Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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Odysseus i Mellanvästern (eller åtminstone Södern) har redan gjorts: ”Oh, brother where art thou” av Bröderna Cohen. www.dn.se/kultur/kalen...
Kalena: Odysseus i Mellanvästern – den filmen vill jag se
”The Odyssey” är sommarens storfilm. Men Kalena fastnar i irrfäder i Mellanvästern och den nya tv-versionen av Laura Ingalls Wilders klassiska bokserie.
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I think he has a point here: ”In a letter, Sánchez laments what he describes as a lack of EU solidarity driven by ’prejudice, misinformation and attacks’ for political gain.” www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Sánchez slams reaction to Ceuta crisis in letter to Von der Leyen
In a letter, Sánchez laments what he describes as a lack of EU solidarity driven by "prejudice, misinformation and attacks" for political gain. #EuropeNews
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Just a reminder that since Laura Loomer announced her support for Ukraine, Trump has: 1) walked back a promise to let Ukraine build Patriots, 2) denied a ukrainian request for 300 PAC3s, 3) slow walked 400mil in congressionally approved aid for Ukraine. But the vibes were good!
Elon Musk recently sat for a wide-ranging interview with The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes. Afterwards, on his own social media network, Musk lashed out against his interviewer. "She is a traitor to the West, plain and simple," he wrote. https://cnn.it/4wv6yK1
Russian defense and security firms are using supply chains in India to import thousands of security-linked goods originally made in Europe, new data tracking the scale of the trade shared with POLITICO shows.
Russia importing sensitive UK, EU tech through India, data shows
Researchers tracked around 50,000 sensitive and dual-use goods reaching Russia via India since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, raising questions as Britain and the EU deepen trade ties with New Delhi.
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China’s currency is misaligned “because the underlying policy mix produces too much or too little saving”, argue Gita Gopinath, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Hélène Rey. So, “the exchange rate is a symptom, not the disease”
Don’t blame global imbalances on the undervalued yuan
Demanding that China revalue the yuan gets both the diagnosis and the cure wrong, write Gita Gopinath, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Hélène Rey
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The first lawsuit against the Section 301 forced labor tariffs has been filed: "USTR failed to provide a reasoned, record-based explanation for its determinations or for its selection of near-uniform duties across 60 economies with materially different enforcement records and trade profiles."
#2 in Burlap and Barrel, Inc. v. GREER, in his official capacity as United States Trade Representative (Ct. Intl. Trade, 1:26-cv-03345) – CourtListener.com
Complaint against All Defendants. Answer due by 9/22/2026. Filed by Jeffrey Michael Schwab of Liberty Justice Center on behalf of All Plaintiffs.(Schwab, Jeffrey) (Entered: 07/24/2026)
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The EU fined Google €890 million today and ordered the U.S. internet giant to overhaul how it ranks rivals in search results and how it polices its app store, as it concluded two investigations into whether the company had breached the Big Tech law.
EU fines Google €890M for breaching Big Tech rulebook
Brussels orders U.S. search giant to overhaul how it ranks rivals in search results and how it polices its app store — or face further penalties.
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”A superficial reading would be that this is again Europeans regulating all innovation out of existence. Superficial and wrong: my overall take is that the EU is more on the ball in digital finance than in many other areas.”
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3w agoThe digital euro gets ready for beta testing ft.trib.al/ZxmpRTg | opinion
Just arrived in Kyiv for my 11th visit to Ukraine in wartime. It’s a special moment. Ukraine has built a strong military momentum. The tide is turning. I will announce new initiatives to integrate our defence industries. So we can produce more, and faster.
Punkt 9 i MOUn är denna ”Pending the final deal, [the US and Iran] agree to maintain the status quo. [Iran] Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program, and [the US] will not impose any new sanctions and will not deploy additional forces in the region” www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
USA och Iran beskyller varandra för felsteg – Senaste nytt om kriget mellan Iran, USA och Israel
SVT liverapporterar om konfliktens utveckling
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In a “multipolar” world, argue the leaders of Canada and Finland, middle powers “must form calibrated alliances, integrating deeply with those countries that share our values, and remain open-eyed with those that do not”
Prepare for a world of ad hoc coalitions
Neither wishful multilateralism nor cold realpolitik will do. Mark Carney and Alexander Stubb suggest a third way
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⚡️ Swedish activists launched a public campaign targeting global brands that continue to operate in Russia and support its war economy. united24media.com/world/swedis...
Swedish Citizens Campaign Against Global Brands Supporting Russia's War Economy
Around 100 people joined the 15th rally for Ukraine in Uppsala. Activists exposed how big brands paid $5B to Russia.
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In February, it was already clear that the administration would make multiple attempts to manipulate the elections. From the Autocracy in America podcast: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
How Autocrats Meddle With Elections
The Trump administration has its eyes on the midterms and beyond.
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Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 4w agothis is one of the many small changes Trump is making in his attempt to manipulate the midterms
The war has come home and is everyone’s problem
Russians are growing anxious and angry
The war has come home and is everyone’s problem
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WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
🚨 BREAKING: The US and Ukraine will discuss licensing local production of the Patriot air defense system to allow Ukraine to manufacture its own interceptor missiles. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
US and Ukraine to Discuss Licensing Patriot Air Defense Production in Ukraine
US President Donald Trump announced plans to discuss granting Ukraine direct manufacturing licenses for Patriot air defense missiles.
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More support is on the way, including for air defence and missile interception. The tide is turning.
Dear Volodymyr, it is good to see you in Ankara. Here, we are discussing the future of defence. And Ukraine has a great deal to contribute. This month, we have provided the first €4 billion of our drone package to further strengthen Ukraine's drone capabilities.
In this slightly longer summer read, I make the case for how Norway could change the game in Ukraine’s EU accession by joining the EU in the same enlargement round. If ever there was a win-win-win situation, this would be it ! (Worth reading to see a meme I made about Norway’s EU policy)
(Northern) European Integration
…and why Norway should join the EU together with Ukraine.
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Can we apply this logic to US steel and auto tariffs?
Haeyoon Kim 김혜윤@haeyoonkim.bsky.social · last mo.US Under Sec of State for Economic Affairs Helberg criticizes digital sovereignty as a vision in which every country commands AI — “its own computers, its own data, its own models, raised at home and owned at home.” His verdict: “It is a seductive vision. It is also backward and counterproductive.”
Posting a worker to another EU member state will become simpler and faster thanks to a new multilingual platform for companies. The e-declaration system for posted workers is a key deliverable of the ‘One Europe, One Market’ roadmap. More info → link.europa.eu/kkTRj3
Hungary has reportedly blocked a key EU procedural step needed to advance Ukraine and Moldova’s accession talks. The move follows the June 15 opening of the first accession cluster, but requires unanimous approval for the next steps, leaving the timeline for expansion talks uncertain.
Hungary again stalls key EU move on Ukraine and Moldova membership negotiations
Ukraine and Moldova’s EU membership path faces renewed uncertainty after Hungary stalled a key unanimous procedural move required to continue accession negotiations, according to EU diplomats.
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Good that someone finally fills this entertainment niche. (Someone had to. It was ripe for exploitation)
Soumaya Keynes@soumayakeynes.ft.com · 2mo agoDid another song, this one inspired by the latest episode of The Economics Show podcast, about China’s tech transfer trajectory Not quite sure how this one came out so earnest - or whether anyone actually wants this content - but I enjoyed making it so here we are
Meloni now also ”taking down the sign” (along with Carney and Mertz).
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2mo agoMeloni accuses Trump of pandering to west’s enemies ft.trib.al/8GgFJNa