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Published on 08/03/2026 – 9:48 GMT+1 The Trump National Doral Miami hosted a meeting on Saturday between the US president and leaders from 14 countries in the region, convened under the ‘Shield of Americas ‘ initiative. Attendees included Javier Milei, Nayib Bukele and Chilean President-elect José Antonio Kast, along with the leaders of Ecuador, Paraguay, Honduras and the Dominican Republic, among others. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was not invited. Trump explained it unambiguously: he has rejected US aid to fight the cartels. The centrepiece of the meeting was the announcement of a military alliance with a stated goal: to”eliminate the…
Danish prime minister extolled the health care system of Denmark and Greenland after Trump dispatched the vessel “to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there.” Feb 22 3 mins read
By Euronews with IJF Published on 08/03/2026 – 8:02 GMT+1 Welcome back to Upper Austria. The Tips Arena Linz was electric as fans from across the nation gathered to watch both local and international stars take to the tatami on day 2 of the judo grand prix. The stage was set for another incredible day of judo. At -63 kg, both Rafaela SILVA of Brazil and Laura FAZLIU of Kosovo looked unstoppable during the preliminaries. In the final, however, there could be only one winner. In a clash of two champions, a yuko score from SILVA saw her take gold. The medals were…
7:16 GMT+1 Kuwait City tower engulfed by fire as military says intercepting ‘hostile missile and drone attacks’ A large tower in Kuwait City is on fire as several civilian facilities in the Gulf country have been damaged by falling debris after drone interceptions, the army said on Sunday.Kuwait’s military said air defence systems were intercepting missile and drone attacks, as Iran continues its strikes across the region.”Kuwaiti air defences are currently engaging hostile missile and drone attacks,” the military said in a post on X, adding that explosion sounds were the result of interceptions by air defence systems. تتصدى حالياً…
“A Green tidal wave is coming at the next general election,” declared Hannah Spencer, as she became the first ever Green Party MP to be elected in the north of England last week. She and a growing cohort of women are at its crest. Spencer is not the typical face of green politics. A plumber who left school at 16 and was still completing her plastering training during the campaign, she represents the kind of voter the Green Party – with its middle-class, southern UK heartland – has long struggled to reach. Promising in her speech to “make lives better…
“Spain and the U.S. have had an amazing relationship, forever, for centuries,” Botín told Bloomberg TV, alluding to the Spanish crown’s financial support for George Washington in the American War of Independence, the 250th anniversary of which is being observed this year. “The long-term relationship is strong.” Yet another TACO? Of course, it’s entirely possible that Trump’s vow to cut ties with Spain will never materialize. According to market lore, whenever the risk of self-inflicted economic pain outweighs political rhetoric, “Trump always chickens out” — or TACO . None of the higher tariffs he threatened to impose on Sweden, Norway, Germany, Finland, France,…
Investors poured a record €42.5bn into mergers and acquisitions across Central and Eastern Europe in 2025, as fewer but larger transactions signalled renewed confidence in the region’s economic prospects, according to a new report by Forvis Mazars and Mergermarket. The value of deals rose 36% year-on-year, even as the number of transactions fell 9% to around 1,300, a shift experts attributed to a growing focus on large assets. The standout transaction was US fund GTCR’s €4.1bn acquisition of Czech pharmaceutical group Zentivathe largest foreign investment in the region by an outside investor in several years. Experts attributed the decline in…
Published on 07/03/2026 – 17:50 GMT+1 Baku has released footage showing explosives seized during a counter-terrorism operation, after authorities said they had foiled a series of Iranian-linked terror plots targeting key infrastructure and Jewish community sites in Azerbaijan. Video aired by Azerbaijani media shows investigators displaying explosives allegedly recovered during the operation, including blocks of C-4 that officials say were smuggled into the country as part of a planned attack. Authorities say the materials were discovered during a counter-intelligence investigation by Azerbaijan’s State Security Service (SSS). The SSS said on Friday it had prevented Iranian intelligence agents from carrying out…
German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil on Saturday rejected Berlin’s participation in the escalating military conflict in Iran, describing the U.S.-Israeli campaign as “not our war” and flagging legal concerns over the strikes. In an interview with RND, Klingbeil said that while the Iranian government is a “terror regime,” he has “considerable doubts” that air strikes will lead to a permanent solution or comply with international law. “I say very clearly: This is not our war. We will not participate in this war,” said Klingbeil, who is with the Social Democrats. He warned against a global order where “only the law…
Turkey’s potential move comes as the island, split between a Turkish-backed breakaway state in the north and the Greek-speaking EU member state of Cyprus in the south, has been targeted in a series of drone and missile strikes since the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran started a week ago. The Republic of Cyprus houses the British airbase at Akrotiri, which was targeted by drones in the opening days of the Israeli-U.S. campaign against Iran. The Iranian threat to Cyprus has triggered various European countries, including Greece, France and the U.K., to move military hardware toward the eastern Mediterranean island. On Monday,…