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Published on 08/12/2025 – 12:55 GMT+1 Norwegian police said on Monday that a shopping centre in the capital Oslo was safe to reopen for business after a gunman opened fire inside. No one was immediately reported injured and the suspect was taken into custody. In a statement, police determined that the Storo Storsenter centre was now safe after the perpetrator, who appeared to have acted alone, fired at least one shot inside. Incident commander Tomm Berger told public broadcaster NRK that the man had a knife and a bat and fired a shotgun round into the ceiling. There was no…
Published on 08/12/2025 – 12:25 GMT+1 A popular museum is under growing pressure to cut ties with fossil giant Shell after being accused of misleading children about the climate crisis. An investigation by climate advocacy group Comms Declare found that Queensland Museum in Australia has accepted more than $10.25 million AUD (around €5.84 million) from Shell’s QGC gas business since 2015. In a new report, researchers say this has given the oil and gas company “potential influence” over curriculum-aligned programs and “widespread exposure” in education materials used by school children. Despite the museum insisting it has “full independence”, Comms Declare…
Published on 08/12/2025 – 12:02 GMT+1 Clearly on a high from receiving the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize prior to the 2026 World Cup draw last week, Donald Trump has weighed in on the “football” vs “soccer” debate. According to Trump, it’s time that the US stopped calling the sport “soccer” and get in line with everyone else watching football. “When you look at what has happened to the sport, which we call soccer in the US, we never call it that because we have another conflict with a thing called football,” Trump said. “But when you think about it, this…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will on Monday evening meet NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa in Brussels. The leaders are set to meet at around 8 p.m. at Rutte’s official residence. “I won’t go into what may be discussed in detail in this meeting later today but it’s clearly to be seen against the background of the ongoing discussions on peace for Ukraine,” Commission spokesperson Paula Pinho said Monday. The topic of reparation loans will likely be raised, according to Pinho, who mentioned von der Leyen’s meeting on Friday…
European Council President António Costa rejected any attempt at “political interference” in response to a controversial US government document published last week calling on Europe to change course or face “civilisational erasure”. Speaking at a conference in Paris on Monday, Costa said Washington does not get to choose on behalf of European citizens which policies are right or who they should vote for, in the strongest rebuff to date from a sitting EU official to the Trump administration. His comment comes after the US updated its National Security Strategy, calling on Europe to revert course and praising “patriotic European parties”…
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Published on 08/12/2025 – 11:47 GMT+1 •Updated 11:48 Shares in L’Oréal slipped almost 1.5% during morning trading in Paris after the firm announced that it would double its stake in Swiss skincare firm Galderma. Galderma shares had risen almost 2% in Zurich by around 11:00 CET, dropping from a more dramatic high seen earlier in the day. L’Oréal will purchase 24 million extra shares in the Swiss firm, bringing its ownership to 20%, from a consortium led by the Swedish private equity group EQT. The purchase price is undisclosed and the deal is expected to close in the first quarter…
Published on 08/12/2025 – 11:32 GMT+1 A bold blue museum inspired by a sketch drawn by M.F. Husain in 2008 has opened in Doha, showcasing six decades of his work and inviting visitors into the mind of one of India’s most iconic artists. If you’ve ever wondered what it might feel like to step inside an artist’s imagination, Doha’s newest cultural landmark gets you pretty close. The story of Lawh Wa Qalam: M.F. Husain Museum begins, quite literally, with a sketch. The project not only honours Husain’s legacy but also aims to build cultural bridges between South Asia and West…
Last month, the Russian spy ship Yantar directed lasers at British forces deployed to monitor the vessel for the first time after it entered U.K. waters. Yantar was previously in U.K. territorial seas in January. Defence Secretary John Healey said Yantar was “designed for gathering intelligence and mapping our undersea cables.” The Ministry of Defence says Atlantic Bastion will create a hybrid naval force that can find, track, and, if required, act against adversaries. A combined £14 million has been invested by the Ministry of Defence and industry, with 26 U.K. and European firms submitting proposals to develop anti-submarine sensor…
The European Commission is to launch a near-€1.2 trillion project aimed at helping EU member states fast-track permits for grid infrastructure, renewable energy projects and storage, in a bid to modernise the bloc’s electric grid, according to a leaked document seen by Euronews. The bloc’s existing grid planning and permitting system has been criticised as fragmented and inadequate to the pace of needed expansion, a significant obstacle to renewable energy integration. Member states and industry players have been vocal in calling on the EU executive to speed up permitting, as renewable energy projects can take up to nine years to…