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PSG’s Champions League triumph wrapped an incredible football season in Europe.Luis Enrique’s team crushed Inter 5-0 in the Munich final, winning an historic treble, and making it the biggest margin ever in a major international football showdown. It is worth noting, however, that Ajax beat AC Milan 6-0 in the last leg of the 1974 UEFA Super Cup, although the trophy is not widely regarded as a major one.PSG’s win also marked a long-awaited milestone in the Champions League era. They now hold the record for the longest gap between a club’s first Champions League appearance and their first title:…
By Abby Chitty with AP Published on 05/06/2025 – 16:13 GMT+2The Yurok Tribe has regained nearly 189 square kilometres of ancestral forestland along the Klamath River in northern California, more than doubling their land holdings and marking the largest land-back conservation deal in state history.The tribe plans to restore the landscape through traditional stewardship methods such as controlled burns, prairie restoration, invasive species removal and tree planting, efforts that will also create jobs for the tribe’s 5,000 members.”We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve transferred the final phase of land to the Yurok tribe and completed creation of the Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary and…
One person was killed in a shooting Thursday morning in the Anderlecht district of Brussels, according to local media reports. The 49-year-old victim was shot in the chest near the Westland Shopping center at around 9 a.m., the Brussels Times reported, citing the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s office. The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear and no suspects have been identified, according to the media reports. The case has been referred to an investigating judge for murder and police are conducting an investigation at the scene, according to Le Soir. More than a dozen shootings have been reported in Brussels so far this…
More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims are in Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj.The five-day rite that every Muslim must perform once in their lifetime is an awe-inspiring spiritual experience.But it is also physically gruelling. Pilgrims walk for hours and wait in huge crowds around holy sites and the surrounding desert.The country has spent billions of dollars on crowd control and safety measures, but one of the greatest challenges at the Hajj in recent years has been the heat. Pilgrims are currently gathering at Mount Arafat amid temperatures nudging 40 degrees Celsius – which are expected to reach as high…
Vibe: My dining companion described it as “rustic modernism” and that’s apt. Spacious, ceiling in béton brut, and adorned with potted plants rather than flowers. The chairs are recycled office design pieces in a fun fabric. It works, but it’s a touch cold. Who’s picking up the check? It’s not cheap. The waitress recommended getting at least five dishes for two people, and the broccoli was €16. We ended up paying close to €65 a head, which included two glasses of wine each but no desserts. Spotted: Almost no one. We went on a Wednesday and stayed for a few hours, and the…
The Balkan country of 6.4 million people is to make the switch from its national currency, the lev, to the euro on 1 January.Here are basic facts about the currency union, also called the Eurozone, and how countries join it.What is the euro?The euro is a shared currency and monetary system launched in 1999 when 11 EU member countries irrevocably fixed their currencies to the euro as an accounting currency, then swapped out the national notes and coins in 2002.The EU established the European Central Bank to handle monetary policy and set interest rate benchmarks for member countries, similar to…
National Rally representatives have insisted that the MPs who were members of the group were not aware of its content. “When you receive an invitation to France with Jordan Bardella and you’re a National Rally activist, you often think that it might be a nice group, and you don’t necessarily look at the content,” party Vice President Sébastien Chenu told FranceInfo Thursday. “None of the MPs liked the publications,” he argued. Chenu also fielded questions about the murder of a 46-year-old Tunisian man in southern France last weekend, a case that is being investigated as potentially racially motivated terrorism. The suspect,…
France was the second-biggest source of traffic for Pornhub in 2024 behind the United States, according to the company’s own statistics. A NordVPN spokesperson told POLITICO they have seen a 170 percent increase in usage since Wednesday. “We see similar spikes wherever digital freedoms are threatened or content is censored,” the spokesperson said. Demand for VPNs overall increased by 334 percent on June 4, compared to the average of the 28 previous days, said ranking site Top10VPN. France had set a deadline of June 7 for adult content sites to implement age verification measures. Aylo says France’s measures do not…
By Euronews Travel with AP Published on 05/06/2025 – 11:16 GMT+2Severe storms in southern Germany forced a Ryanair flight to make an emergency landing late Wednesday after violent turbulence injured nine people on board, German police said in a statement Thursday.The flight, travelling from Berlin to Milan with 179 passengers and six crew members, encountered turbulence so intense around 8:30 pm that the pilot was forced to make an unscheduled landing at Memmingen Airport in Bavaria. Eight passengers and one crew member were hurt.Three people were taken to the hospital in Memmingen for treatment; the other injured people were released after receiving outpatient…
The opinion gives the European Commission clout in its clash with Budapest over fundamental rights, which most recently escalated after Orbán’s government banned Pride events in mid-March and authorized police to use biometric cameras to identify organizers and attendees. Advocate-general opinions are nonbinding. However, they do often signal where the court will land in its final ruling, which usually comes out within months following the opinion. The European Commission opened an infringement procedure in July 2021 after Hungary adopted the law, which seeks to bar children from seeing LGBTQ+ content across television programs and advertisements, books, sex education classes and…