Author: staff
Published on 10/09/2026 – 10:21 GMT+2 They’ve made it so. A total of 934 fans gathered at London’s Science Museum on Star Trek Day to mark the seminal show’s 60th anniversary. They were there not only to celebrate the anniversary but to attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous Vulcan salute. For the heathens amongst you, the Vulcan salute is the gesture made famous by Leonard Nimoy’s character Spock. It involves raising your hand, palm forward, with the middle and ring fingers parted, forming a “V” shape. It first appeared in the 1967 episode of…
Having spent the summer trying to ease the cost of living, is a new tourist tax about to hit domestic holiday makers in the pocket? The government is giving mayors additional powers to introduce a levy on hotel stays, with no cap on how much they can charge. With the tourism industry already angry, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine the move and why the timing maybe a little uncomfortable for the government. Elsewhere, Sky News has uncovered more turmoil in Reform-run local councils. With the Metropolitan Police also widening their investigation into allegations of illegal foreign donations, how much…
Alicia García-Herrero, an economist at the Bruegel think tank, says new EU legislation to limit the subsidies foreign companies investing in Europe can receive is “fair”, despite facing criticism. The European Parliament is proposing to close the EU market to Chinese investment in sectors where Beijing is dominant, going further than the European Commission’s proposal. García-Herrero warns that if the Chinese government wants to compete through subsidies, European companies “won’t have a chance” against Chinese firms. A few months ago, the European Commission unveiled a proposal allowing EU public authorities to favour European companies in public procurement for key public…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 9:28 GMT+2•Updated 10:09 A passenger ferry caught on fire overnight on Thursday off the western Philippines, killing at least five and leaving dozens of people missing. The blaze broke out on the M/V June Aster Wednesday evening about 2.2 km offshore, the Philippine Coast Guard said. The ferry had sailed from the capital Manila and was near its destination of Coron in Palawan province when the blaze broke out on Wednesday night. More than 40 people have been rescued, Coast Guard spokeswoman Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said, despite challenging weather conditions. Five casualties had been brought ashore.…
In Spain, researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) have developed a new architecture for zinc-air batteries that can boost their power output by up to 80% without altering their core chemistry. The system adds conductive elements inside the battery, which act as wireless bipolar electrodes to facilitate charge transport and lower internal resistance. The breakthrough opens up a new avenue for designing more efficient, higher-performance batteries. The study, published in the journal “Energy Storage Materials”, was carried out in collaboration with the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and the National University of La Plata…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 9:16 GMT+2 A monodrama based on the novel about the family of Kati Marton, a US journalist and author of Hungarian origin, has recently premiered at the Central European University’s Budapest building. Morton’s book “Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America”, has been adapted for the stage with Erika Marozsán in the lead role. The story follows the fate of Marton’s parents. Both were journalists, reporting for American news agencies from communist Hungary. While researching her parents background, it emerged that their nanny had in fact been an informant, filing reports on the family.…
Copernicus said the record temperatures were “due to global heating from burning fossil fuels,” combined with rising sea surface temperatures in the Pacific linked to a strong El Niño climate pattern. “Combined with record global sea surface temperatures and the warmest summer on record for western Europe, these observations show how climate change is driving extremes across both the atmosphere and the oceans,” said Samantha Burgess, strategic lead for climate at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, which carried out the research for Copernicus. The sweltering August capped a record-breaking European summer of heatwaves, wildfires and droughts, as planet-warming greenhouse…
One thing is certainly clear from the conversations I’ve had with diplomats in the city’s old town to drone producers in the countryside. The small Baltic nation is preparing — and has been preparing for decades — for Russia’s worst case scenario, while continuing its unwavering support for Ukraine. This was made abundantly clear while walking past the Russian embassy in the city centre. The building is located on a 65-metre long street that in 2022 was renamed Ukrainas neatkarības iela, which in English means Ukrainian Independence Street. The embassy itself is surrounded by buildings showing unflattering illustrations of Russian…
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond in this Euronews news bulletin. In just a few minutes, our newsroom brings you the latest news and breaking news across world affairs, business, politics, culture, entertainment and travel, with the context you need to make sense of a fast-moving day. Reported with the independence and the European perspective that define Euronews, this regular round-up gives you a clear and reliable overview of the stories shaping our world right now, wherever you are watching from.
Matveev added that Zelenskyy’s air campaign has exposed how the Russian military can’t fully protect the country. That was underscored in May when the Kremlin reluctantly pared back the Victory Day jamboree celebrating the Red Army’s defeat of Nazi Germany. Shortly after, in June, Ukraine repeatedly struck Russian oil refineries and fuel infrastructure, including around Moscow. In July, Ukrainian drones reached the Omsk refinery in Siberia, Russia’s largest, about 2,700 kilometers from Ukrainian-controlled territory, reportedly using an upgraded drone. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend the pared-back Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9,…