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A fossilised tooth of a prehistoric relative of a modern elephant has been found in northern California that scientists say provides a valuable window to the Ice Age. The tooth belonged to a Pacific mastodon that lived in North America. Geomorphologist Brigid Lynch spotted it while working on a habitat restoration project in a creek in San Mateo County, south of San Francisco. The tooth was partly submerged in the water and stood out from the surrounding rocks. “It was just sitting there in the middle of the creek, halfway in, half out of water,” Lynch said. At first, however,…

Ein historisches Debakel erschüttert die CDU: Erstmals in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik verpasst die Partei den Einzug in einen Landtag. Parteichef und Kanzler Friedrich Merz versucht mit einem schnellen Machtwort, seine Ämter zu sichern. Rasmus Buchsteiner und Rixa Fürsen analysieren, wie tragfähig dieser Befreiungsschlag wirklich ist und ob der Union die Zerreißprobe droht. Auch die SPD steht nach den herben Rückschlägen in Berlin und dem Dämpfer in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern unter massivem Druck. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview fordert die saarländische Ministerpräsidentin und stellvertretende SPD-Bundesvorsitzende Anke Rehlinger einen inhaltlichen Kurswechsel der Bundesregierung. Sie macht deutlich, warum es jetzt echte Reformen statt Streichlisten braucht, um das…

A ban on new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic will remain the European Commission’s official position in a revised strategy Brussels is due to unveil, a Commission spokesperson told Euronews, despite fierce pressure from oil-rich Norway to drop the ban. The revised version of the EU’s 2021 Arctic strategy will be announced on 20 October, as the region gains increasing strategic importance for the bloc’s defence and climate ambitions. “Moving forward, our approach on the moratorium will remain unchanged: our policies have objectives to address climate change and environmental degradation and support sustainable economic development,” the Commission spokesperson…

Published on 21/09/2026 – 7:22 GMT+2 Eighteen suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse have been transported to Florida to stand trial, US officials said Sunday. Moïse, 53, was gunned down on 7 July 2021 at his private residence by a hired group of about 20 military-trained Colombian mercenaries. His security detail did not intervene to protect him. “Today’s multi-location and international arrests underscore the FBI’s continued commitment to bringing all participants in this plot to justice,” FBI special agent Brett Skiles said on X. In the same post, federal prosecutor Jason Reding Quinones said: “18 transported…

Published on 21/09/2026 – 5:45 GMT+2 France’s debt mountain is growing and will this year be at its highest level since 1978 because of a soaring deficit, the country’s finance ministry said at the weekend. A ministry source told reporters the public debt would reach 119.3% of GDP in 2026 and 121.7% in 2027, more than double the 60% of GDP reference limit EU member countries are required to aim for. Those figures are unprecedented since 1978, according to France’s statistics institute Insee. The source said the rise in France’s debt was “automatic” as “a consequence of a deficit that…

October brings a welcome change of pace for travellers, with autumn colours appearing across Europe, temperatures cooling in many popular destinations and a new season of events, exhibitions and openings to discover. It’s a good time to get away, whether you’re looking for a city break, a dose of autumn sunshine or somewhere new to explore. From the destinations worth adding to your travel list and the biggest happenings taking place around the continent to the hotels opening their doors this month, here’s Euronews Travel’s guide to where to go and what to see this October. Destinations Transylvania, Romania Although…

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Two state elections pile more pressure on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz — raising fresh questions about his leadership and what a weaker Germany could mean for the rest of Europe. Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur also look at the growing fear over Russian hybrid attacks, as EU foreign ministers meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York to discuss how Europe should respond if one of those attacks turns deadly. And back in Brussels, some EU officials are being pushed beyond the Schuman bubble as the fight over…

Published on 21/09/2026 – 5:54 GMT+2 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that in talks with Chinese officials on Sunday, the two sides discussed setting up a way to communicate about AI issues called the “US-China AI dialogue.” “We want a shared vision of common goals and common threats,” Bessent told reporters after talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York. “We think that just like any cross-border activity, that moving from opaque to more transparency between the No. 1 and the No. 2 AI powers in the world is very important.” “The US has proposed that we…

With over 12 million posts on Tiktok, generating billions of views, and influencer videos on Instagram attracting millions of viewers, Air Up bottles have become a viral sensation across Europe. Founded in 2019 by a group of five students in Munich, the brand has now sold over 15 million bottles and more than 200 million of their interchangeable pods. But what makes this bottle so desirable and can a viral hit really become a long-lasting global brand? Cristina Kenz, CEO of Air Up, joined Angela Barnes in the studio for the latest episode of The Big Question to discuss how…

When it’s his turn to draw a card, Cristian M. Amores doesn’t look at anything: he points his iPhone camera at a QR code stuck to the sleeve and waits for VoiceOver to tell him what he has just drawn. He is blind and, since late 2020, has been adapting, card by card, the way he plays “Magic: The Gathering”, the collectible card game created in 1993 by mathematician and doctor Richard Garfield. Amores shares the process under the name Magic Accesible on social network X, and his case is far from isolated: from controllers reprogrammed button by button to…