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A light-hearted World Cup moment briefly stole the spotlight at the G7 summit in France on Tuesday when German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented U.S. President Donald Trump with a German national football team jersey bearing the name “Trump 47.” The gift was exchanged as G7 leaders gathered for a working session attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Video showed Merz handing the jersey to Trump before leaders took their seats for discussions on Ukraine, the Middle East and global economic challenges. The gesture came as football remains in the global spotlight during the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the United…

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day is proving to be a box office hit, having debuted to $93 million globally. The film marks the celebrated director’s return to human contact with extraterrestrial life, focusing on a whistleblowing mission to uncover a government conspiracy regarding aliens visiting Earth. While the film is on track to become the 79-year-old director’s best performing original title in the US, reactions have been mixed. We’re in two minds. On one hand, the uneven script undercuts Spielberg’s efforts, and the third act topples into shmaltzy parody. However, Disclosure Day remains further proof that few directors can…

“We will increase our numbers,” said ECR co-chair Nicola Procaccini on Tuesday at a press conference, though cautioning “we don’t want to enlarge our numbers only because we want to be bigger than the others ― we want to increase our influence through the right people.” In recent months, Renew Europe has welcomed German MEP Lukas Sieper, Italian MEPs Elisabetta Gualmini and European Parliament Vice President Pina Picierno, both defectors from Italy’s Social Democrats. “Each of the groups in this Parliament has an interest in growing to gain influence,” Renew chair Valérie Hayer said in February. Bartůšek won her seat…

Published on 16/06/2026 – 15:00 GMT+2 Almost 2.4 million refugees will need resettling next year, the United Nations said on Tuesday, at a time when a number of countries have slashed resettlement spots. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, warned of a dire shortage of options for such refugees, who cannot return home and face risks in their country of asylum. “Expanding resettlement is urgent and achievable,” Jackie Keegan, who leads UNHCR’s durable solutions and field protection support service, told journalists in Geneva. “Increased quotas, bringing more countries on board, and accelerating processing will ensure this life-saving tool reaches more of…

Published on 16/06/2026 – 14:21 GMT+2•Updated 14:25 SpaceX is pushing deeper into AI with its largest acquisition yet, striking a $60 billion (€51.7bn) all-stock agreement to buy Anysphere, the developer of the AI coding assistant Cursor. The purchase, announced on Tuesday, is intended to strengthen SpaceX’s position in the enterprise AI market, where rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic have found early commercial traction. Anysphere is a San Francisco startup that uses AI to automate large parts of software development, and its Cursor tool is widely used by programmers. According to a regulatory filing, the two sides signed a merger…

Yesterday’s Spain vs Cape Verde has already gained a prime spot in football history. It’s not just about the result, which had the reigning European champions and World Cup favourites held to a 0-0 draw against a tiny archipelago of half a million people. The game brought to fame a name that most football fans probably never heard before. His name is Roberto “Pico” Lopes, a Cape Verde defender who plays for Ireland’s Shamrock Rovers. What makes him special? For a start, he wasn’t even born in Cape Verde, but in Ireland, to an Irish mother and a Cape Verdean…

“He keeps us posted about what’s being hotly debated in Brussels and how it affects us, and then we tend to describe, from our perspective, what the issues are within companies, as seen from the employees’ point of view,” said Thorsten Gröger, who leads IG Metall in Lower Saxony and has known Lange for over 20 years. Putting on a show Those roots still shape Lange’s negotiating tactics and political style.  While not by nature confrontational, he is capable of raising his voice behind closed doors to advocate for European industry and labor. He is also a master of detail…

In 2025, 9.1% of young people aged between 18 and 24 in the EU dropped out of school and did not pursue further education or training, according to the latest Eurostat figures. Across EU countries, the proportion of early leavers in 2025 ranged from 2.1% in Croatia to 15.5% in Romania. More young men than women tend to leave education and training early. However, there has been a downward trend in the number of those dropping out, for both sexes. In the past 10 years, the share of young men decreased from 12.5% in 2015 to 10.6% in 2025, while…

Updated: 16/06/2026 – 13:33 GMT+2 Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber has crashed in the Irkutsk region during a training flight, amid reports of engine failure. The Defence Ministry said it was not carrying weapons and the crew ejected safely. Four people were taken to hospital. … More

Published on 16/06/2026 – 13:52 GMT+2 Wall Street’s most famous market label may be outdated. The ‘Magnificent 7’ or ‘Mag 7’ defined the first phase of the AI rally, as it included Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Tesla, but a fresh grouping is now circulating among investors keen to capture its next leg. In the wake of SpaceX’s blockbuster listing, analysts are looking to add Elon Musk’s company, as well as OpenAI and Anthropic, which are expected to IPO later this year, to a new market label. Coined by the British financial firm Vanda Research, the ‘FAB 10’…