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Parliament tells Dutch gov't to keep DigiD data out of American hands

Article URL: https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/21/parliament-tells-dutch-govt-keep-digid-data-american-hands Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703928 Points: 3 # Comments: 0...

4dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

AFCON Senegal, Ivory Coast fans react to Trump’s World Cup 2026 travel bans

Football fans at AFCON are dismayed with US president's travel ban on select African nations before World Cup in June....

Jan 13Al JazeeraPoliticsImpact

Uganda: Africa’s longest-serving leader, Yoweri Museveni, seeks to extend 40-year rule

In Uganda, millions prepare to vote in a presidential election steeped in tension and controversy. President Yoweri Museveni, Africa’s longest-serving leader, is seeking a seventh term in office, but ...

Jan 15France 24PoliticsImpact

China's Z.AI Releases First Major AI Image Generation Model Trained Without American Chips

Z.AI released GLM-Image, trained entirely on Huawei chips, as Beijing moves to block Nvidia H200 imports in a push for AI self-reliance....

Jan 14DecryptTechnologyImpact

Laura Jadid warns 'there’s nothing legal, ethical, moral about what’s unfolding on American streets'

François Picard is pleased to welcome independent journalist Laura Jadid sharing a piercing exposé of systemic dysfunction, ethical erosion, and authoritarianism blossoming in the US. In an era marked...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

The US claims it just strongarmed Taiwan into spending $250 billion on American chip manufacturing

The US just lowered Taiwan's tariffs in exchange for a massive domestic chipmaking promise, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday . Under the deal, tariffs on goods from Taiwan will decrease f...

Jan 15The VergePoliticsImpact

4 years after his arrest in Russia, American David Barnes sent to remote penal colony

Four years after David Barnes was charged in Russia with abusing his children in Texas despite not being charged with a crime in the U.S., he is now in a penal colony....

Jan 13ABC Newsworld_newsImpact

Uganda: preliminary results begin to emerge

In tonight's edition, in Uganda, the preliminary results of the presidential election are beginning to emerge, indicating that President Museveni holds a substantial lead. Also in South Africa, a majo...

Jan 16France 24Politics

Why this NATO fighter wing says its American-made Hornets work well for front-line air patrols

Spain has deployed roughly a dozen EF-18 Hornet fighter jets to Lithuania in support of NATO air policing operations. Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images Spain has deployed a fighter wi...

2dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says defense giants are 'failing the American people' by falling behind on orders

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Donald Trump. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took aim at US defense contractors on Tuesday. He said they'...

4dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Italy and Japan upgrade ties to strategic partnership as Meloni meets Takaichi in Tokyo

The partnership between Italy and Japan — its third-largest trading partner in Asia — centres on defence and security, economic security and critical minerals, and cooperation in Africa....

Jan 16EuronewsPolitics

Trump announces tariffs on NATO allies for opposing US control of Greenland

President Donald Trump announced that the NATO countries who have sent small contingents of troops to Greenland will be charged a 10% tariff on all goods....

Jan 17ABC NewsPoliticsImpact

US evacuates personnel from Qatar military base as Trump threatens Iran

Move comes amid growing concern American action against Tehran could destabilise region...

Jan 14Financial TimesPoliticsImpact

US Senate introduces bill to stop military from occupying Nato territories

Legislation would prevent American forces from using congressional funds to annex Greenland...

Jan 13Financial TimesPoliticsImpact

France warns US that Greenland seizure would endanger EU trade

French finance minister Roland Lescure raised concerns with American Treasury secretary Scott Bessent...

Jan 16Financial TimesPoliticsImpact

Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Canada if it seals trade deal with China

North American tensions resurface after Mark Carney warned of ‘rupture’ in global order at Davos...

1dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

TikTok sets up US unit under Trump deal but leaves core business with ByteDance

Video app launches US joint venture with American investors to enact deal criticised by China hawks...

2dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

Uganda shuts down internet as Museveni seeks to extend long rule

Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...

Jan 14South China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Greenland is ground zero for Arctic ‘Great Game’

‘It may sound like American chauvinism . . . and it is. We’re done apologising about that,’ says Trump official...

5dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

EU-Latin America trade deal: Who wins?

The EU and the Mercosur trading bloc of five Latin American nations seal a sweeping trade pact....

Jan 15Al JazeeraPoliticsImpact
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