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Juventus eye Kolo Muani & Zirkzee - Thursday's gossip

  • Sports
  • Jan 28, 2026

Spurs' Randal Kolo Muani and Manchester United's Joshua Zirkzee are attracting interest from Juventus, Harry Maguire is waiting for contract talks, Bournemouth want Inter Milan winger Luis Henrique, p...

The Netherlands rethinks its US tech addiction

  • Politics
  • Pieter Haeck
  • Jan 28, 2026

Dutch society is built on US digital services. That’s now seen as a glaring security issue.

Spanish rail disaster ramps up pressure on Sánchez

  • Politics
  • Guy Hedgecoe
  • Jan 28, 2026

The prime minister is already reeling from corruption and sexual harassment scandals in the Socialist party.

Belichick's Hall of Fame exclusion ridiculous - Trump

  • Sports
  • Jan 28, 2026

US President Donald Trump says it is "ridiculous" that Bill Belichick - widely considered the greatest NFL coach ever - has reportedly been denied first-ballot induction into the Pro Football Hall of...

'I'm always the chaser?' - Djokovic unimpressed by reporter's question

  • Sports
  • Jan 28, 2026

24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic says he felt "disrespectful" after being asked how he felt "chasing" Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, after previously "chasing" Roger Federer and Rafael Nada...

'Are we animals in the zoo?' - Pegula and Swiatek call for privacy

  • Sports
  • Jan 28, 2026

Top ten tennis players Jessica Pegula and Iga Swiatek have echoed Coco Gauff's concerns over the use of cameras away from the court at the Australian Open, insisting more privacy is needed for all pla...

'We don't want to be that team' - how can Newcastle cure travel sickness?

  • Sports
  • Jan 28, 2026

Newcastle United have only won three away games in all competitions this season and head coach Eddie Howe wants his side to rise to the challenge as they face European champions Paris St-Germain in th...

A credibility test for Europe’s fisheries policy

  • Politics
  • Maria Damanaki, former European Commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries & Christodoulos Charalambous, president, Cypriot Professional Fishers Association
  • Jan 28, 2026

Europe’s fishers won’t be supported by rewriting policy that is already shown to work.

European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting

  • Politics
  • Nicholas Vinocur, Zoya Sheftalovich
  • Jan 28, 2026

The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week's EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.

Merz’s conservatives push to stop far-right surge in Germany’s east

  • Politics
  • Nette Nöstlinger
  • Jan 28, 2026

Ahead of a series of key state elections, one conservative premier’s decision to step aside is intended to prevent the AfD from coming to power.

Iranians are making history. Europe must act.

  • Politics
  • Shirin Ebadi, Nazenin Ansari, Nazanin Boniadi, Ladan Boroumand, Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson
  • Jan 28, 2026

The people of Iran are paying with their lives, and the EU can no longer hide behind procedure.

5 China experts on how Keir Starmer should play his China trip

  • Politics
  • Noah Keate
  • Jan 28, 2026

POLITICO asked Beijing watchers —including an ex-diplomat and former minister — to offer advice to the British PM as he arrives in Beijing.