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According to the indictment, Martin D. worked for a civilian defense contractor from 2017 until spring 2023 and, starting in 2020, was stationed at a U.S. military base in Germany. In the summer of 2024, prosecutors say, he approached Chinese government officials multiple times and offered to hand over classified information about U.S. military operations. German authorities first detained the suspect in November 2024 at Frankfurt airport, following an arrest warrant issued by the German Federal Court of Justice. His arrest drew international headlines at the time, with German media reporting that he had sought to sell secrets from inside…
Monghini said she was drawn to Sinner’s elegance, his maturity and his dedication to hard work. “I spent five years in the mountains. I understand a bit what the type is like. They get straight to the point, don’t make a fuss, keep moving toward their goal,” she said. Carlo Romeo, a historian of the region, called him a “symbol of Italian society’s multiculturalism.” “Maybe decades ago he wouldn’t have been seen as properly Italian, as more Austrian. Today this identity is fully accepted,” he said. Sexten, Sinner’s hometown, is 40 kilometers from the Austrian border, tucked in a valley…
By Euronews with AP Published on 25/08/2025 – 10:00 GMT+2 •Updated 10:28 Some US National Guard units patrolling Washington have started carrying weapons in an intensification of President Donald Trump’s military deployment in the US capital. Members of the South Carolina National Guard were seen there with holstered handguns on Sunday. The development comes after Trump stationed hundreds of troops in the Democratic-governed city as part of what he said was a crackdown on crime. Initially, the US president called up 800 members of the District of Columbia National Guard, before six Republican-led states sent more troops to the capital. Last week, US…
Several artists boycotted and pulled out of Victorious Festival in Portsmouth, UK, this weekend over a set that was cut short. On Friday (22 August), Irish band The Mary Wallopers made it halfway through their opening song when the sound was cut by the festival organisers. The Palestinian flag on stage with them was taken away, despite the crowd standing by the band and leading chants of “Free, free Palestine”. A festival spokesperson said: “We spoke to the artist before the performance regarding the festival’s long-standing policy of not allowing flags of any kind at the event, but that we…
If all goes according to plan, Morrow will then expand to vehicles, with plans to build another three LFP facilities in Arendal before 2029. Of course, this company won’t be able to match China’s formidable LFP production on its own — and yet, it exists. It exists because Å Energi dared to commit to this new technology, because the Norwegian government agreed to grant a loan, and because the EU decided to support the undertaking too. Four years ago, Tesla was the world’s largest all-electric car brand, followed by China’s state-owned SAIC. | Allison Dinner/EPA To date, the path to…
France has summoned the US ambassador Charles Kushner after he sent a letter criticising the French government for allegedly not doing enough to counter antisemitism. The American envoy, a real estate tycoon whose son Jared is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, made his comments public on Sunday. In response, France’s foreign ministry described his allegations as “unacceptable” and summoned him to appear at the department on Monday. In his letter, which was reproduced by the Wall Street Journal, Kushner urged Macron to apply the laws against hate crimes more rigorously and to tone down his criticism of Israel over its…
At first, Brussels resisted the idea of coordinating with other countries hit by Trump’s tariffs, such as Canada or Mexico. But it eventually changed course. “The main criticism that can be made against the Commission is that it did not seriously try to build an international anti-Trump coalition,” former WTO chief Lamy said. That’s something that Brussels tried to fix in late June, when at a leaders’ summit, von der Leyen floated the idea of a new club in which the EU’s 27 countries would join forces with the members of the Pacific-focused Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership,…
Published on 25/08/2025 – 8:54 GMT+2 It was all eyes on Kneecap yesterday as the controversial Irish rappers took to the stage at this year’s Rock en Seine festival in Paris. The band’s inclusion on the line-up for one of France’s biggest and most popular music events had already been source of controversy, as there were calls made to remove the group from the bill. The festival ended up having its funding substantially cut, and the French Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau was forced to reiterate his zero-tolerance stance towards any disorder. The owner of Rock en Seine,…
The company had won the tender for the project despite suggesting that the kiosks would be around five times more expensive than what it could cost based on market prices. Greece is also on track to fail on its obligation to recycle 55 percent of municipal waste and 65 percent of packaging waste this year. | Orestis Panagiotou/EPA “It cannot be confirmed whether EDSNA investigated what a reasonable budget for the recycling centers would be, given that the market research it conducted and referred to, did not concern at least two independent [companies], but two [companies] with a common interest and an exclusive relationship,…
Fostering a more effective single market for banking would necessitate breaking down those barriers, Campa said. “There are things that we can do … but that requires a significant political consensus because those rules are there for a reason; home-host issues are there for a reason.” The EU’s latest update to bank capital rules, known as Basel 3, applies requirements at the level of individual entities and the consolidated group, as it was politically untenable to find a more simple way of implementing the reforms — a decision Campa said “leads to excess requirements.” The most recent piece of banking legislation…