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Lionel Messi has become the outright leading scorer in men’s World Cup history after netting his 17th tournament goal during Argentina’s Group J match against Austria. The strike moved the Argentine captain ahead of retired Germany forward Miroslav Klose, whose record of 16 goals had stood since the 2014 World Cup. Messi, who turns 39 in two days, scored in the first half after meeting a pass inside the penalty area and calmly finishing past the Austrian goalkeeper. The goal came after he had earlier missed a penalty, delaying what many expected would be another historic milestone in a career…

Burnham, who has taken his seat in Westminster after winning last week’s Makerfield by-election, is expected to succeed him in both roles in mid-July, barring any surprise bid for the leadership from an outsider.  This sets up a short window in which Starmer will seek to make his final mark on the world stage as a lame-duck prime minister. But the draining of power from his position was already evident as the European Commission announced that the EU-U.K. summit planned for July 22 has been canceled — with a glaring hole at the top of British diplomacy in the meantime.…

Efforts to tackle climate change are facing “changing political circumstances,” but international cooperation must not be “weakened” by leaders like US president Donald Trump, China’s Minister for Ecology and Environment, Huang Runqiu, said on Monday. Speaking on the sidelines of the EU’s annual “ministerial on climate action” in Brussels, Huang’s remarks appeared to be an indirect reference to the Trump administration’s retreat from international climate commitments. Despite being the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter after China, Washington bailed on last year’s COP30 in Brazil and quit the Paris Agreement. “We have a shared responsibility to safeguard commitments and ensure that…

Published on 22/06/2026 – 19:30 GMT+2•Updated 19:33 The euro will not become a global reserve currency “overnight”, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday in Brussels, urging lawmakers to complete the capital markets union, which she described as the most important step. Europe is considering how to expand the global role of the euro as US President Donald Trump’s confrontational approach to foreign policy and trade has accelerated the debate. At the centre of the discussion are three main challenges: reducing dependence on US payment infrastructure, complete the EU reform agenda, and making the euro a competitive global…

“And that is the purpose of the conference in Gdańsk. Our goal is to ensure that Polish companies, also thanks to this conference, have a guaranteed place in the distribution of contracts related to Ukraine’s reconstruction,” added Domański. Nawrocki revoked the Order of the White Eagle from Zelenskyy on Friday, after the Ukrainian leader named an army unit after “Heroes of the UPA” in May. The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was a World War II-era formation that tried to establish an independent Ukrainian state and serves as an inspiration in the war against Russia. It was responsible for killing tens of thousands…

Published on 22/06/2026 – 16:44 GMT+2•Updated 17:05 “There is an urgent need to address hunger and malnutrition while also tackling the structural causes that sustain them.” Pope Leo XIV made the remarks during a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Rome on Monday 22 June. The pontiff thanked the international organisation for its work in “saving lives in emergency situations and providing food assistance amid conflicts and natural disasters”. Addressing WFP staff, he said their work is “deeply in tune with the mission of the Catholic Church”, which seeks to “defend human dignity…

Published on 22/06/2026 – 18:27 GMT+2•Updated 18:42 The judge investigating the death of Mango’s founder, Isak Andic, has ordered a new round of inquiries that includes hearing evidence as witnesses from the family’s therapist, the businessman’s daughters, his partner and the company’s chief executive, Toni Ruiz. The magistrate has also ordered a forensic reconstruction of the fatal fall that occurred in Montserrat on 14 December 2024. The new measures form part of the case in which Jonathan Andic, the businessman’s eldest son and the only person who accompanied him on the hike, remains under investigation on suspicion of homicide. According…

La folle rumeur d’une nouvelle dissolution de l’Assemblée refait surface. Peut-on imaginer Emmanuel Macron reprendre une telle décision après son échec de 2024 et pourquoi le ferait-il ? Anthony Lattier explore la question avec Pauline de Saint Remy et Jason Wiels de POLITICO dans le podcast Playbook Paris. **Un message de Groupement Mousquetaires : Depuis plus de cinquante ans, des entrepreneurs indépendants s’engagent au cœur des territoires pour soutenir l’économie locale, l’emploi et la proximité au service des consommateurs.**

The European Union has set the stage for decoupling Moldova’s accession process from Ukraine’s after both candidates overcame Hungary’s two-year veto and opened the fist cluster of negotiations. The two countries have been informally paired since the early days of Russia’s war of Ukraine, which prompted the back-to-back membership applications. Since then, the question on when Chișinău should part ways from Kyiv has been looming over the conversation. But the optics of leaving a country at war behind on the waiting list proved problematic and the duo remained united in practice. On Tuesday, at the end of an EU-Moldova summit…

Published on 22/06/2026 – 15:28 GMT+2•Updated 15:40 A year ago, the name Abelardo de la Espriella did not appear on any list of presidential contenders. No one in or outside Colombia had heard of him. Today, however, after the second round of elections and pending the final count, he has become the next president of Colombia. A lawyer by profession, De la Espriella founded his movement, “Defensores por la Patria,” (Defenders for the Homeland) less than a year ago. In July 2025, he registered his party with a stated purpose: to block the left represented by Gustavo Petro and his…