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Italy has extradited a Chinese hacker to the United States accused of spying for his country’s government during the COVID-19 pandemic, police said on Monday. The man was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport last July and is “suspected of acting for the Chinese government,” a police statement said. The FBI accuses Xu Zewei of hacking US government entities, research institutes and universities involved in vaccine research in 2020 and 2021 at the height of the pandemic, the statement said. The police did not identify the man but said he was a former head of a major technology company in Shanghai.…
Participants from 16 European countries gathered in the Belgian town of De Panne to take part in the annual European seagull screeching contest. Competitors, some dressed in costumes, took to the stage to imitate the distinctive cries of seagulls, performing for both judges and a lively audience. The unusual event, held in a local bar, aims to celebrate the often-misunderstood birds while providing entertainment and community spirit. Judges scored contestants on creativity and performance, turning what many described as a “useless trick” into a moment to shine.
Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary has claimed that two or three European airlines “could go bankrupt” before the end of this year due to soaring oil prices. The outspoken boss of Europe’s biggest airline said that the Iran war has already cost Ryanair an extra $50 million (€42.6 million) in fuel costs in April alone. “If oil stays at these levels, two or three European airlines in October or November could go bankrupt like Wizz Air, which wants to sue me but won’t have enough time to do so, and airBaltic,” he told Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. “A good…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz tore into Washington on Monday, warning the Trump administration is being played and “humiliated” by the regime in Tehran and lacks a clear strategy to end the conflict. Speaking during a school visit in his home region in western Germany, Merz said the U.S. had misjudged the Iranian regime and entered the war without a clear exit plan. “The Iranians are clearly stronger than expected and the Americans clearly have no truly convincing strategy in the negotiations either,” Merz said, according to German Press Agency dpa. “A whole nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership.”…
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at NATO allies, accusing them of being cowards for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway, which carries a fifth of all global oil supplies, has been weaponised by the Iranian regime and remains shut with severe ramifications for the energy prices. Trump has claimed that reopening the strait is a “small endeavor” and lambasted European allies for their inaction. In the aftermath, he has suggested the US will reassess its relationship with the alliance, calling it a paper tiger without American military power behind it. The biggest source of…
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By Pascale Davies with AP Published on 27/04/2026 – 15:24 GMT+2 China has blocked Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to reverse a deal that apparently aroused Beijing’s concerns about the transfer of advanced technology. China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s top planning agency, said on Monday it was prohibiting a foreign acquisition of Manus and had required all the parties to withdraw from the deal. It did not specifically name Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Instagram. The decision was made by the commission’s Office of the Working Mechanism for Security Review of Foreign…
His comments came a day after he rushed back to Islamabad to join negotiations with the U.S., while a Pakistan-mediated ceasefire in the American-Israeli war with Tehran has been in place since April 8. The move also follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision over the weekend to cancel plans to send special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to the talks, writing on Truth Social: “They can call us anytime they want, but you’re not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.” Araghchi used his visit to Russia to stress his…
Germany is sitting on a gold fortune, and some economists and politicians think it could be time to crack open the piggy bank. The German Bundesbank holds 3,350 tonnes of gold, the world’s second-largest reserve after the United States. With the precious metal recently surging past $4,700 (€4,140) per troy ounce, those reserves are now worth close to €440 billion. Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), says that sum represents a “huge piggy bank for crises” and argues Germany should be willing to use at least a portion of it. Speaking to t-online, he suggested…
According to recent polls, PSD and AUR could secure a parliamentary majority if they joined forces at an upcoming general election. Bolojan, head of the center-right National Liberal Party (PNL), is currently leading a minority coalition government after the PSD decided to join the opposition last week. Ciprian Ciucu, mayor of Bucharest and a senior figure in the PNL party, criticized the move, writing on Facebook: “To me, it seems very irresponsible.” “Anyone who builds a majority to bring down a government has the responsibility to form another one in its place,” he added, and announced his party would no…