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EU massive fine against Google draws Trump threat

The EU on Friday slapped Google with a massive 2.95 billion euros (US$3.47 billion) antitrust fine for favoring its own advertising services, drawing a furious rebuke from President Donald Trump and a threat of fresh tariffs against Europe.

14 hours ago
Europe

Starmer shakes up top team after deputy Rayner quits

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer overhauled his ministerial team Friday in a bid to reset his embattled government after deputy premier Angela Rayner resigned for underpaying a property tax. ...

17 hours ago
Europe

Arrest of comedy writer sparks UK free speech row

Irish writer Graham Linehan, who co-created the popular 1990s sitcom "Father Ted", says he was arrested by five armed officers at London's Heathrow Airport on Monday over social media posts. ...

2 days ago

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Muslim states demand action at UN after 'Islamaphobic' Quran burning

The motion, brought by Pakistan in response to last month's incident, seeks a report from the UN rights chief on the topic and calls on states to review their laws and plug gaps that may "impede the prevention and prosecution of acts and advocacy of religious hatred". 

2 years ago
Europe

Dutch PM Rutte faces no confidence vote after collapse of government

Rutte's coalition will stay on as caretaker government until a new administration is formed after the next elections, a process which in the fractured Dutch political landscape usually takes months.

2 years ago
Europe

Greying Italy has more people aged over 100 than ever

In its annual report, ISTAT said the share of the population aged over 100 had tripled since the beginning of the century and totalled almost 22,000 people as of January this year, most of them women.

2 years ago
Europe

Dutch to return colonial treasures to Indonesia, Sri Lanka

The decision to return some 478 objects followed recommendations by a government-appointed commission last year looking into illegal Dutch colonial acquisitions now being displayed in museums in the Netherlands.

2 years ago
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Indonesians safe amid French unrest, envoy says

The Indonesian Embassy in Paris has advised all Indonesians in France to reach out to the embassy's hotline should they need any assistance amid the unrest sparked by the recent fatal police shooting of a teenager in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.

2 years ago
Europe

Sweden government condemns 'Islamophobic' Koran burning

"The Swedish Government fully understands that the Islamophobic acts committed by individuals at demonstrations in Sweden can be offensive to Muslims," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

2 years ago
Europe

Yoon tells unification ministry to be less soft on North Korea

The new minister Kim Yung-ho is a conservative scholar and outspoken critic human rights abuses in North Korea, which Yoon has sought to spotlight amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

2 years ago
Europe

King apologises for Netherlands' historic role in slavery

The king was speaking at a ceremony marking the 160th anniversary of the legal abolition of slavery in the Netherlands, including its former colonies in the Caribbean.

2 years ago
Europe

Hundreds arrested on fifth night of France unrest after teen laid to rest

A total of 486 people had been arrested across France as of 3:00 am (0100 GMT) Sunday, the interior ministry said, though the level of violence appeared to have declined since rioting first broke out over the death of Nahel M. in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday.

2 years ago
Europe

French riots spread in third night of unrest over police shooting

Forty thousand police officers were deployed across France - nearly four times the numbers mobilised on Wednesday - but there were few signs that government appeals to de-escalate the violence would quell the widespread anger.

2 years ago
Europe

Middle East nations denounce Quran burning in Sweden

Under a heavy police presence, Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old who fled to Sweden several years ago, on Wednesday stomped on the Qur'an before setting several pages alight in front of Stockholm's largest mosque.

2 years ago
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Wellcome, Gates Foundation to fund late-stage research of TB vaccine candidate

The M72 could potentially become the first new vaccine to help prevent pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in more than 100 years if it is proven effective.

2 years ago
Europe

US, allies not involved in uprising against Putin: Biden

Biden offered a cautious assessment of unfolding events in an attempt to avoid inflaming tensions with nuclear-armed Russia while he offered firm Western support for Ukraine in its bid to turn back Russian invaders.

