, Shabunin added, Zelenskyy’s office is pursuing other goals: to protect...

US Republican senator praises UK Labour’s ‘Reaganesque’ policy (www.politico.eu)

UK parliament calls Taiwan ‘independent country’ as Cleverly visits China (www.politico.eu)

The British parliament has for the first time referred to Taiwan as an “independent country” in an official document, breaking a political taboo as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visits China this week....

Latvia PM: Let EU countries with no colonial past lead diplomacy with BRICS+ (www.politico.eu)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1898633...

Prigozhin lives! Kremlin battles rumors Wagner chief faked his death (www.politico.eu)

If Russia’s propaganda machine seemed caught off guard by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny, its reaction to his death in a plane crash has been far more disciplined....

UK antitrust enforcer to Microsoft: You can’t bully us (www.politico.eu)

Springtime for Europe’s fascists (www.politico.eu)

It’s one thing for Finland or Belgium (the Flemish separatist Vlaams Belang party heads the polls) to veer onto a far-right rail. When it begins to happen in Germany, however, it’s time to start plotting an escape route....