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Cardinals are watching 'Conclave' the movie for guidance on the conclave IRL

Cardinals are watching ‘Conclave’ the movie for guidance on the conclave IRL

The 2024 movie is proving a useful primer for clerics about to take part in the real thing to choose the next pope.

Brussels eyes hitting €100B of US goods with tariffs

Brussels eyes hitting €100B of US goods with tariffs

Merz becomes German chancellor in second Bundestag vote

Riots rock Brussels as mayor condemns Bruges hooligans

Trump has already screwed over Germany’s new chancellor

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Will Merz spring Germany into action?
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Will Merz spring Germany into action?

How George Simion became a right-wing 'messiah' for Romanians abroad

How George Simion became a right-wing ‘messiah’ for Romanians abroad

What we do (and don’t) know about the UK-India trade deal

What we do (and don’t) know about the UK-India trade deal

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EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition

EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition

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Trump's movie tariff threat puzzles Europe

Trump’s movie tariff threat puzzles Europe

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Centrist Nicușor Dan faces uphill battle to beat Simion in Romanian presidential runoff

Centrist Nicușor Dan faces uphill battle to beat Simion in Romanian presidential runoff

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EU countries soften push to stop Chinese tech buyouts

EU countries soften push to stop Chinese tech buyouts

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Europe’s final plan to quit Russian energy: Enlist wary execs

Europe’s final plan to quit Russian energy: Enlist wary execs

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Trump to Carney: I’m just not that into you

Trump to Carney: I’m just not that into you

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Orbán’s man in Brussels stalls Russian energy exit plan

Orbán’s man in Brussels stalls Russian energy exit plan

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Humiliated Merz fails to be elected German chancellor on first parliament ballot

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France

French PM considering referendum on budget plans

French PM considering referendum on budget plans

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France wants EU parcels levy to stem flood of cheap Chinese fast fashion imports

France wants EU parcels levy to stem flood of cheap Chinese fast fashion imports

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French interior minister under fire for slow response to deadly mosque stabbing

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Poland went all in on chickens. Then came bird flu.

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Meet George Simion, the hard-right Romanian election winner … who’s banned from Ukraine

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Romanian election results: Trump fan George Simion wins first round, Nicușor Dan comes second

Romanian election results: Trump fan George Simion wins first round, Nicușor Dan comes second

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Russian hacker group attacks Romanian government websites on election day

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Britain

It’s crunch time for the Brexit reset

It’s crunch time for the Brexit reset

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UK is ‘compliant servant of communist China,’ Trump’s trade adviser says

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Can Nigel Farage keep on winning, all the way to Downing Street?

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Trump defends viral image of himself as Pope: ‘Catholics loved it’

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Trump wants the credit, but not the blame, for US economy

Trump wants the credit, but not the blame, for US economy

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How Trump lost conservatives the Australian election

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Brussels

Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump's war on universities as 'gigantic miscalculation'

Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump’s war on universities as ‘gigantic miscalculation’

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Why TikTok ruling sparks trouble for EU-China relations

Why TikTok ruling sparks trouble for EU-China relations

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Brussels unveils Trump trade retaliation tactics to EU countries

Brussels unveils Trump trade retaliation tactics to EU countries

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Von der Leyen slams Trump: We don’t punish neighbors

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Trump team clashes with Berlin over AfD designation as right-wing extremist

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The AfD is a right-wing extremist group, German intelligence agency says

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Merz announces first German Cabinet choices

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Africa’s message to the world: Do you want to be part of the next economic miracle?
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Africa’s message to the world: Do you want to be part of the next economic miracle?

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Trump's trade policy offers the EU an unexpected opportunity — if it can grab it
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Trump’s trade policy offers the EU an unexpected opportunity — if it can grab it

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Europe’s diplomatic blind spot: Kallas’ visit to Baku
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Europe’s diplomatic blind spot: Kallas’ visit to Baku

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