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Under the Paris climate accord, governments worldwide agreed to pursue efforts to limit global warming to below 2C and ideally 1.5C. However, the agreement’s targets refer to long-term warming over several decades, not individual months or years.  In Europe, this past April was the sixth-warmest on record, Copernicus said. Echoing other scientists’ findings, the agency also noted that much of Central Europe, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom are grappling with a lack of rainfall.  Ocean temperatures worldwide also continue to be abnormally high, the scientists said, with sea surface temperatures outside polar areas registering 20.89C — just below the April…

Euronews’ Bucharest correspondent Andra Diaconescu interviewed nationalist Romanian presidential hopeful George Simion, who praised Viktor Orbán and called the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians (RMDSZ) in Romania a partner.The 38-year-old pro-Trump politician came first in Sunday’s repeat first round of the presidential election with 40.5% of the vote. The vote had to be re-run because the Romanian Constitutional Court annulled the election last December on the grounds of foreign interference and disqualified Calin Georgescu, who became known for his TikTok videos, from the race.Simion gave an interview to Euronews Romania after Sunday’s first round, where our correspondent asked him how he will…

Chinese President Xi Jinping was welcomed by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Thursday as part of a four-day state visit, as Moscow’s all-out war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year, goes on.At the meeting between the two leaders, Putin attributed Moscow’s and Beijing’s strategic cooperation to “the combat brotherhood” that the two countries built during World War II. “We are developing our ties for the benefit of the peoples of both countries, and not against anyone. Our relationship is based on equality, mutual benefit and is not driven by short-term considerations,” Putin said. “The intention…

Rheinmetall, Germany’s largest arms manufacturer, reported a 46% year-on-year surge in sales to €2.3 billion during the first three months of the year, driven by a 73% increase in its defence business. The company also noted that 70% of its sales were generated abroad, with defence revenue rising to €1.8 billion.The results highlighted soaring demand for defence systems and weapons in Europe following the suspension of US military aid in the Ukraine war. Shares in the German weapons maker rose by 1.5% at the market open, extending their gains to 170% so far this year. Germany’s historic debt reform, which…

Overrelying on variable sun and wind makes it “very difficult” to cordon off parts of the electrical grid that function independently and supply critical facilities like hospitals during blackouts, she said, as well as restart power supplies once an outage has occurred. “All countries should have an appropriate amount of baseload or at least acknowledge that they are dependent [on] their neighboring countries that have baseload [nuclear power],” she said, noting Spain’s frequent imports of electricity from France’s atomic-heavy grid. Experts, too, argue a lack of stable generators didn’t help — but point to wider problems in Spain’s electricity system.…

In 2024, Russia’s defense spending reached an estimated $149 billion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute — a 38 percent increase from 2023 and double the level from 2015. “Russia is producing much more artillery, also with help from other countries, than they need for the war with Ukraine,” Reesink said. He noted that Russia is not only replenishing depleted stockpiles but also moving new artillery units toward NATO borders, including the Baltic countries and Finland. Russia’s defense spending reached an estimated $149 billion. | Anatoly Maltsev/EPA “That’s an indication for us that they are building up capability,”…

The UK government said on Thursday that it would be announcing a trade deal with the US imminently.”The prime minister will always act in Britain’s national interest – for workers, for business, for families,” said a No10 spokesperson.”The United States is an indispensable ally for both our economic and national security. Talks on a deal between our countries have been continuing at pace and the prime minister will update later today.”The news comes after President Trump said on Truth Social on Wednesday that a trade deal with a “big and highly respected country” was soon to be announced.An agreement would…

When asked about the correspondence from Apple, the Commission said that its door will always be open, but that it is the “sole responsibility” of the gatekeepers to come up with product changes that comply with the law. “The Commission made it very clear whenever Apple’s proposals were at the outset falling short of effective compliance and encouraged the company to seek market feedback,” said Commission spokesperson Lea Zuber. “Last [month’s] decision only addresses the solution that Apple decided to roll out, not any other hypothetical approach that the company might have been considering,” said Zuber. Apple offered last summer to drop…

En 2022, le chiffre d’affaires du Jardin d’acclimatation s’élevait à 31,6 millions d’euros et la redevance, à 2 millions. Le tout pour un résultat net négatif de – 1,6 million d’euros, selon le rapport d’activité des délégataires et concessionnaires de la mairie de Paris. La future Maison LVMH, quant à elle, rapportera 150 000 euros par an à la ville, en plus d’un intéressement sur les recettes, de 2 à 10%. Autre problème, aux yeux d’Emile Meunier : si LVMH promet que les visiteurs du jardin auront toujours accès à la parcelle transférée, “celle-ci doit accueillir un théâtre de plein…

80 Jahre nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs setzt der Bundestag ein Zeichen – gegen Nationalismus, für historische Verantwortung. Frank-Walter Steinmeier will mit seiner Rede an Richard von Weizsäcker anknüpfen, doch steht dabei selbst im Schatten seiner früheren Russland-Politik.Innenpolitisch sorgt CSU-Innenminister Alexander Dobrindt mit einem De-facto-Asylstopp womöglich für Unruhe – auch innerhalb der Koalition. SPD-Fraktionsgeschäftsführer Dirk Wiese äußert sich im 200-Sekunden-Interview zur Disziplin in den eigenen Reihen und zur Grenzpolitik. Und dann wird’s protokollarisch-pikant: Wer sitzt künftig wo auf der Regierungsbank? Der Sitzplan ist neu – und sagt viel über Macht und Symbolik in der neuen Regierung. Das Berlin Playbook…