Kevin McCarthy is kicking his bid for the speaker’s gavel into a historic third day after Republicans adjourned Wednesday without
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EU agrees on response to China’s COVID wave — but it’s not mandatory
European diplomats have agreed a raft of travel-related measures including facemasks, pre-flight testing and wastewater surveillance in response to the

UK’s Sunak says tackling small boats from France a top priority in new year pitch
LONDON — Rishi Sunak promised new legislation to stop small boats arriving on Britain’s shores from France in a speech
Russia’s former space chief sends shell fragment to French Moscow envoy
Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin, former head of the state space agency and a fervent supporter of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
Musk’s Twitter to lift ban on political ads ‘in coming weeks’
Twitter plans to lift its restrictions on political ads, saying it would immediately allow issue-based paid content on the platform
EU countries near deal on bloc-wide response to China’s COVID surge
EU countries are inching toward coordinated travel measures in response to China’s COVID surge, including pre-departure testing, masks on flights
Irish PM: ‘Room for changes’ to Northern Ireland protocol
DUBLIN — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said that “we’ve all made mistakes in the handling of Brexit,” as he

How Madrid reclaimed its river
This article is part of POLITICO’s Global Policy Lab: Living Cities, a collaborative journalism project exploring the future of cities. Chapter

Erdoğan plots war, crackdown to save his skin
Paul Taylor is a contributing editor at POLITICO. PARIS — Having crashed the Turkish economy and impoverished the middle class

Once-favored COVID drugs ineffective on Omicron may be putting millions at risk
WASHINGTON — The lack of specialized COVID-19 treatments for people with weak immune systems has left millions of Americans with