Parliament Pulls the Brakes on Implementation The European Parliament has suspended progress on the EU-US trade agreement after fresh tensions erupted in Washington. The move follows a US Supreme Court ruling that found parts of the 2025 tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump were illegal, throwing the legal foundation of the deal into question. German MEP Bernd Lange, who chairs the parliamentary trade committee, said the situation had fundamentally changed. With new 15% tariffs now announced by Trump, Lange argued that lawmakers need firm assurances from the United States that the agreement will be honored in a stable and lasting…
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UK officials have paused a clinical trial on puberty blockers for children after a safety warning from the medicines regulator. The agency cited uncertain long-term biological risks and called for a minimum age of 14. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will hold talks with King’s College London next week. The Pathways trial will not recruit participants until they resolve the concerns, the Department of Health and Social Care said. The study followed the Cass review, which found weak evidence for the drugs’ benefits in young people. Hilary Cass argued that only a controlled trial could clarify their effects.…
Big Tech faces a historic legal reckoning. A major trial over social media addiction has begun and could reshape the technology industry. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before a jury for the first time over allegations that social media harms young people. His testimony came more than four years after leaked internal documents suggested the company knew its platforms could cause harm. Internal documents presented in a Los Angeles courtroom appeared to confirm long-standing concerns. Meta knew preteens used its apps. The company aimed to maximize scrolling time. It also ignored expert advice on safety, though Meta said the documents…
China has regained its position as Germany’s top trading partner, overtaking the United States in 2025.Total trade between Germany and China reached €251bn, according to official data. German imports from China were far higher than exports.Imports stood at €170.6bn, while exports to China reached €81.3bn.Trade with the US fell 5% to €240bn, partly linked to tariffs. Friedrich Merz will travel to Beijing for his first official visit as chancellor.He is scheduled to meet Xi Jinping and Li Qiang for talks on trade, Ukraine and human rights.A delegation of major German business leaders will accompany him. Germany’s car industry remains deeply…
Budapest Links Sanctions to Energy Security Hungary has made it clear it will not back the European Union’s 20th sanctions package against Russia until oil deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline are restored. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after meeting the country’s Energy Security Council that no further financial support for Ukraine should move forward while Hungary’s energy supplies remain disrupted. Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó reinforced that position, stating Hungary would block the sanctions package at the upcoming meeting of EU foreign ministers. He said Budapest expects Ukraine to repair the Druzhba pipeline, reportedly damaged in a Russian strike, and resume…
The European Union faces growing criticism after a report revealed huge subsidies for foods that worsen the climate. Experts urge the EU to adopt a Plant-Based Action Plan to encourage sustainable diets and help farmers move away from meat and dairy. Red meat and other high-emission foods receive disproportionate EU subsidies, raising concerns about the use of taxpayer money. Charity Foodrise published a report showing that in 2020, the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) directed far more funding to animal-based foods than to plant-based options. Animal-sourced foods received roughly 77 percent of total CAP subsidies, totaling €39 billion of the…
The US Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping global tariffs last year.The court decided by six votes to three that Trump could not use a 1977 emergency law to tax imports from nearly every country.The judges said only Congress can create new taxes under the Constitution. The ruling left open whether consumers and companies could receive refunds for the estimated $130bn generated by the tariffs.The court did not address refunds, and further legal disputes are expected.Hours after the decision, Trump signed a proclamation under a different law to impose a new 10%…
OpenAI says it considered alerting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police about a user months before a deadly school attack in British Columbia.The company flagged the account in June for possible “furtherance of violent activities”. Staff reviewed whether the activity met the threshold for law-enforcement referral.They concluded there was no credible or imminent plan for serious harm at the time.Under its policy, OpenAI reports cases only when an immediate threat appears likely. The user, Jesse Van Rootselaar, later carried out one of Canada’s worst school shootings.Eight people were killed before the attacker died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Police said the victims…
A Swift Response to the Supreme Court Just one day after the US Supreme Court dealt a blow to his trade policy, President Donald Trump announced he would raise global tariffs from 10% to 15%, effective immediately. The move follows a 6–3 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States that struck down his sweeping tariffs imposed under emergency powers. Trump criticized the court’s decision in a social media post, calling it “ridiculous” and “anti-American,” and insisted the ruling only blocked one specific legal pathway he had used. “In order to protect our country, a president can actually charge…
US researchers say a single nasal spray vaccine could protect against coughs, colds and flu. The vaccine could also prevent bacterial lung infections and may even reduce allergies. Scientists at Stanford University tested the universal vaccine in animals and still need human clinical trials. They describe the approach as a radical break from more than 200 years of vaccine development. Experts called the findings exciting but emphasized that the research remains at an early stage. Traditional Vaccines Target One Illness at a Time Current vaccines train the immune system to fight a single infection. A measles vaccine protects against measles,…
