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BRUSSELS | Xinhua |  The European Commission on Tuesday opened an antitrust investigation into whether U.S. tech giant Google has breached European Union (EU) anticompetitive rules, despite opposition from Washington. The probe focuses on whether Google has used content from web publishers and from its video-sharing platform YouTube for artificial …

COMMENT | ZAKI LAIDI |  Since his return to the White House, US President Donald Trump’s vision for the world – particularly for Europe – has often been difficult to discern amid his characteristic incoherence and bombast. His new National Security Strategy (NSS), however, sheds light on the principles driving his foreign-policy agenda. …

JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa | Xinhua | The United States and South Africa have been trading barbs, especially after President Donald Trump announced in November that Washington would not send a delegation to the Group of 20 (G20) summit held in Johannesburg, publicly boycotting the host nation. Tensions further escalated as …

NEW YORK, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday blasted the European Union (EU) for a fine slapped on his social media platform X for violating transparency rules, warning that his response would target the officials responsible for the penalty. “The ‘EU’ imposed this …

BERLIN | Xinhua | Back in 2015, then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel reminded Japanese leaders during a visit to Tokyo that Germany’s postwar reconciliation was only possible because it had chosen to confront its past honestly. Her pointed message was widely interpreted as a history lesson for then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo …

GAZA | Xinhua | In the rubble of southwestern Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, an abandoned Israeli armored vehicle now serves an unexpected purpose: Draped with a red-cloth sign that reads “Charging Station,” it has become a rare source of electricity in an area left in the dark by over …

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said at the White House on Wednesday that the second phase of the Gaza peace plan is “going to happen pretty soon,” with media speculating that the announcement could come before Christmas and ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s next …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | Moscow welcomes the readiness of the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to continue working together to return the region to peace and stability, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The statement said that Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi …

BRUSSELS | Xinhua | The European Commission on Friday imposed fines totaling 120 million euros (139.8 million U.S. dollars) on Elon Musk’s social media platform X for breaching transparency obligations in its first non-compliance decision under the Digital Services Act (DSA). According to the Commission’s press release, the penalty stems …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup was conducted on Friday at John F. Kennedy Center, setting the stage for the first 48-team edition of football’s biggest tournament. With expanded group formats and an unprecedented number of matches across Canada, Mexico and …