Europe News
Ice hockey venue will not be ready for start of Olympics
- Sports
- Feb 1, 2026
Winter Olympics organisers admit the new ice hockey arena in Milan will not be finished in time for the first match of the Games – but it is "absolutely certain" all scheduled fixtures will be played...
Miller hairpiece punched off during fight
- Sports
- Feb 1, 2026
In an unusual moment on the undercard of a title fight between Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez, American Jarrell Miller threw his toupee into the crowd after it was dislodged late in the second rou...
Serbians pushed out as China takes over a mining empire
- Politics
- Matteo Trevisan
- Feb 1, 2026
Beijing’s investment is transforming the landscape in Bor — and the lives of the people who call it home.
Inter want Liverpool's Jones on loan - Saturday's gossip
- Sports
- Jan 30, 2026
Curtis Jones is attracting interest from Serie A side Inter Milan, while Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli could be on their way to La Liga. However, Joshua Zirkzee looks like he may now stay in th...
Are Arsenal fans making team nervous in title race?
- Sports
- Jan 30, 2026
Is a nervousness among Arsenal fans affecting the players in the Premier League title race? Alex Howell looks at what impact this could have on Mikel Arteta's side as they look to end a run of three s...
Djokovic & Alcaraz win five-set epics to reach Australian Open final
- Sports
- Jan 30, 2026
Novak Djokovic will meet Carlos Alcaraz in the Australian Open final after both players maintain their respective bids for history by coming through five-set epics on an extraordinary day in Melbourne...
5 things we learned following Keir Starmer around China all week
- Politics
- Dan Bloom
- Jan 30, 2026
The U.K. prime minister had a whale of a time setting Britain on the course of re-engagement — but left plenty of tricky details to be filled in.
Farage’s Trump lobbying against Chagos deal riles British government
- Politics
- Sam Blewett
- Jan 30, 2026
The Reform UK leader is among British conservatives pushing hard to get the U.S. president to torpedo the transfer of the strategically vital archipelago.
Donald Trump and Nicki Minaj, a marriage made in cash
- Politics
- Paul Dallison
- Jan 30, 2026
The rapper says she is a big fan of Trump, unlike most musicians.
Henrik Hololei: Inside the unlikely firing of a veteran EU powerbroker
- Politics
- Mari Eccles, Hanne Cokelaere, Nicholas Vinocur
- Jan 30, 2026
Three years after POLITICO first revealed that he accepted free flights from Qatar, the colorful official became a rare casualty of Commission discipline.
How the EU’s internal resistance on Iran finally cracked
- Politics
- Zoya Sheftalovich, Nicholas Vinocur
- Jan 29, 2026
A rising death toll and graphic images trumped diplomatic caution, forcing capitals to back the terror listing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Un accord de paix entre la Russie et l’Ukraine semble proche… sauf sur les sujets essentiels
- Politics
- Eva Hartog
- Jan 29, 2026
Trois dossiers empêchent encore la conclusion d'un accord pour mettre fin à la guerre.