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By Euronews, AP, video editor- Yolaine de Kerchove Published on 17/01/2026 – 7:01 GMT+1 NASA is set to move its tallest and most powerful rocket from its assembly building to the launch pad on Saturday, marking one of the agency’s key milestones – getting to the Moon. In a slow and carefully choreographed operation, the Space Launch System rocket, topped with the Orion spacecraft, is set to launch on February 6. The rollout this weekend allows engineers to begin final integration, testing and full launch rehearsals, including fuelling simulations and countdown procedures, before the rocket is cleared for flight. Key to…
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In particular, the U.S. administration cited a study published last summer which found a link between paracetamol during pregnancy and increased incidence of neuro-developmental disorders (NDDs). But in this review “there are several studies [which] suffer or are vulnerable to bias,” Khalil said. “The potential implications of not accounting for these confounders is that you draw their own conclusions.” The Lancet’s evidence review instead focused on studies with the most rigorous research methods, such as those at low risk of bias, those with sibling comparisons and with at least five years of follow up — and found no link. In particular, sibling-comparison…
European Commission chief spokesperson Paula Pinho also described talks with Russia as inevitable “at some point,” but cautioned, “We’re not there yet.” Moscow has “noted statements made in recent days by a number of European leaders, namely from Paris, Rome, and even Berlin, as strange as it may seem, that, to ensure stability in Europe, we must talk to the Russians,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday. “This is entirely consistent with our vision.” He added, “If this truly reflects the strategic vision of the Europeans, then this is a positive evolution of their positions.” Not all of Ukraine’s Western…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will not attend the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in February, a spokesperson for the event confirmed Friday. “Several weeks ago, invitations were extended to individual government representatives from Iran. In light of recent developments, the Munich Security Conference will not uphold these invitations,” the spokesperson told POLITICO. Araghchi this week described the anti-government demonstrations in Iran — in which thousands of protesters have been killed in a wave of repression driven by the Tehran regime — as “violent riots.”
Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, who also took part in the visit by House and Senate lawmakers, said he would push ahead with legislation to curb Trump’s power to act unilaterally. A bipartisan group of American lawmakers introduced a bill this week to prevent Washington from invading a fellow NATO member. (Greenland, as a Danish territory, is part of the Atlantic alliance.) Congress can force votes on constraining presidential war powers, but recent efforts to rein in Trump have not succeeded. Even if it did pass, the White House has asserted any such measure would be unconstitutional. Coons also…
Some air defence systems provided by Western allies had run out of ammunition during a critical moment as Russia launched its latest wave of attacks on Ukraine’s civilian and infrastructure targets, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday. “Until this morning we had several systems without missiles. Today I can say this openly, because today I have those missiles,” Zelenskyy told reporters on Friday at a press conference in Kyiv. Zelenskyy has repeatedly asked allies to bolster Ukraine’s air defence systems in order to protect its vital infrastructure from attacks in Russia’s all-out war, which nears its four-year mark. In recent…
In a statement, Meloni said Italy was “perfectly aware of how much this region of the world represents a strategic quadrant in global balances” and pledged to continue working to preserve the Arctic as “an area of peace, cooperation and prosperity.” She added that the Arctic must “increasingly be a priority of the European Union and NATO,” urging the transatlantic military alliance to develop a coordinated presence to “prevent tensions, preserve stability and respond to interference from other actors.” Tajani announced that he would travel to Washington in the coming weeks to discuss raw materials with U.S. Secretary of State…
On Wednesday, the Louvre Museum in Paris raised admission prices for most non-European visitors by nearly half in an attempt to shore up its finances following repeated strikes, chronic overcrowding, and a brazen French Crown Jewels heist that shook the institution. The museum said the 45 per cent price hike from €22 to €32 is part of a national “differentiated pricing” policy announced early last year, which is coming into force across major cultural sites, including the Versailles Palace, the Paris Opera and the Sainte-Chapelle. But French worker unions have denounced the Louvre ticketing change, saying it undermines the universal…
MPs returned from the holiday break with little more appetite to strike a deal, and the prospects of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s minority government persuading a majority to back a budget — one that includes politically sensitive measures to rein in France’s chronic deficit — have all but evaporated. In a statement sent to reporters, Lecornu’s office said “continued sabotage” by France’s two largest opposition forces — the hard-left France Unbowed and the far-right National Rally — had made it impossible to pass a budget, even though these two parties don’t hold a majority of seats in parliament, and even…