Let them eat burgers! Austrian chancellor says low-income families should eat at McDonald’s (www.politico.eu)
Musk given 24 hours to address graphic images of Hamas attacks (www.politico.eu)
Elon Musk has until the end of Wednesday to respond to demands from Brussels to remove graphic images and disinformation linked to the violence in Israel from his social network X — or face the full force of Europe’s new social media rules....
Democracy in decline worldwide, new report says (www.politico.eu)
Israel slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not happen in a vacuum,’ calls for his resignation (www.politico.eu)
Trump praises Hungary’s ‘Viktor Orbán’ as great ‘leader of Turkey’ (www.politico.eu)
I mean, sure, at this point why not?
German far right’s Höcke wants to kick disabled kids out of regular schools (www.politico.eu)
‘The time has come.’ Sweden gets ready for NATO membership (www.politico.eu)
The future of warfare: A $400 drone killing a $2M tank (www.politico.eu)
‘Unprecedented’ rail traffic between North Korea and Russia suggests military transfers (www.politico.eu)
Pyongyang could very well be helping Moscow to gear up in its war with Ukraine, according to satellite imagery of the Tumangang rail facility at the border with Russia recorded by the U.S. think tank Beyond Parallel and made public on Friday....
Facebook, Instagram face Norwegian ban from tracking users for ads (www.politico.eu)
France orders ban on all pro-Palestinian protests (www.politico.eu)
It’s time Europe reduced its defense reliance on the US, Czech president says (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....
An AI firm harvested billions of photos without consent. Britain is powerless to act (www.politico.eu)
Twitter to ditch bird logo, Musk says (www.politico.eu)
West urges Israel to show restraint amid escalation fears (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....
EU blindsided by ‘spectacular’ solar rollout (www.politico.eu)
Large majority of EU countries will hit 2030 solar targets ahead of schedule, according to new data.
Exit polls show Swiss anti-immigrant party on track for record election showing (www.politico.eu)
The Swiss People’s Party (SVP), which centered its campaign on anti-immigrant rhetoric, is projected to win 29 percent of the vote, up from 25.6 percent four years ago and higher than pre-election polls. It has been the country’s largest party since 2003.
Russian anti-war TV protest journalist given 8+ years in prison (www.politico.eu)
Marina Ovsyannikova, a former Russian state TV editor turned Kremlin critic, has been sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison by a Moscow court....
Ukraine’s top general: War with Russia has reached stalemate (www.politico.eu)
‘There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough,’ says Valery Zaluzhny....
German far right’s Höcke wants to kick disabled kids out of regular schools (www.politico.eu)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1293903...
‘Drink water’ says Croatia’s health minister after 4 suspected poisoned with Coca-Cola sodas (www.politico.eu)
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....