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Aidé par les bons sondages, le chef de Place publique a endossé les habits inconfortables de favori de la primaire qu’organisent son parti et le PS. Raphaël Glucksmann peut-il s’imposer face à ses adversaires, parmi Olivier Faure ? Affaibli mais habile manœuvrier, le premier secrétaire ne compte pas jouer les figurants. Anthony Lattier en discute avec Marcelo Wesfreid, directeur adjoint de la rédaction de POLITICO.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that the European Union must adapt its civil protection systems to a world of increasingly frequent, simultaneous and severe emergencies, as an exceptionally early wildfire season placed national firefighting services under growing pressure. “We must be prepared for a world where extreme events happen more often, in more places, and at the same time,” von der Leyen told reporters on Monday from the European Emergency Response Centre, a unit from the Commission’s civil protection department. The Commission chief acknowledged that disasters are changing in nature as climate change is making extreme weather…
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Published on 31/08/2026 – 17:30 GMT+2 Emerging AI models pose a growing threat to financial stability and economic growth, Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair and Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey has warned. The letter was sent on 28 August to G20 finance ministers and central bankers ahead of their meeting on Monday and Tuesday in Asheville, North Carolina, US. Bailey wrote that the FSB will remain “focused on identifying emerging vulnerabilities, strengthening resilience and ensuring that innovation is consistent with financial stability,” as many jurisdictions do not have sufficient protocols in place. His warning comes amid a…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 17:38 GMT+2•Updated 18:00 Argentina star Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football. In a post on Instagram, the Inter Miami forward, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, said it was a “decision that hurt” but that he knew it was the right time to stand down from the national side. “I swear to you that I’ve always given it my all – not just in recent years, but in the past as well – and I’ve always fought hard and given everything I had for this jersey,…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 17:32 GMT+2 YouTube is about to make every video on the platform look far more popular overnight, and it will not cost the company a cent. The platform is shifting to what it calls an “exposure-based model” for views, applied across every format, including shorts, long-form videos, podcasts and live streams. Under the new system, a “view” counts the moment the first frame plays, even if someone is just hovering over a thumbnail. The upshot is simple — the big number under every video is about to go up, probably fast, and it will be counted…
By Tokunbo Salako with AP Published on 31/08/2026 – 17:15 GMT+2•Updated 17:27 Legendary British fashion designer John Galliano and New York’s Metropolitian Museum of Art have decided to call off a planned exhibition set to launch next year’s Met Gala. The show was meant to celebrate and portray the highlights of the pioneering creator’s career but the plans were immediately deried after they were announced last month because of Galliano’s antiSemitic and racist tirade which forced him into the fashion wilderness. On Monday, the museum said ‘John Galliano: Horizons’ would be replaced by an as yet unnamed show. “Following thought discussions with John…
Les services en ligne comptant plus de 45 millions d’utilisateurs dans l’UE sont soumis à ce régime plus strict, qui concerne désormais 28 plateformes et moteurs de recherche. La classification éventuelle de ChatGPT fait l’objet d’une attention particulière depuis que la société a annoncé l’année dernière compter 120 millions d’utilisateurs. Mais l’exécutif européen a eu du mal à déterminer si l’outil d’OpenAI relevait de la catégorie des moteurs de recherche ou de celle des plateformes. Ce chatbot très populaire, considéré comme l’un des précurseurs de la révolution actuelle de l’intelligence artificielle, fait déjà l’objet d’une réglementation stricte à Bruxelles en…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 17:12 GMT+2•Updated 17:19 Germany and France have floated a joint plan to bring High Representative Kaja Kallas under the direct supervision of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of an overhaul of the European Union’s foreign policy. The plan is set to be discussed on Wednesday during an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Wicklow, Ireland. Kallas will chair the session. The Franco-German project aims to address one of the bloc’s most persistent weaknesses in external action: institutional cacophony. Under the complex design of the Treaty of Lisbon, the High Representative leads…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 16:59 GMT+2 A South African airline has defended a low-level flying stunt over a packed-out rugby stadium in Cape Town on the weekend. Two Airlink-operated jets soared just above city’s DHL Stadium ahead of a test match between South Africa and New Zealand, prompting cheers from the reported crowd of more than 50,000 below. According to flight-tracking firm Flightradar24, the lead aircraft flew roughly just 41 to 46 feet above the roof of the stadium. Dramatic footage of the flyover quickly began circulating on social media, prompting mixed reactions as some expressed concerns over safety. In…