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Germany aims for closer India trade ties amid Trump tariffs
In 1959, as smoke billowed from the blast furnaces of the newly inaugurated Rourkela Steel Plant, India's then prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, walked through rows of German-built machinery alongside engineers from West Germany. The plant, one of...

The phoney climate consensus is breaking apart
Kemi Badenoch has just broken one of the great taboos of modern British politics. Ahead of a speech in Aberdeen tomorrow, the Tory leader has pledged to allow every last molecule of oil and gas to be extracted from the North Sea. This is a...

Hanson: Europe in the balance?
Current German Chancellor Friedrich Merz put the dilemma bluntly: "The welfare state as we have it today can no longer be financed with what we can economically afford." Yet the more socialism ossifies, the more popular culture still demands free...

Al Gore wrong again: Study delivers good news for Arctic ice trends, bad news for climate hucksters
Failed presidential candidate Al Gore claimed in his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech that the previous year, "as the Northern Hemisphere tilted away from the sun, scientists reported with unprecedented distress that the North Polar ice...

Luke Donald shuts down Bryson DeChambeau Ryder Cup claim as Team Europe captain makes New York promise
Luke Donald has told Bryson DeChambeau his Euro stars will be ready for boisterous Bethpage as he aims to pull off his greatest success. The Euro skipper has spent 20 months trying to crack the New York code and deliver on Rory McIlroy’s big Ryder...

Tesla's market share slumps in the EU, surpassed by BYD and SAIC
According to ACEA, Tesla’s market share in Europe plummeted to just 6,600 new vehicle registrations in July 2025, representing a 42% decrease compared to the same month last year. In addition to falling market share, Tesla has been surpassed by...

‘RMG export to EU states may face setback if human rights not ensured in the sector by 2029’
A two-day training programme aimed at improving the capacities of journalists on Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) in ready-made garment (RMG) sector concluded in the capital. Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) organized the programme...

‘House of Cards’ Star Robin Wright is Latest Celeb Fleeing to Europe — Says America Has Become a ‘Sh*tshow’
House of Cards star Robin Wright has left the United States. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Wright said that America had become a “shitshow” and that she was happy to have left. “It’s liberating to be done,” she explained. “Be done with...

How Trump is creating a climate of 'opposition' in name only: political scientist
U.S. President Donald Trump was serving his first term when Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, both political science professors at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts outside Boston, wrote their 2018 book "How Democracies Die."...

‘It’s hidden in plain sight’ - California’s potent legal weed is booming in Britain, less legally
The drug is often vacuum-packed in plastic bags and crammed inside suitcases taken on commercial flights as checked baggage. “What we’re seeing is Californian weed, which demands a price premium in the UK,” Paul Pantry, a senior officer at the...

Digital storm: How fake news flooded Spain alongside the deadly DANA floods in Valencia
WHEN a torrent of water ripped through Valencia last September, drowning streets, sweeping away cars and leaving a trail of destruction, another flood surged in parallel. Social media, it turns out, was awash not just with images of swollen rivers...

Opinion: Europe in the balance?
Almost weekly in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France and Germany, a sensational assault committed by an illegal migrant — often enjoying some sort of state support or with prior arrests for the same crime — surfaces. Until recently,...

Luke Donald picks Europe's six Ryder Cup wildcards including LIV Golf rebel Jon Rahm
Luke Donald and Europe will be going for glory in New York ( Image: Getty Images) Luke Donald has not risked any rookies and picked six Ryder Cup veterans, including Jon Rahm, for his wildcards to face the USA later this month. Shane Lowry, Sepp...

One in three women in Europe faces violence
One in three women in Europe has suffered some form of violence, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Monday launching a Cyprus campaign against sexism. Only one in eight reports incidents to the police, while one in five seeks help from...

Spain PM admits wildfire planning was clearly insufficient after deadly fires
MADRID: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez declared Spain’s preparation for this summer’s deadly wildfires as clearly insufficient during a climate emergency address. Four people died and thousands were evacuated during last month’s heatwave that...

Spain’s Sanchez seeks to coordinate climate change pact with France, Portugal
Audio By Carbonatix MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday his government would coordinate a series of measures on climate change with neighbouring countries in response to recent weather-related disasters, such as...

With Europe in top form, 2025 is the year the Ryder Cup must prove that it’s still competitive
Let’s be crystal clear about one thing—no matter what happens at Bethpage Black, the Ryder Cup will remain a healthy financial institution. People, myself included, get excited every time it comes around, and clearly there are a lot of fans...

Georgia Reaffirms Commitment to European Environmental Standards in Meeting with UNEP Chief
In Geneva, Switzerland, during the Ministerial of the Intergovernmental Committee on Plastic Pollution, First Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Nino Tandilashvili, met with UN Under-Secretary-General and...

Ryder Cup 2025: Europe team confirmed after captain Luke Donald makes wildcard picks
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Georgia Highlights Progress and Calls for Global Support in Fight Against Plastic Pollution at Geneva Ministerial
First Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Nino Tandilashvili, delivered a keynote address at the high-level ministerial meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, held within the framework of intergovernmental negotiations...