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“All this will be duly denounced by the Republic of Cyprus where appropriate,” Papadopoulos said. “The defense minister will today inform the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy [Kaja Kallas], and will also inform the European Council during its proceedings,” he added. The ministers were flying to Cyprus on Monday for a meeting of EU defense ministers on the island. Cyprus is the current holder of the six-month rotating European Council presidency. Radio communications with the aircraft were disrupted by controllers operating from the Ercan airport near the town of Tymbou in the Turkish-controlled northern part of…

What do AI mogul Sam Altman, Democratic Party firebrand Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump all have in common? All three want the public to have a stake in the AI boom. What they cannot agree on is how much. The OpenAI chief executive met the Vermont senator in his Senate office last week at Altman’s own request to discuss Sanders’ proposal that the public take a 50% ownership stake in AI companies such as OpenAI, with the proceeds used to create a public wealth fund. Altman told Sanders he supported the general principle but could not back the 50% threshold,…

French singer and actor Patrick Bruel was taken into police custody on Monday as part of an investigation into complaints of sexual violence filed against him, the Nanterre public prosecutor’s office said in a statement, confirming a report by franceinfo (source in French). Questioned at the offices of the 1st district of the judicial police in Paris, the 67-year-old singer will have to explain himself to investigators about the allegations newly brought to the attention of the judicial authorities, which are now being handled by the Nanterre prosecutor’s office. Among the complaints are those filed by Daniela Elstner for attempted…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday demanded both Iran and Israel halt the military attacks on one another “immediately.” “Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting,’” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. Trump’s remarks came after Iran launched missiles at Israel on Sunday night for the first time since the U.S.-backed ceasefire took effect in April. Tehran said the attack was retaliation for Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon earlier that day. Although Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to reciprocate, Israel responded with strikes of its own during the early hours of Monday morning,…

More and more of us are using AI chatbots in our daily lives, whether it’s to ask for advice, help us with work, or conduct research. But what happens when these chatbots start pushing disinformation and conspiracy theories? That’s what information reliability rating platform NewsGuard discovered in a recent study. It’s well-known that you should be careful when using AI chatbots because they often make factual errors, but NewsGuard found that one called “Uncensored AI” is being deliberately used by popular conservative social media accounts to spread outlandish claims and appear credible. Uncensored AI markets itself as different from mainstream…

The European Union has announced an additional €5 million in funding to support efforts to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as European Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib visited the region on Sunday. Speaking after arriving at Bunia airport in Ituri province, a key logistics hub for the Ebola response, Lahbib said the funding would be used to establish regional diagnostic centres in the provinces most affected by the outbreak. The announcement comes as the Ebola epidemic continues to accelerate across central Africa. Nearly 500 cases have now been confirmed, according to the…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 11:55 GMT+2 Following the Freedom 250 concert fiasco which saw announced headliners pulling out one by one of the upcoming event, Donald Trump is facing another A-lister problem. His UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) extravaganza, which is transforming the White House South Lawn into a 4,500-seat cage fight arena, is apparently hemorrhaging celebrities. A reported 300 invitations were sent out to celebs, with UFC president Dana White telling Time magazine that the likes of actors Adam Sandler, Jared Leto, Jason Statham, as well as director Guy Ritchie, former NFL player Tom Brady and wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock”…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday told Fox News that he had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate. Israel’s decision to ignore him and carry out a retaliatory attack on Iran points to growing tension between the two countries’ leaders. Last week Trump criticized Netanyahu over Israel’s renewed attacks against Hezbollah on Lebanese territory, warning “if there wasn’t me, there’d be no Israel right now.” Speaking to the Financial Times on Sunday, he insisted the Israeli prime minister would have “no choice” but to accept a deal with Iran. “I call all the shots. He doesn’t call…

Published on 08/06/2026 – 9:12 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump but angrily stormed out of an interview with broadcaster NBC on Sunday after he was confronted over his unfounded claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential race. “You’re a one-sided, crooked network. Sorry. Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time,” Trump told “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker before standing up and walking out of the interview that aired at the weekend. The interview, filmed on Friday, was conducted on a farm in Wisconsin, where Trump was addressing farmers. A tractor…

In the history of financial markets, there has never been anything quite like what is about to happen in 2026. SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic, three private giants with a combined estimated valuation approaching $4 trillion (€3.44trn), are all preparing to debut on public markets within the space of a few months. The sheer scale of the exercise dwarfs anything that has come before it, and it raises a question that bankers, fund managers and ordinary investors are now asking with growing urgency: does the stock market have the capacity to absorb all three? The answer, at least for now, appears…