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By Malek Fouda & Sertac Aktan Published on 01/09/2026 – 6:33 GMT+2•Updated 19:34 Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old vice president at Bank of America’s business selection and conflicts unit, has been identified as the person fatally wounded in a seemingly random knife attack in Times Square, news agencies Bloomberg and Reuters reported on Tuesday. “We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague. She was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed. Our hearts go out to her family and all of her loved ones,” the U.S. banking giant said in an emailed statement to Reuters. The perpetrator was…
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Following almost a week of relentless Russian attacks on Kyiv and non-stop air raid alerts, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a stark warning to international airlines and insurers: “Russian airspace will effectively be closing.” In his evening address on 1 September, Zelenskyy said the consequences of the war Moscow launched more than four years ago could no longer be confined to Ukrainian territory and that Kyiv’s ever-growing drone operations would soon render Russian airspace unsafe. “It was from Russia that the first missiles and the first drones came, and they crossed our country’s border from Russian airspace,” Zelenskyy said. “This…
The World Nomad Games opened in Bishkek on Thursday, drawing delegations from more than 100 countries and 21 heads of state, including the leaders of China, India and Russia, who were attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit and its presidential session in the Kyrgyz capital. The SCO summit brought together Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, among other heads of state, giving the games a high-profile international audience. The games, often called the “nomadic Olympics,” were first held in Kyrgyzstan in 2014. The United Nations has since recognised them as a platform…
Burnham dropped a hint that he could raise defense spending to 3 percent of GDP by 2030 — a key demand of his chief finance minister, John Healey, when he quit Starmer’s government earlier this year as defense minister. Burnham said he had appointed Healey “precisely because” of his arguments on defense. Yet both men have pushed back any decision to a spending review in 2027, and will not face easy choices; the U.K.’s long-term borrowing costs are their highest since 1998, and Burnham declined to rule out tax rises in Healey’s fall budget. On paper, the position did not…
The migrant crisis in Ceuta continues to dominate Spain’s political agenda. The Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved an extraordinary funding package worth €309 million for the autonomous city, aimed at safeguarding jobs, supporting businesses, strengthening security and ensuring public services. Government spokesperson Elma Saiz presented the measures alongside First Vice-President Carlos Cuerpo and Territorial Policy Minister Ángel Víctor Torres. The announcement came on the eve of a demonstration in the city that has exposed divisions in the PSOE and prompted Podemos to call a separate anti-racism rally. The package, Cuerpo explained, amounts to around 16% of the city’s GDP…
Notting Hill Carnival returned to west London this weekend for its 60th anniversary, bringing music, colourful costumes and dancing to the streets. It’s one of the world’s largest street festivals and a major celebration of British Afro-Caribbean culture. The carnival traces its roots to the 1950s, when Britain saw a large increase in arrivals from former Caribbean colonies after the Second World War. What began as a response to racial tensions and community life has grown into a major annual celebration, attracting millions of people to Notting Hill each year.
KRONSTORF, Autriche — Un village paisible niché dans les contreforts des Alpes pourrait bientôt consommer plus d’électricité que l’ensemble des foyers viennois. Tout cela, c’est grâce à Google. Le géant américain construit le premier centre de données hyperscale d’Autriche à la périphérie de la petite commune de Kronstorf, située à deux heures de route de la capitale. A terme, ce site pourrait consommer l’équivalent de 7% de la demande actuelle en électricité du pays. Une résistance croissante pourrait toutefois venir contrecarrer les ambitions de l’entreprise. Un groupe d’opposants locaux — inquiets de la consommation énergétique vorace du centre de données…
The global apparel and fashion industry is moving in the wrong direction on climate emissions, with greenhouse gas emissions rising 6.3% in 2024 compared to the previous year, despite a growing number of companies investing in renewable energy, cleaner materials and coal phase-outs, according to the Apparel Impact Institute’s latest assessment. The increase in emissions was driven largely by higher fibre consumption, particularly polyester, putting the European Union’s fashion industry further away from its goal of cutting emissions 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels. Since roughly 80% to 90% of the EU’s fashion footprint lies outside of Europe, according to…
Published on 01/09/2026 – 19:40 GMT+2 The US military said its forces struck Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) targets in Iran on Tuesday in response to attacks on shipping as well as American service personnel. In a post on X, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the strikes followed “recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.” Iran’s Fars news agency reported that explosions had been heard in the areas of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, and Qeshm. The outlet said local authorities had also reported strikes in the…