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By Jane Witherspoon & Euronews Dubai bureau Published on 16/07/2026 – 18:46 GMT+2•Updated 20:13 Dubai authorities have denied reports of explosions in the city on Thursday evening, after initial information claimed booms were heard due to missile interceptions, Euronews journalists in Dubai reported. Dubai Media Office has issued a statement clarifying that the explosions did not occur in downtown Dubai and urging residents to rely on official communications from the authorities. While the United Arab Emirates was targeted by Iran after the war broke out in February, Tehran has ceased its strikes following the US-Iran ceasefire and the signing of the framework deal…
“Those two could not work together. A wartime president must not face such choices, honestly. I want unity, but the sides did not find it. I respect both,” Zelenskyy said at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday. “They even refused to sit at the same table without me,” he added. “I had to make a choice.” That choice, to get rid of rogue reformer Fedorov, who in his six months in office launched major positive changes in the army, shocked many prominent Ukrainian service members and watchdogs, and surprised foreign partners. Ukrainians held another cardboard protest on Thursday,…
Anyone looking for an owner-occupied flat in a major German city will only get a handful of square metres for €390,000. In Kamsdorf, in the Thuringian district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, the same amount will buy an entire small village. It includes 15 single-storey buildings, each with around 100 square metres of floor space, plus a central main building with a dining hall of more than 300 square metres. The site covers around 24,000 square metres, nestled between meadows, woodland and mature trees, just a few hundred metres from the Hohenwarte reservoir. The complex is being sold via popular property platforms. The…
By Greta Ruffino with AP Published on 16/07/2026 – 20:36 GMT+2 11 children were killed and 19 others injured in a fire at an orphanage near the Algerian capital on Thursday, authorities said. Algeria’s Civil Protection agency said the fire broke out at around 3:30 am local time (4:30 am CEST) at a two-storey orphanage in Mohammedia, an eastern suburb of Algiers. “We heard screams and voices coming from the burning orphanage, and then I saw that the flames had begun to engulf the place and the girls were inside. I ran out without a shirt on,” Yassin Ibrize, a nearby resident, told…
Airlines posted record profits in their most recent financial results, with the top nine carriers together clearing $25.11 billion (€22bn), according to an analysis by the Dubai-based investment firm One Investments of net earnings across the industry. Emirates leads the pack for a second consecutive year, but the fine print, and the calendar, matter enormously. Emirates reported a record $5.4 billion (€4.7bn) net profit for the first quarter of this year, the best result in its history and, by its own account, the industry’s best, despite what chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum described as significant challenges in the…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the head of the country’s security services, Yevhenii Khmara, will be appointed as acting defense minister. Khmara was appointed the acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine at the beginning of this year and, under Ukrainian law, cannot simultaneously serve as defense minister. He is expected to retire from military service in the coming days, allowing Zelenskyy to request that parliament appoint him as defense minister formally. “I have tasked Yevhenii Khmara with serving as acting minister, continuing to reform the defense sector, and ensuring that Ukraine achieves all of the results…
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup enters its final stage, controversies from earlier rounds are still stirring up misleading claims and false images online. For example, Egypt’s elimination from the tournament on 7 July has triggered a wave of unsupported social media claims targeting French referee François Letexier. It all began after Argentina won 3-2 against Egypt, in a match filled with controversial decisions which saw the former emerge victorious after initially falling two goals behind. Egypt’s Football Association filed a formal complaint with FIFA afterwards, accusing Letexier and his team of making “serious refereeing mistakes”. Among the issues of…
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Le Pen, Philippe, Mélenchon, Glucksmann, Attal, Hollande, Retailleau… Qui peut partir en vacances l’esprit serein ? Qui ne peut pas se permettre de mettre sa campagne sur pause ? Pour ce dernier épisode avant la coupure estivale, Anthony Lattier fait un point d’étape de la course à la présidentielle avec Pauline de Saint Remy et Elisa Bertholomey de POLITICO. Le podcast Playbook Paris reviendra le 31 août.
By Greta Ruffino with AFP Published on 16/07/2026 – 17:56 GMT+2 The European Union on Thursday ordered Google to share data with rival search engines and open up its Android operating system to competing AI services. “Thanks to these measures we hope to see emerging alternatives to Google Search and Google’s AI services, such as Gemini, and that users in the EU can enjoy greater choice of services,” EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said. However, the US tech giant warned that the measures would put users’ privacy at risk. The order was issued under the EU’s flagship Digital Markets Act (DMA), which requires…