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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the head of the country’s security services, Yevhenii Khmara, will be appointed as acting defense minister. Khmara was appointed the acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine at the beginning of this year and, under Ukrainian law, cannot simultaneously serve as defense minister. He is expected to retire from military service in the coming days, allowing Zelenskyy to request that parliament appoint him as defense minister formally. “I have tasked Yevhenii Khmara with serving as acting minister, continuing to reform the defense sector, and ensuring that Ukraine achieves all of the results…
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup enters its final stage, controversies from earlier rounds are still stirring up misleading claims and false images online. For example, Egypt’s elimination from the tournament on 7 July has triggered a wave of unsupported social media claims targeting French referee François Letexier. It all began after Argentina won 3-2 against Egypt, in a match filled with controversial decisions which saw the former emerge victorious after initially falling two goals behind. Egypt’s Football Association filed a formal complaint with FIFA afterwards, accusing Letexier and his team of making “serious refereeing mistakes”. Among the issues of…
Updated: 16/07/2026 – 12:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this July 16th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Le Pen, Philippe, Mélenchon, Glucksmann, Attal, Hollande, Retailleau… Qui peut partir en vacances l’esprit serein ? Qui ne peut pas se permettre de mettre sa campagne sur pause ? Pour ce dernier épisode avant la coupure estivale, Anthony Lattier fait un point d’étape de la course à la présidentielle avec Pauline de Saint Remy et Elisa Bertholomey de POLITICO. Le podcast Playbook Paris reviendra le 31 août.
By Greta Ruffino with AFP Published on 16/07/2026 – 17:56 GMT+2 The European Union on Thursday ordered Google to share data with rival search engines and open up its Android operating system to competing AI services. “Thanks to these measures we hope to see emerging alternatives to Google Search and Google’s AI services, such as Gemini, and that users in the EU can enjoy greater choice of services,” EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said. However, the US tech giant warned that the measures would put users’ privacy at risk. The order was issued under the EU’s flagship Digital Markets Act (DMA), which requires…
Updated: 16/07/2026 – 18:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this July 16th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Gemini Trains has announced plans to run services between London and Cologne as early as 2030. The British startup, backed by a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund, looks set to end Eurostar’s monopoly of cross-channel rail travel. Gemini Trains has also said it wants to run routes to Paris (with stops at Disneyland and Charles de Gaulle airport) and Brussels, and later expand to Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. The London to Cologne journey will take about four hours, the company says. At the moment, the same trip can take up to six hours with at least one change. Rather than basing…
Updated: 16/07/2026 – 17:50 GMT+2 To mark Mozart’s 270th birth anniversary, German artist Ottmar Hörl has partnered with the Mozarteum Foundation to create 300 small statuettes of the composer with his dog. The open-air exhibition is on display in the Austrian city of Salzburg, the renowned composer’s hometown. … More
But Mahmood’s record suggests she would not be a pushover either. She spent her time before parliament working as a barrister and has long been known for being forthright in private; her supporters have long argued that her appeal is a tendency to form firm, principled views on policy and to fight hard to see them through. One person who has worked with Mahmood said she acts out of character in the period when she is figuring out what to do about a policy problem. She devotes enormous energy to it, goes to bed late and wakes early — before…
By Greta Ruffino with AFP Published on 16/07/2026 – 16:06 GMT+2 A UK court on Thursday sentenced two young men to prison over a 2024 cyberattack on London’s public transport operator that exposed the personal data of millions of customers in one of Britain’s largest data breaches. Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from England’s West Midlands, were each sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison at Woolwich Crown Court in London. The pair pleaded guilty last month to hacking Transport for London’s (TfL) network between 31 August and 3 September 2024, gaining access to the names and contact details…