2 years ago
Europe

Destabilisation of Russia 'absolutely dangerous' for Europe: Luxembourg

"It would be absolutely dangerous for Europe if the biggest country of the world with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons was to be shattered," he told reporters as he arrived for a meeting with his EU counterparts in Luxembourg.

2 years ago
Europe

China contends with weakened Putin after Wagner mutiny

China has emerged as Russia's most important ally since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, leaving it internationally isolated.

2 years ago
Europe

Wagner ends revolt but Putin's grip questioned

The agreement halted an extraordinary crisis -- a private army led by Putin's former close ally Yevgeny Prigozhin trying to storm Moscow -- but analysts said Wagner's revolt had exposed Putin's rule as more fragile than previously thought.

2 years ago
Europe

Australia to provide more armoured vehicles to Ukraine

"For the Vitamin C kind of girls, you'll fulfil all of your nutrient needs with these orange pants," the 25-year-old told the sales session.

2 years ago
Europe

Putin vows to crush 'armed mutiny' after Russian mercenary boss tries to oust top brass

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush what he called an armed mutiny after rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday he had taken control of a southern city as part of an attempt to oust the military leadership.

2 years ago
Europe

Moscow accuses Wagner head of mutiny, he says his forces enter Russia

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday his Wagner fighters had crossed the border into Russia from Ukraine and were prepared to go "all the way" against Moscow's military, hours after the Kremlin accused him of armed mutiny.

2 years ago
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EU seeks to conclude trade negotiation with Indonesia before 2024 elections

Seeking to avoid the fiasco of finalizing negotiations during next year’s elections in Indonesia, the European Union wants to conclude trade negotiations by the end of this year, while its more controversial deforestation policy, which could hammer Indonesia’s palm oil industry, continues to cast a heavy pall in Jakarta.

2 years ago
Europe

Dutch House of Orange got $600 million from colonies

The "State and Slavery" study, which examines the role of the Dutch government and related institutions in colonial slavery, and the after-effects, was presented to Dutch parliament on Thursday. 

2 years ago
Europe

Cyberattacks on renewables: Europe power sector's dread in chaos of war

Saboteurs target a nation leading the world in clean energy. They hack into vulnerable wind and solar power systems. They knock out digitalized energy grids. They wreak havoc.

2 years ago
Europe

Influencers overtaking journalists as news source for young people: report

The report found that 55 percent of TikTok and Snapchat users and 52 percent of Instagram users get their news from "personalities" -- compared to 33-42 percent who get it from mainstream media and journalists on those platforms, which are most popular among the young.

2 years ago
Europe

Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister and media mogul, dies at 86

Berlusconi, Italy's longest-serving premier who counted Russian President Vladimir Putin as a friend and gained notoriety for his "bunga bunga" sex parties, had suffered from leukaemia and recently developed a lung infection.

2 years ago
Europe

Boris Johnson's shock exit reverberates through British ruling party

Johnson quit his 22-year political career late on Friday in protest against an investigation by lawmakers into his conduct as prime minister during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdown-breaking parties were held in Downing Street.

2 years ago
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Discourse: Consistency in global policy needed amid divided world, Slovenian FM says

The Jakarta Post sat down with Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon during her first visit to Indonesia last month.

2 years ago
Europe

Ukraine says nuclear risk 'growing rapidly' after dam damage

"The world once again finds itself on the brink of a nuclear disaster, because the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant lost its source of cooling. And this danger is now growing rapidly," Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhaylo Podolyak said.

2 years ago
Europe

Ukraine dismisses 'strange' Indonesian peace plan

Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto pitched the idea at the Shangri-La Dialogue defence summit in Singapore where he was a speaker.

2 years ago
Europe

Prabowo proposes demilitarised zone, UN referendum for Ukraine peace plan

Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko dismissed the plan, reiterating Kyiv's position that Russia should withdraw its troops from Ukraine.

2 years ago
Europe

'Path is open' for Ukraine to join NATO: British defence minister

He noted that it is not possible to add members in the middle of a war, and that the way forward was to continue aiding and arming Ukraine for both short- and long-term security.

2 years ago
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