#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.09.2026 Hong Kong democracy champion Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison. The heavy sentence for the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder and British citizen was imposed as Beijing seeks to wipe out the city’s remaining press freedoms.
#Politics × #United Kingdom #China #Europe × #Asia
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.07.2026 Zelensky says U.S. is readying huge economic deals with Russia. The Ukrainian president said he had intelligence indicating that the U.S. and Russia were readying $12 trillion in economic agreements some involving Ukrainian interests.
#Business #Politics × #Russia #Ukraine #USA #Europe × #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.06.2026 Epstein built ties to Russians and sought to meet Putin, files show. Justice Department files show that Jeffrey Epstein sought help from a Russian official after claiming a woman from Moscow was blackmailing “powerful businessmen” in New York.
#Politics × #Russia #Europe × #Vladimir Putin
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.05.2026 As West goes after Russia’s oil fleet, Moscow fears for its war funding. New European measures to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet could severely hurt its economy at a time when it is looking increasingly vulnerable.
#Politics × #Russia #Europe ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.03.2026 Russia delivers worst attack this year to Ukraine’s power sector. The president said he persuaded Russia’s Vladimir Putin to stop striking Ukraine’s energy grid during a frigid period, but missiles fell on Kyiv hours later.
#Politics × #Russia #Ukraine #Europe × #Vladimir Putin
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.28.2026 ICE at Olympics angers Milan mayor, who says agency’s image is ‘terrible’. A routine role for ICE around next month’s Winter Olympics has drawn ire in Italy, amid President Donald Trump’s sprawling immigration crackdown.
#Politics × #Sport #Italy #Europe ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.28.2026 Hungary announces charges against Budapest mayor over Pride events. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has aligned himself closely with President Donald Trump’s brand of populist conservatism and is a MAGA darling.
#Politics × #Hungary #Europe ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.28.2026 Germany and France push for ‘two-speed’ E.U. to overcome policy inertia. Germany and France want to speed up action on strengthening the euro currency, cooperating on military spending and building supply chains for critical raw materials.
#Business #Politics × #France #Germany #European Union #Europe ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.28.2026 Column | Clamor is growing in Europe to boycott Trump’s World Cup. This summer’s North American World Cup is inextricably tied to President Donald Trump. Some of his critics are questioning the fitness of the U.S. as a host.
#Politics × #Sport #USA #Europe × #North America #Americas
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.27.2026 Facing U.S. turmoil, Europe and India announce blockbuster trade deal. The accord, among two of the world’s largest economies, would create a free trade zone of 2 billion people, as President Trump upends U.S. alliances and global trade.
#Business #Politics × #USA #European Union #Europe × #Asia #North America #India
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.19.2025 U.S. pushes new Ukraine peace plan as Trump’s Army secretary visits Kyiv. The administration is renewing efforts to end the war, pitching a revised ceasefire proposal and giving a top military official an unusual diplomatic assignment.
#Politics × #Ukraine #USA #Europe × #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.16.2025 Trans women attend Vatican event with Pope Leo, but not at head table. A group of 48 transgender women attended a major Vatican event on Sunday with Pope Leo XIV, continuing a tradition that began under Pope Francis.
#Politics × #Religious #Vatican City #Pope Francis #Europe ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.16.2025 Muslim mayor, Jewish voters, Trump rage. London’s lessons for Mamdani.. As a fellow Muslim governing a financial capital for the past decade, London’s Sadiq Khan offers precedents and cautions for New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
#Islamic #Politics × #Religious #United Kingdom #USA #Sadiq Khan #Europe × #North America #Americas
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.15.2025 Trump recasts foreign terror list to focus on ‘Antifa,’ cartels. The administration is making an unprecedented expansion, designating entities in Europe and Latin America not typically a focus of U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
#Politics × #USA #Europe × #North America #Americas
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.15.2025 Russians confront wartime internet cuts with public shrug, private fury. Ordering rides or groceries, paying by debit card, or just finding driving directions is increasingly out of reach for most Russians as mobile internet networks are shut down.
#Politics × #Tech #Russia #Europe ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.12.2025 Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers resign amid corruption probe. German Galushchenko was at first just suspended, but President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he and his successor as energy minister must step down during the investigation.
#Politics × #Germany #Ukraine #Europe ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.12.2025 Trump wants Europe to defend itself but that’s proving tough to do. Threatened by Russia and pressured by President Trump, European leaders pledged to join forces and reduce security reliance on the U.S. That’s easier said than done.
#Politics × #Russia #USA #Europe × #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.11.2025 Russia is winning the battle for influence in Georgia against the E.U.. One year after a pro-Russian party’s victory in elections, the European Union said Georgia is a candidate in “name only” amid “democratic backsliding.”
#Politics × #Russia #Georgia #European Union #Europe × #Asia
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.02.2025 Charismatic leader emerges on the left to roil Britain’s political scene. Zack Polanski of the Greens has drawn comparisons to New York’s Zohran Mamdani as he connects with younger voters on social media over the political issues of the day.
#Politics × #United Kingdom #USA #Europe × #North America #Americas #politician
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.30.2025 Trump says he’s ‘angry’ at Putin’s remark questioning Zelensky’s legitimacy. President Donald Trump said in an interview with NBC on Sunday that he would mull secondary tariffs on Russian oil if Putin stalls the peace process with Ukraine.
#Politics × #Russia #Ukraine #USA #Europe × #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.30.2025 Trump’s threat of towering tariffs on European booze is sobering. Wine and spirits can be markers of national and regional identity — which could make a coming trade fight between the U.S. and Europe much more emotional.
#Politics × #USA #Europe × #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.28.2025 Column | Trump’s war on universities puts U.S. in an autocratic club. Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest reflects a wider global trend of nationalist leaders targeting universities as hotbeds of radicalism, such as in Hungary, India and Turkey.
#Education #Politics × #Hungary #Turkey #Europe × #Asia #India
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.27.2025 Trump reverses termination of program tracking mass child abductions in Ukraine. The rare reversal of a Trump administration edict terminating a program to track mass child abductions in Ukraine follows a Washington Post report and concerns from U.S. lawmakers and Christian evangel
#Christian #Politics × #Religious #Russia #Ukraine #USA #Europe × #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.27.2025 Zelensky and Trump may be doing better, but tough issues lie ahead. Zelensky smoothed things over after an Oval Office blowup, but the U.S.-Ukraine will only get harder as he balances Trump’s personality and Kyiv’s needs.
#Politics × #Russia #Ukraine #USA #Europe × #North America
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