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Euro falls to parity against the dollar, adding to inflation woes
There is still room for the euro to drop, analysts say.
Editors’ picks
‘We’re just f—ing illegal’: Leaked documents show Uber thwarted police and secretly courted politicians
The ride-share service is under investigation after texts, emails, memos and other documents reveal how executives engaged in questionable practices during its global expansion.
Russia’s long history of show trials in Ukraine
Capture, sentence, exchange: Russia’s long-standing practice since 2014 in Ukraine’s occupied east is now becoming a critical means to influence the war.
Revenge of the Blob: How officials helped topple Boris Johnson
Now the UK prime minister has quit, what will happen to the Tories’ war on Whitehall?
Glacier collapse hits Italy with new climate threat it can’t escape
Half the Alps’ glacial ice will melt no matter what the world does to limit its carbon emissions, scientists say.
EU spyware inquiry fails to put Spain on list of fact-finding trips
Madrid’s former interior minister said visiting Spain ‘should not be a priority,’ despite a raging political scandal over the use of Pegasus software.
Bulgaria sounds alarm over EU’s mafia-run border
Outgoing reformist government says EU single market’s border with Turkey was run by the mob under previous administrations.
Refugee Diaries: Images of home, old and new
The second installment in a series of digital diaries following those displaced by the war in Ukraine.
Podcasts
Czech EU Presidency
Czech Republic braces for rocky EU presidency amid Ukraine war, high inflation
The Central European country will be working on a shoestring budget — and under close scrutiny of its commitment to green issues.
A wonk’s guide to the Czech EU presidency policy agenda
With Europe beset by multiple crises, Prague will focus on energy security, trade deals and climate change.
The Czechs Europe needs to know
As the Central European country takes over the EU presidency, here’s who could be influential.
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France
Germany
Germany’s drought hotspot scrambles to adapt
The country’s former East is drying out as climate change takes hold.
Germany mulls cost-sharing system amid fears of Russian gas cutoff
‘We have the willingness to do what is necessary’ to fight the consequences of a potential Russian gas embargo, says Chancellor Scholz.
EU engine ban splits Germany’s coalition
Key German ministers are at odds over the European Commission’s call to end the sale of CO2-emitting cars by 2035.
Washington
Brussels
European Parliament plots backroom deal to appoint top bureaucrat
The Parliament’s powerful administrative chief is leaving, and an arrangement to replace him has opponents alleging cronyism.
EU plans to approve sales of fully self-driving cars
Europe aims to be the first-mover when it comes to letting so-called Level 4 autonomous cars on the road.
Brussels’ new innovation plan likely won’t meet startups’ demands
Nascent firms want support for funding, stock options and recruitment, but the EU may fall short on delivery.
The Continent
Britain
Boris Johnson set to step down on September 6
The scandal-hit UK prime minister has 8 weeks left in his job.
Brexit will outlive Boris Johnson
The next Conservative prime minister will find it nearly impossible to shift the UK’s Brexit policy.
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