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Published on 07/06/2026 – 8:05 GMT+2 At least 12 people were injured in Toledo in the midwestern US state of Ohio after a shooting broke out at a festival, sending some eventgoers scrambling for cover while others rushed to help the victims. No suspects were in custody hours afterwards and the search for the perpetrators continues, according to Toledo Deputy Police Chief Joe Heffernan. Officials urged people who were at the festival to come forward with any photos or videos on their phones for possible leads that could assist with arrest efforts. The shooting happened near the Old West End…
Known for its mariachi music and for being a gateway to Mexico’s tequila country, Guadalajara promises an authentic experience for football fans travelling to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Located in the state of Jalisco, Mexico’s second-largest city will host four World Cup group-stage matches at Estadio Akron, which will be known as Guadalajara Stadium during the tournament, including the co-host nation’s second group game. This is the third time a World Cup has been held in Guadalajara, after previously staging matches in 1970 and 1986. For this summer’s edition, it is one of the country’s three host cities, alongside…
Canada’s largest city will make history when it hosts the first men’s FIFA World Cup match ever played on Canadian soil. Toronto welcomes six matches during the 2026 tournament at BMO Field, known as Toronto Stadium during the competition, including Canada’s opening fixture. Set on the shores of Lake Ontario, Toronto combines world-class sport with a multicultural food scene, diverse neighbourhoods and some of Canada’s most recognisable landmarks. From the CN Tower to bustling waterfront districts, visitors will find a city that reflects FIFA’s description of Toronto as “The World in a City”. World Cup fixtures in Toronto Toronto will…
Armenians are all set to head to the polls on Sunday in a decisive election that will shape the future of the South Caucasus country and the entire region, as Russia warned Yerevan of a “Ukraine scenario,” while the EU and the US came together to support Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s cautious pro-West pivot after securing a historic peace agreement with Azerbaijan. The voters are choosing between Pashinyan and his centrist Civil Contract party, and a fragmented pro-Russian opposition openly supported by the Kremlin. Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan — running while under house arrest — is leading the Strong…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 06/06/2026 – 20:24 GMT+2 On June 6, 1944, during World War II, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, on what is known as ‘D-Day’, and they launched ‘Operation Overlord’ to liberate German-occupied Western Europe. Over 4,400 Allied troops were killed on that single day, and more than half of them were Americans. The exact number of German casualties on D-Day is not known, but it is estimated between 4,000 and 9,000 killed, wounded or missing. This year commemorates the 82nd anniversary of the Normandy beach landings, with only a handful of war veterans still…
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day commemoration speech on Saturday to warn Europe about an invasion of “dangerous ideologies,” urging the continent to act against mass immigration. Speaking on the 82nd anniversary of the June 6, 1944, Allied beach landings in Normandy, Hegseth said: “Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different, dangerous ideologies — beaches in Spain, in Italy, in Greece and Bulgaria; boats and men arrive.” “When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late? I pray not, and I believe not,” Hegseth said in his speech at the Normandy…
“It is time to end this war. But Russia’s ruler wants to keep fighting,” Zelenskyy said in his post on X. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses shot down 376 Ukrainian drones, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. The drone strikes came just ahead of the closing of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, an event the Kremlin uses to showcase Russia’s economy and attract foreign investment. It is often dubbed Putin’s Davos. Earlier in the week, Ukrainian drones hit the outskirts of St. Petersburg just as the forum was getting under way. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said…
Welcome back. When I launched this newsletter, I promised you zeitgeist, so here’s the zeitgeist — I am filing this at ungodly hours, from a flat in Tivat, on the coast of Montenegro, on five hours’ sleep, praying for no typos and my keyboard on fire. But oh boy how I love this job. This week, we were deployed alongside my producer Paul and my cameraman Pierre to Porto Montenegro for the EU-Western Balkans summit. To kick off, we sat down with António Costa on the eve of the gathering. The European Council chief told me there is real momentum…
Published on 06/06/2026 – 16:50 GMT+2 Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in a rapidly expanding outbreak in central Africa, according to the World Health Organization, fuelling concerns that the epidemic could become one of the largest on record. The WHO has already declared the crisis an international public health emergency as health officials race to contain its spread across the region. “That scale is possible,” warned Jason Asher, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, referring to fears the outbreak could eventually rival the devastating 2014 West Africa…
“When the governing party is on the right, relations with the Church tend to be better than when the left is in power,” said Carlos Espaliu, lecturer in international law and international relations and head of the Tomás Moro observatory at the CEU Fernando III University. “But, right now, relations with this government are better than they have been with other Socialist administrations.” Touchstone issues The Catholic Church has not changed its position on previously divisive issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion or euthanasia, Simón said, but these issues “are not on the political agenda, because in some cases they…