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Published on 16/06/2026 – 14:21 GMT+2•Updated 14:25 SpaceX is pushing deeper into AI with its largest acquisition yet, striking a $60 billion (€51.7bn) all-stock agreement to buy Anysphere, the developer of the AI coding assistant Cursor. The purchase, announced on Tuesday, is intended to strengthen SpaceX’s position in the enterprise AI market, where rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic have found early commercial traction. Anysphere is a San Francisco startup that uses AI to automate large parts of software development, and its Cursor tool is widely used by programmers. According to a regulatory filing, the two sides signed a merger…
Yesterday’s Spain vs Cape Verde has already gained a prime spot in football history. It’s not just about the result, which had the reigning European champions and World Cup favourites held to a 0-0 draw against a tiny archipelago of half a million people. The game brought to fame a name that most football fans probably never heard before. His name is Roberto “Pico” Lopes, a Cape Verde defender who plays for Ireland’s Shamrock Rovers. What makes him special? For a start, he wasn’t even born in Cape Verde, but in Ireland, to an Irish mother and a Cape Verdean…
“He keeps us posted about what’s being hotly debated in Brussels and how it affects us, and then we tend to describe, from our perspective, what the issues are within companies, as seen from the employees’ point of view,” said Thorsten Gröger, who leads IG Metall in Lower Saxony and has known Lange for over 20 years. Putting on a show Those roots still shape Lange’s negotiating tactics and political style. While not by nature confrontational, he is capable of raising his voice behind closed doors to advocate for European industry and labor. He is also a master of detail…
In 2025, 9.1% of young people aged between 18 and 24 in the EU dropped out of school and did not pursue further education or training, according to the latest Eurostat figures. Across EU countries, the proportion of early leavers in 2025 ranged from 2.1% in Croatia to 15.5% in Romania. More young men than women tend to leave education and training early. However, there has been a downward trend in the number of those dropping out, for both sexes. In the past 10 years, the share of young men decreased from 12.5% in 2015 to 10.6% in 2025, while…
Updated: 16/06/2026 – 13:33 GMT+2 Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber has crashed in the Irkutsk region during a training flight, amid reports of engine failure. The Defence Ministry said it was not carrying weapons and the crew ejected safely. Four people were taken to hospital. … More
Published on 16/06/2026 – 13:52 GMT+2 Wall Street’s most famous market label may be outdated. The ‘Magnificent 7’ or ‘Mag 7’ defined the first phase of the AI rally, as it included Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Tesla, but a fresh grouping is now circulating among investors keen to capture its next leg. In the wake of SpaceX’s blockbuster listing, analysts are looking to add Elon Musk’s company, as well as OpenAI and Anthropic, which are expected to IPO later this year, to a new market label. Coined by the British financial firm Vanda Research, the ‘FAB 10’…
Forget rooftop pools and pillow menus, some of Europe’s coolest hotels are now competing on sound. From vinyl-only listening bars in Athens to audiophile cocktail lounges in London, a new wave of design-led hotels is turning music into the main event, transforming lobbies, restaurants and basements into immersive spaces built around analogue sound, curated DJs and intentional listening. Across the continent, a new generation of hotels are focused on providing more than just a place to stay, integrating music-led programming into their offerings, inspired by an increasing number of travellers enjoying musical experiences across their trips, including in the dining…
Macron encouraged his counterpart to stay longer in France, to which Zelenskyy responds that he “need[s] to go to Brussels on the 18th,” the date of a European Council summit focusing on Ukraine’s European accession. The two leaders also discussed a G7 session dedicated to Ukraine, which included Trump. Zelenskyy’s warm reception contrasts sharply with that granted to Trump on Monday. Instead of a planned welcome from Macron on the red carpet, Trump was greeted by the Elysée Palace’s head of protocol. The Elysée declined to comment, but according to a person close to the French president, Macron was in…
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to adopt the EU-US deal struck last summer by US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Turnberry, Scotland. The final greenlight needed to implement the agreement comes as Trump threatened on Monday to impose tariffs on French wine and champagne if Paris did not remove its digital tax on US Big Tech. However, Trump’s latest threats of a trade war with EU countries did not prevent lawmakers from approving the deal. Four hundred and fortyMEPs voted in favour, 151 against, and 50 abstained in the vote on the…
The Milan-based bank launched its bid valued at €35 billion ($40.6bn) in early May to gain control of its German rival and cement its status as a European heavyweight. UniCredit’s offer officially ends Tuesday at 11:59 pm (2159 GMT), unless extended. On Monday, the Italian bank hailed the fact that it had exceeded the 30 percent threshold it had set for this takeover bid. The offer price is widely seen as too low, but it marks the latest move in UniCredit’s continued pursuit of Commerzbank, which has drawn strong opposition from the lender and several German politicians. If the offer…