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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden on Thursday (4 July) he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas, their administrations said.

Despite the EU’s attempts to keep up with AI updates’ breakneck speed, NGOs fear the union is taking a step back in the demanding fight to regulate the technology.

The Chinese government urged the European Union to “meet China halfway” to resolve the ongoing trade dispute over electric vehicles on Thursday (4 July), as Beijing steps up its efforts to ensure that the provisional tariffs on China-made EVs that will enter into force on Friday do not become permanent.

Keir Starmer has a daunting in-tray when his Labour party gets to work governing Britain after almost a decade and a half in opposition.

The first month of a Keir Starmer premiership will be a whirlwind of international diplomacy including meetings with US President Joe Biden and European leaders.

The exit polls are in and the makeup of the UK parliament as a result of the 2024 general election is set to be completely different.

AI-based cybersecurity and emergency services components in internet-connected devices are expected to be classified as high-risk in the context of the AI Act, according to a European Commission document seen by Euractiv.

The United States is such an important country: Whatever they decide affects us so much that it's almost like the whole world should be allowed to vote in US elections. With these provocative words, I started an opinion piece written exactly twenty years ago.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become chancellor next year, said his government would collaborate with a French cabinet led by the far-right RN, which might take over after the French elections.

Everything indicates the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group is set to collapse in favour of the newly created ‘Patriots for Europe’, which aims to gather all radical right forces beyond the Conservatives (ECR) group.

Pressure from German negotiators to repeal proposed tariffs on Chinese electric cars is set to intensify in the coming weeks after the Commission confirmed on Thursday (4 July) that provisional duties kick in from Friday, pending final approval from the member states.

The EU should avoid ‘counterproductive’ measures when tackling farmers’ position in the supply chain and instead remove barriers to investment, Christel Delberghe, director general of retailers’ association EuroCommerce, told Euractiv.

The designated European Commission president is being heavily lobbied by the European hydrogen industry to ringfence the EU’s upcoming €1.2 billion hydrogen subsidy auction to favour EU producers.

For more than four months, US envoys delivered increasingly shrill warnings to Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International to scrap a deal they said had links to one of Russia's most powerful oligarchs. In May, Washington's patience snapped.

US President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race during calls with campaign staff and meetings with Democratic lawmakers and governors on Wednesday (3 July).

US President Joe Biden must drop his re-election bid or Donald Trump is sure to return to the White House, former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday (3 July).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Poland reportedly scaring Belarus with new trade measures, Bulgaria's Boyko Borissov failing to form a new government, and so much more.

China's President Xi Jinping made a congratulatory call on Thursday (4 July) to incoming European Council President Antonio Costa, Chinese state media said, a few hours before European Commission curbs on Chinese electric cars are scheduled to take effect.

Cuba is building a new radar site likely to be capable of spying on the US Guantanamo base, a Washington think tank found using satellite images, the latest upgrade to the country's surveillance capabilities long thought to be linked to China.

Russia declared a member of the Romanian embassy in Moscow persona non grata in response to Romania's decision to do the same to a Russian diplomat at the end of May, Romania’s Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday.