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A barrage of Russian strikes on Ukraine early Friday left a trail of destruction visible across several cities in the country, where many buildings and properties were destroyed.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday’s strikes killed at least four people and injured dozens. The attacks targeted the capital, Kyiv, the Ternopil region in the northwest of the country, and the city of Lutsk. One person was killed in Lutsk, and several were injured following a Russian missile and drone strike on the northwestern city in the Volyn region.According to the Ukrainian authorities, 15 attack drones and six cruise missiles were directed…
The chancellor emphasized the importance of the closed-door dialogue. “We of course talked in depth about the three big issues that currently concern us: the war in Ukraine, trade policy and the future of NATO,” Merz said, adding that Europe must now do more to meet its responsibilities. The Oval Office meeting followed renewed anxiety in European capitals about Trump’s long-running criticism of NATO. Since returning to office, Trump has called for alliance members to spend at least 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense — a goal that NATO leaders are expected to endorse at a summit in…
The local branch of the CGT — one of France’s biggest trade unions — representing port workers in the Gulf of Fos, near the city of Marseille, said Wednesday that it had refused to load a container of equipment from the French company Eurolinks destined for the Israeli city of Haifa. Eurolinks, a Marseille-based company that manufactures metal ammunition links — components used to connect cartridges in machine gun belts — did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment. The local strike — which received support from the CGT’s national leadership — highlights the growing pressure on the French…
Ce vendredi, les sites porno français et extra européens doivent proposer une solution sécurisée pour vérifier l’âge de leurs utilisateurs. Mais le régulateur prévoit plutôt de sévir cet été, lorsque l’arrêté ciblant les sites installés dans l’UE entrera en vigueur. Apr 11 4 mins read
Dès lors, comment ne pas y croire ? Le 23 juin, Bardella, aussi président du parti et promis pour Matignon, évoque dans la presse son futur gouvernement. Le lendemain, il disserte sur sa vision de la cohabitation, comme sa patronne la donnera deux jours plus tard, après consultation de constitutionnalistes. Les cerveaux lepénistes cogitent aussi sur leur stratégie dans le cas où ils n’obtiendraient qu’une majorité relative. Et les résultats du premier tour les confortent : avec 33,14% des voix, le mouvement à la flamme peut sereinement espérer faire élire plus de 289 députés. Mais le “front républicain” se réactive…
The probe in France comes as international pressure grows on Israel to increase the flow of aid into Gaza amid fears of a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel’s months-long bombing campaign and blockade has severely restricted access to food, water and medicine for civilians in the Palestinian enclave. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza says more than 54,000 people have died in the conflict. | Haitham Imad/EPA While Israel has framed its actions as legitimate self-defense following the militant group Hamas’ terror attack on Oct. 7, 2023, international organizations and rights groups have accused Israel of committing war crimes during the…
Italians will begin voting on Sunday in a referendum on whether to relax citizenship laws, but there are fears that turnout will be so low that it will invalidate the result.The two-day referendum, ending on Monday, will also ask voters if they agree with reversing a decade-old liberalisation of the labour market.The labour market questions aim to make it more difficult to dismiss some employees and increase compensation for workers who are made redundant by small businesses, reversing a law passed by a Democratic Party (PD) government around a decade ago.But it’s the question about citizenship which has attracted the most…
Published on 06/06/2025 – 17:23 GMT+2The trial of three former top executives from French video game giant Ubisoft – the maker of games like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry – took place this week in Bobigny, France. Serge Hascoët, Thomas François and Guillaume Patrux appeared before the Bobigny criminal court on charges of psychological abuse, sexual harassment and attempted sexual assault. The prosecutor called for suspended prison sentences of up to three years and fines for all three, describing the accusations as “extremely serious”. The public prosecutor’s office requested an 18-month suspended prison sentence and a €45,000 fine against the company’s former No. 2,…
Patients taking weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic have an increased risk of developing a rare eye condition that could lead to loss of vision, a European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee announced Friday. The EMA’s drug safety committee (PRAC) launched a review of medicines containing semaglutide — a GLP-1 agonist and the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus — in January, following concerns that the drugs could lead to an increased risk of developing non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). NAION is a disorder caused by reduced blood flow to the optic nerve in the eye,…
By Gerald Imray with AP Published on 06/06/2025 – 17:03 GMT+2Cutting off the horns of sedated rhinos with a chainsaw has been viewed by wildlife conservationists in Africa for more than 30 years as a necessary evil to save the iconic endangered species from poaching.They hoped the drastic action was working, but evidence was scarce.Now, a study published Thursday in the academic journal Science has found that dehorning rhinos has led to a large reduction in poaching in game reserves in and around the Kruger National Park in northern South Africa. The area is home to 25 per cent of the world’s rhinos…