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The Creative Arts Emmy Awards, held in Los Angeles as a curtain-raiser to the main televised ceremony on 14 September, made Bad Bunny one of the standout figures of the night. The Puerto Rican artist has come away with seven awards thanks to his show during the Super Bowl LX halftime break. The production, officially titled “The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny”, went into this edition of the Emmys with a remarkable achievement already under its belt. In July it became the music production in this format with the highest number of nominations, nine in…

A bottlenose dolphin calf was found dead at around midday on Wednesday on Trampolín beach in Ceuta, according to ‘El Faro de Ceuta’, and in circumstances that the Association for the Defence of Urban Trees, Biodiversity and the Environment (DAUBMA) considers an attack. The organisation has filed a formal complaint with the Guardia Civil and requested that proceedings be opened to clarify what happened. According to the association’s account, the animal reached the shore alive, disoriented, possibly because of the fog in the area that morning. Once on land, DAUBMA says, several people dragged it out of the water and…

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards, held in Los Angeles as a curtain-raiser to the main televised gala on 14 September, made Bad Bunny one of the standout figures of the night. The Puerto Rican artist walked away with seven awards thanks to his halftime show at Super Bowl LX. The production, presented under the official title “The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny”, went into this year’s Emmys with a notable achievement already under its belt. Last July it became the musical production in this format with the highest number of nominations, nine in total, since…

Published on 06/09/2026 – 16:21 GMT+2 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is visiting Greenland on Sunday and Monday as the bloc signals its continued support for the island amid US President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the United States to acquire it. As part of the visit, von der Leyen is expected to sign a joint declaration between the EU and the Danish autonomous territory on Monday. Since his return to the White House in January last year, Trump has claimed the US needs to take control of Greenland for its “national security,” arguing that either China or…

Published on 06/09/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2•Updated 15:14 FIFA President Gianni Infantino will stand for re-election next year. In a statement, a spokesperson for the world football governing body said: “The FIFA President announced in April that he will stand for re-election in 2027. Of course, nothing has changed. Mr Infantino will be standing for re-election.” Infantino, who was first elected as president in 2016, has been under huge pressure since FIFA announced a highly controversial – and since scrapped – private investment plan in late July, which would have seen third-party investors invited to take stakes in a commercial subsidiary…

Alternative for Germany (AfD) candidate Ulrich Siegmund cast his ballot Sunday in Saxony-Anhalt’s state election, arriving at the polling station in his hometown of Tangermünde with his wife Julia. Supporters gathered outside the polling station to cheer Siegmund as he arrived on a motorcycle and later posed for selfies with members of the crowd. The election has drawn national attention as the AfD seeks its strongest result yet and a potential path to leading a state government. Siegmund has said he would seek the governor’s post only if the party wins an absolute majority. After voting, Siegmund told supporters that…

Published on 06/09/2026 – 12:59 GMT+2 Germany is planning to develop a “protective shield” to combat sabotage attempts following an attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport last month, Bild newspaper reported on Sunday. Alexander Dobrindt, Germany’s Interior Minister, told the outlet that Russian hybrid attacks had become a “daily reality” and would likely increase, but he said there were ways the country can defend itself. Bild reported, citing information from the German Interior Ministry, that the new plan would see the creation of a “Cyberdome,” a network of digital sensors that would help seek out and intercept hacking attempts. The…

Published on 06/09/2026 – 13:15 GMT+2 In an interview with Israel’s i24NEWS, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected claims that Qatar had influenced Israeli policy during the war in Gaza, calling it a “hostile state” but saying it had not dictated Israeli decisions. “Qatar is a hostile state, but Qatar is not a state that dictated anything here,” Netanyahu said. He also referred to Israel’s attack on Doha last year, saying: “I attacked Qatar — I also bombed it.” The September 2025 strike targeted senior Hamas officials who were in Doha as part of negotiations over a US-backed Gaza ceasefire…

Published on 06/09/2026 – 13:09 GMT+2•Updated 13:13 The Spectrum launcher, developed by German company Isar Aerospace, has lifted off from the Andøya spaceport in Norway and placed its payload into low Earth orbit. This was the rocket’s second flight; the first, carried out in 2025, managed only to clear the launch pad for 30 seconds before crashing into the sea. Spectrum is 28 metres tall and 2 metres in diameter. It is powered by ten engines, nine on the first stage and one on the second, and is designed to carry payloads of up to 1,000 kilograms to low Earth…

We made history. On just our second flight, we became the first commercial space company from Europe to deliver satellites into orbit. Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ successfully lifted off and deployed payloads into orbit. A new chapter for European spaceflight. More:… pic.twitter.com/AWvqG2l8Mn— Isar Aerospace (@isaraerospace) September 5, 2026 Germany’s Ministry for Research, Technology and Space hailed the launch as a “milestone that impressively demonstrates our country’s innovative strength and technical expertise.” Europe is trying to reduce its reliance on non-European launch providers, particularly Elon Musk’s SpaceX. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited the Norwegian launch site in March and warned Europe…