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By Euronews Persian, Euronews Russian Published on 09/10/2026 – 13:53 GMT+2 Vladimir Putin pledged to do “everything in our power” to help end the war between Iran and the US on Thursday, positioning Russia as a would-be Middle East mediator while continuing his own full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now in its fifth year. The Russian president made the remarks at a bilateral meeting with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in Avazeh, on Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast, praising Tehran for making what he called “genuine efforts” to resolve the war. Pezeshkian said Iran and the US had exchanged proposals to end the war…
Wall Street looks set to recover some ground on Friday morning after confusion over how much money OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker, is actually bringing in shook investor faith in the artificial intelligence boom. Nasdaq 100 futures were around 0.8% higher, and S&P 500 futures were up 0.4% in early trading on Friday. On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that OpenAI’s annualised revenue, which projects recent sales over a full year, was “approaching $50 billion (€44.6bn)” at the end of September, according to figures shared with investors. That is about $20 billion (€17.8bn) less than the company projected last month. The…
According to information obtained by Euronews, the presence of the Russian club Sintez Kazan in the qualifying group of the Euro Cup in water polo, hosted by Apollon Smyrnis at the Serafeio Swimming Pool of the City of Athens, was accompanied by intense diplomatic manoeuvring behind the scenes. This tournament marked the official return of Russian teams to European cross-border sports competitions, after their abrupt removal when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. The draw carried out by the European confederation meant that this comeback would take place in Greece. This, however, did not go unnoticed by the Greek government,…
The CEO of Dubai Airports has said that aircraft technology improvements, with smaller planes able to fly longer distances, will “change the shape of travel”. Talking at a roundtable on the sidelines of the World Travel & Tourism Council’s Global Summit in Malta, Paul Griffiths spoke about the expansion of Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC), noting that there are plans to have direct connections from Dubai to more than 600 cities. “The great thing, of course, is aircraft technology is changing all the time, and with smaller aircraft able to fly longer distances we’ll have all of those secondary cities…
AI safety and security — topics currently under intense scrutiny following a series of incidents in which advanced AI models hacked real-world networks during testing activities — are not the core focus of the JRC’s testing activities, according to a different Commission official, who was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive material. Open-weight models are those whose core components are publicly released, allowing anyone to run the model and study how it works. China’s approach to AI has leaned more towards open models than the United States. Some major U.S. tech and AI companies, including chips giant NVIDIA, are investing in…
High-level officials from Ukraine and Europe have flown to Miami, Florida, to take part in a new round of peace negotiations to end Russia’s full-scale invasion amid a new wave of escalation that has battered Ukrainian cities and killed scores of civilians. The talks, set to take place on Friday and Saturday, will be hosted by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the US special envoys, and will discuss several options to break the diplomatic impasse ahead of a winter expected to be the harshest yet of the war. Witkoff and Kushner’s recent trips to Moscow and Kyiv will inform the…
Former UN human rights commissioner Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced. The 85-year-old said her first reaction to hearing the news was to think it must be a joke. “Being a lawyer and a judge, I still want to verify this,” she said. Originally from Durban, South Africa, Pillay has spent decades working in international law and human rights. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, she presided over the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which investigated and prosecuted those responsible for…
EU countries have agreed on a package to strengthen the bloc’s financial markets watchdog at a meeting of finance ministers in Luxembourg on Friday. The Market Integration and Supervision Package (MISP) would give the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) direct oversight of major market operators currently supervised by national authorities. While some rules are harmonised across the EU, differences in implementation, supervision and enforcement have contributed to fragmentation in financial markets. The Irish presidency said the package aims to make it easier for savings and investments to flow across borders, helping companies access finance and giving households more opportunities…
Through these projects, Brussels wants to meet its targets under the Critical Raw Materials Act, which, by 2030, the bloc aims to mine at least 10%, process 40% and recycle 25% of its own needs, while sourcing no more than 65% of any one material at any processing stage from a single non-EU country. The list covers 15 of the 17 “strategic minerals” under the act, which the bloc needs to deliver these targets on each one. Friday’s announcement is the second batch of strategic projects listed under the act, after the EU rolled out its first list in March…
Published on 09/10/2026 – 11:07 GMT+2•Updated 12:00 South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 for her efforts to promote international law and peace. Announcing the award, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said it was going to a “person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order.” “This year’s laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted,” he added. Born in Durban on South Africa’s east coast, Pillay would go on…