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PARIS — Le bras de fer entre Aylo et le gouvernement français se poursuit. L’éditeur de sites pour adultes va suspendre dès demain après-midi en France les trois sites X de son écurie —Pornhub, YouPorn et Redtube — pour contester l’obligation de vérifier l’âge de ses utilisateurs. Une obligation issue de la loi sur l’espace numérique de 2024. “Nous avons fait le choix de perdre des millions de revenus publicitaires pour faire comprendre aux Français ce que fait leur gouvernement”, a ainsi déclaré un porte-parole d’Aylo à la presse. La France représente son deuxième marché mondial après les Etats-Unis. A partir…

Police in the Hungarian capital issued an order on Tuesday denying a request to hold an pro-LGBTQ+ event in Budapest, a consequence of recent steps by the right-wing government aimed at banning the popular Budapest Pride march.The police’s decision to prohibit the event planned for later this month came after Hungary’s parliament passed legislation in March that allowed the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.That was followed a month later by a constitutional amendment banning such events.Both moves were slammed by legal scholars and critics decried it as another step towards authoritarianism by what they call an autocratic government.In its…

Offener Dissens zwischen dem CSU-Landesgruppenchef Alexander Hoffmann und dem CDU-Außenpolitiker Johannes Wadephul. Wadephul bekommt deutlichen Widerspruch dafür, dass er deutsche Waffenexporte nach Israel überprüfen lassen will. Rasmus Buchsteiner berichtet von der Fraktionsebene im Bundestag, wie offen heute über den Streit zwischen den Schwesterparteien gesprochen wurde – und analysiert gemeinsam mit Rixa Fürsen, wie tief der Riss tatsächlich ist. Außerdem:Jürgen Klöckner erklärt, wie die deutsche Autoindustrie Druck auf Friedrich Merz ausübt – noch bevor dieser morgen zu seinem Antrittsbesuch bei Donald Trump in die USA reist. Es geht darum, dass Merz ohne Wirtschaftsdelegation fliegt, welche unberechenbaren Situationen mit dem US-Präsidenten ihn…

The industry giant has fought French officials tooth and nail over the measures. The French audience is Pornhub’s second-largest in the world, after the United States and ahead of the Philippines, Mexico and the United Kingdom, its own internal 2024 statistics showed. Solomon Friedman, a partner at Ethical Capital Partners, which owns Aylo, told reporters in a Tuesday briefing the French law was “dangerous,” “potentially privacy infringing” and “ineffective.” “It’s a matter of putting our values first, and that means communicating directly with the French people to tell them what their government is refusing to tell them,” Friedman said. The…

Published on 03/06/2025 – 15:47 GMT+2More false videos alleging criminality and health issues in Moldova and attributed to Euronews are circulating online, with some even being posted by accounts posing as Euronews staff.One video claims that Moldova ranks first in the number of STD carriers in Europe, while others talk of waves of illegal immigration flowing from Moldova into the European Union, particularly Italy.Rome has seen a rise in the number of criminal gangs making false documents for immigrants from Moldova, according to one of the fake videos.All of them use Euronews’ graphics and branding and many have been shared…

Published on 03/06/2025 – 15:44 GMT+2Major European steel giants saw their share prices falter on Tuesday afternoon, as investors continue to weigh the impact of US President Donald Trump’s plan to double steel and aluminium tariffs from 25% to 50%, with the latter set to take effect from 4 June. The announcement has escalated trade tensions and drawn significant criticism from worldwide trade partners. Trump, meanwhile, claims the move will make the US steel industry even stronger. He said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social: “Our steel and aluminum industries are coming back like never before. This will…

The attack on the Kerch Bridge happened just two days after the SBU’s daring Spiderweb drone operation damaged dozens of strategic bombers thousands of kilometers inside Russia. The Kerch Bridge was personally opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018 and Tuesday marked Ukraine’s third attempt to strike it. Ukraine first attacked the bridge in October 2022, when a truck filled with explosives drove across the bridge from Russia and blew up one of the sections. In July 2023, Ukraine’s marine drones destroyed two sections of the bridge. But Russia repaired the bridge and soon fortified it from attacks with…

The European Parliament’s key catering tender holder withdrew because it struggled to make the work profitable, according to sources Euronews has spoken to, leaving essential workers at the institution concerned for the safety of their jobs.The European Parliament outsources various internal services such as management of cafeterias, canteens and office cleaning to private companies. But the unprofitability drove the company running Parliament’s food services, Compass Group, to prematurely end its contract. The catering and hospitality multinational will operate until 30 June and hasn’t pitched to renew its tender for the main staff canteen, according to three people familiar with the situation. Compass…

The global economic outlook is likely to continue to be increasingly volatile in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This is mainly due to rising trade pressures, lagging consumer and business confidence, and tighter financial conditions. Increased policy uncertainty, particularly concerning tariffs imposed by the US, is also expected to have a significant impact on the global economy, while fuelling inflation.Global GDP expected to lag in 2025The OECD expects worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) to slow to 2.9% in 2025, from 3.3% in 2024, assuming current tariff rates remain in place as of mid-May. This forecast…

Nawrocki’s victory jeopardizes the center-right Tusk government’s ability to enact its agenda, as the president has veto power over legislation. The outgoing president, Andrzej Duda, also hails from PiS and has been a thorn in Tusk’s side. But Tusk has insisted Nawrocki’s win will “change nothing,” framing the vote of confidence as a projection of his government’s strength. “I want everyone to see, including our opponents at home and abroad, that we are ready for this situation, that we understand the gravity of the moment, but that we do not intend to take a single step back,” Tusk said. With…