August 28, 2026

The EU’s trade deficit with China has now reached nearly €1 billion a day, said Kaja Kallas.   “China controls the most important links in our supply chains. Our dependence on China exceeds 80% for many key raw materials and 90% for some rare metals. We have seen that these dependencies can be used as…

Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s SVR foreign ​intelligence service, said on Thursday ‌that he had held a “working-level meeting” with CIA director John Ratcliffe in ​Moscow earlier this week and ​that they had discussed unspecified ⁠and sensitive matters falling within ​the remit of their respective intelligence ​services, Reuters reports.   Naryshkin said the fact…