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As energy supplies tighten and prices rise, the region faces the fallout of its reliance on imported fossil fuels from the Middle East
Several European leaders have distanced themselves from Trump, who has condemned NATO allies for refusing to be actively involved in the Iran war
Russia has escalated attacks in recent weeks, taking advantage of Ukraine’s critical shortage of air defences
The death of Senator Lindsey Graham leaves key US allies like Ukraine, which have at times struggled to influence the Trump administration, without one of their most effective conduits to the White House. Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior fellow at Hudson Institute, joined Balance of Power and said there's momentum for Congress to pass a Russia sanctions bill that had been championed by Senator Lindsey Graham. (Source: Bloomberg)
As the war grinds on through its fifth year, EU member state ambassadors approved a proposal to prolong rights to live, work and claim benefits in the EU until March 2028
The Royal British Legion (RBL) commissioned RAND Europe to produce the first detailed forecasts of the size and demographics of the UK Armed Forces community, which will become smaller, increasingly demographically diverse and intergenerational
Chinese group capitalises on boom in demand for AI memory chips
Ma Xingrui, 67, became the third member of the Politburo to come under investigation in the current term that began in 2022, a situation unseen in decades
Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind co-founder and CEO, is calling on the U.S. to establish a new AI watchdog with the power to screen the world's most advanced models — and coordinate an industry-wide slowdown if dangers mount. Hassabis, the Nobel laureate behind Gemini, lays out the plan in a personal manifesto published Tuesday morning, "A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age." Why it matters: In an exclusive interview with Axios, Hassabis said the time has come for a more "systematic" approach to AI regulation — funded by the industry, staffed by world-class technical experts, and answerable to the U.S. government. Today's AI-driven cyber risks are "warning shots," Hassabis told us from his London base. Within 18 months, he said, those capabilities — plus far graver biological and nuclear threats — could live inside open-source models beyond any government's control. Hassabis emphasized to us that risks will come from the major labs' more powerful future proprietary models, not just open-source models."What we collectively do now," he writes in his manifesto, "will determine how the next phase of civilization unfolds." Behind the scenes: Hassabis has spent months quietly building support for the plan, briefing the Trump administration, fellow lab leaders and European officials before going public. "The noises I've been hearing are very positive," he said of his talks with the administration, which had embraced a laissez-faire approach to AI regulation prior to the Mythos scare.Hassabis, a scientist who commands rare respect across AI's warring camps, says the other major lab leaders agree at a high level: "This is where the industry needs to go."His timeline is aggressive. "Months," Hassabis said, ideally with the new body operational "before year-end." How it works: Hassabis is proposing an AI standards body modeled on FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), the private, industry-funded watchdog that polices Wall Street under SEC oversigh
An Israeli airstrike on a police station in northern Gaza killed eight people, Gaza authorities said, while Israel said it targeted Hamas militants
Nine EU nations urge funding cuts for sports bodies including International Olympic Committee over readmitting Russians