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Published on 10/04/2026 – 15:06 GMT+2•Updated 15:27 The latest consumer price index (CPI) figures confirm that US inflation picked up pace last month, with the headline rate jumping from 2.4% in February to 3.3% in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a monthly basis, prices increased 0.9%, in line with forecasts and marking the largest such gain since 2022. Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, advanced more modestly to 2.6% year-on-year from 2.5%, while monthly core prices rose 0.2%. The figures, which exceeded economists’ expectations in some areas but were also below certain forecasts, highlight the…
While many airports across the globe are served by excellent public transport, we’re not ashamed to admit that sometimes after a long flight the last thing we want to do is attempt to navigate it. Negotiating a fare with a taxi driver or working out which ride hailing service works in a destination (Uber? Yandex? Careem?) isn’t ideal when you’re tired either. Thankfully, short-term accommodation giant Airbnb is taking away some of that hassle by launching private airport taxi services in 125 cities across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Travellers can now make advance ride bookings through the Airbnb app…
“We will not take part in further meetings with [Frederiksen] unless she takes that request seriously,” said Rasmussen, as he called for center-right parties to be brought into government talks after two weeks spent negotiating with left-wing parties yielded scant results. Known as the kingmaker, Rasmussen wants Frederiksen to put the idea of a center-left government “on pause” and sit down with Troels Lund Poulsen, leader of the center-right Venstre party, who ran against her for prime minister after serving as deputy PM in the outgoing coalition government. Poulsen reached out to Rasmussen on Friday to consider the possibility of…
Poland sees hundreds of volunteers in Otrębusy near Warsaw take to the streets each spring to help frogs and toads cross a busy road during migration season. Wearing reflective vests and using buckets, residents patrol in the evenings, especially after rain, to move amphibians safely to nearby marshes. The effort matters as a road built in the past decade cuts across a traditional route, putting breeding populations at risk. The local “Frog Patrol”, active for three years, meets regularly from March to April and says it has saved about 18,000 amphibians. Biologists from Warsaw’s SGGW University warn that road deaths…
On Friday Zelenskyy explained the defense deals in a briefing to journalists. “We have arranged ten-year agreements with three countries,” he said, adding that in return for its combat expertise, Kyiv would receive missile interceptors, financial assistance, and most importantly, supplies of oil and diesel. “In some cases, we receive crude oil that will be delivered to refineries in Europe for processing,” said Zelenskyy. “In others, we are talking about finished products — diesel.” Kyiv is facing a massive fuel shortage, owing to Russia’s persistent targeting of fuel depots and the danger of keeping massive quantities of fuel in a…
Published on 10/04/2026 – 13:29 GMT+2 An Italian arms dealer is being held in jail after pleading guilty to illegally exporting more than $540,000 (€461,000) worth of US ammunition to Russia via Kyrgyzstan, using Italian companies to circumvent export controls, the US Department of Justice revealed. Manfred Gruber, a sales manager at a large Italian firearms distributor, appeared before US Magistrate Judge Taryn A Merkl for the Eastern District of New York on 30 March and admitted to conspiracy to commit export control violations. Prosecutors said Gruber purchased ammunition from US suppliers and re-exported it from Italy to Kyrgyzstan in…
The Pentagon on Thursday denied a report that the Vatican’s US envoy was summoned in January for a “bitter” dressing down over remarks by Pope Leo XIV that were seen as criticising the Trump administration’s use of military force. According to The Free Press, which shares common ownership with CBS News, Cardinal Christophe Pierre was given a “bitter lecture” by US Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Elbridge Colby. Colby reportedly told the Vatican representative that Washington “has the military power to do whatever it wants — and that the Church had better take its side.” The report also claimed a…
Published on 10/04/2026 – 12:08 GMT+2 It welcomes approximately 7 million visitors each year. It has survived two world wars, endless refurbishments, and has played host to more marriage proposals than perhaps any other structure on earth. Now a small piece of the world-famous Eiffel Tower is looking for somewhere quieter to live. An original section of the tower’s spiral staircase – the very steps that carried the first visitors upward when the iconic Parisian monument opened in 1889 – is going under the hammer on 21 May, courtesy of auction house Artcurial. Estimates put the likely sale price at…
France’s current legislation only allows businesses deemed essential, including restaurants, to remain fully open. The owners of nonessential shops can operate on the holiday but only without employees — a rule that several bakeries reportedly breached last year. The controversial measure proposed by conservative party Les Républicains was approved last year in the Senate. President Emmanuel Macron’s party, Renaissance, recently put it on the agenda of the National Assembly, the more powerful lower house of parliament, in a bid to adopt it before May 1 this year. Gabriel Attal, the former prime minister who now leads Macron’s party, has emerged…
Published on 10/04/2026 – 12:31 GMT+2 Ukrainian military personnel have already successfully shot down Iranian Shahed-type drones targeting countries in the Middle East, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed in his first public acknowledgement of Kyiv’s specialists’ first results in the Gulf region. Zelenskyy said Ukrainian experts on the ground are part of a broader Kyiv’s effort “to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine.” Ukraine’s president made these remarks to reporters on Wednesday, but the briefing content was embargoed until Friday. Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces took part in active operations using domestically produced interceptor drones. “We sent…