Ambassador raises concerns with German authorities after Irish protester assaulted by police

Dropping sanctions on Russia and putting tariffs on allies would be quite the look.

Tesla (TSLA) sales are still crashing in Europe in February electrek.co/2025/03/03/t...

Against many Fed officials' estimate that the longer run neutral interest rate has risen, the NY Fed's latest update of on of its R-Star models finds a decline to 0.8% in fourth quarter. If that's right, it points to pretty restrictive monetary policy, although it's very much a matter of debate.

Breaking on @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/europe... Economists advising the parties that will likely form a new government coalition estimate around 400 billion euros ($415 billion) are needed for the defence fund and 400 billion to 500 billion euros for the infrastructure fund.

If the UK’s immigration rules mean what they say, Trump shouldn’t even be allowed to enter the country, let alone for a state visit ….

America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..

“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

Russia could concede $300 billion in frozen assets as part of Ukraine war settlement, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Even if Europe’s leaders can unify to shore up collective defence, it is far from clear whether that will be enough to deter an aggressive, badly mauled Russia.

this kind of obviously biased headline is so frustrating when MSM is fighting for credibility 1) New Year’s Honours list is nominated by public not by political leaders 2) Khan has won three elections so the average Londoner clearly doesn’t think he’s a failure

Wall Street 'fear gauge' all fired up as stocks sank following the Fed decision today. The $VIX jumped to a more than 4 month high. Way higher than the highs hit just before the election.

📸 2024 in Reuters pictures 📸 Another year of astounding output from @pictures.reuters.com. If you spend 10 minutes reading one thing today, make it this! Touching, funny, tragic, awe-inspiring... it's all there. www.reuters.com/investigates...

Exclusive: Exclusive: Chinese authorities are considering a weaker yuan as Trump trade risks loom - www.reuters.com/markets/curr...

Such a fascinating chart

“Two Syrian sources said there was a very high probability that Assad may have been killed in a plane crash” www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Top sports photos from 2024 by the brilliant Reuters snappers www.reuters.com/investigates...

Americans who sound like Carabao Cup ties

Troops attempting to enter South Korea's main parliament hall - television footage www.reuters.com/world/south-...

SEOUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late night address broadcast live on YTN television.

And for anyone of a pre-prem persuasion … m.youtube.com/watch?v=-7aD...

France heading into uncharted territory here - there's no real precedent for what may be about to happen, though tbf there's no real precedent for what's been happening ever since that disastrous snap election in July ... www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

The final seat numbers, when counting concludes in 🇮🇪 #ge24, are set to be: Fianna Fáil 48 Sinn Féin 39 Fine Gael 38 Social Democrats 11 Labour 11 Ind Ireland 4 PBP-Solidarity 3 Aontú 2 Greens 1 100% Redress 1 Independents 16

France's Barnier makes last-minute concession to far-right to get budget bill approved www.reuters.com/world/europe...

What a week for the Reds - swatted Madrid and City aside with ease. Brilliant!

Otherwise, the main threat to the dollar would be America gone wild, abandoning rule of law, seizing foreign assets with little provocation, making wild economic threats unrelated to real issues. But that can't possibly happen here. Oh, wait. 13/

“Nobodaddy” at Sadlers Wells last pm was terrific. Even if you’re not a big dance fan or demand hand-held narratives, this was a wonderful blast of sights and sounds

🇮🇪 Best teller outfit ever. #irishelection #ge24

Irish coalition looks set for re-election despite strong Sinn Fein showing - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Arne 🙌

Russian rouble loses by more than a quarter of its value since August www.reuters.com/markets/curr...

Massive kudos to @financialtimes.com for the most balanced take on the Russian cyber threat 😂

me making a BLT after trump implements his tariffs

Even if you think that Trump shouldn’t be taken seriously or literally (and he probably shouldn’t be), the reality is that the currencies of US trading partners will trade at a discount until the policy-by-tweet era draws to a close again. Which will only widen US deficits.

Huge win!!! 8 points clear 👊

GOAL!!! 3-2 to Liverpool!!! Salah!!!

Trump expected to pick Bessent to be US treasury secretary, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Scott Bessent is widely reported to be Trump's candidate for Treasury secretary. He and his spokeswoman aren't taking my calls, so I can't confirm. But in October, I spent a bit of time with Scott. He told me about a plan he had circulated to get around Jay Powell: Appoint a shadow Fed chair.

Fair dues Cillian 👏 www.imdb.com/news/ni64967...

Spain and Portugal both get 40% of their electricity from solar and wind

SNB boss says “nobody loves negative interest rates, but ready to implement them again if needed.” Is Europe’s brief flirtation with positive interest rates just that… #ECB 👀

Champion pole-vaulter fails to clear ludicrously high bar … Nvidia's AI chip demand still booming but slowing sales growth worries investors - www.reuters.com/technology/a...

Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired US ATACMS missiles reut.rs/3CBocVn

Wholesale #power prices across key economies in mainland Europe have climbed to their highest levels in over a year, dealing a fresh blow to the region's businesses that are already battling weak demand and fragile consumer sentiment.

“Global South” still cool with neighbourly invasions, it seems “Lula cuts G20 discussion short on Ukraine, irking Europeans - www.reuters.com/world/lula-c...

NORTHWEST EUROPE's heating demand so far this season has been the highest for three years, which has led to an early depletion of gas inventories and pushed gas futures prices higher:

Oh, forgot to include the "policy didn't cause inflation" chart 5/