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Published on 25/08/2026 – 10:44 GMT+2 The football used by Diego Maradona when he scored his infamous “Hand of God” goal against England at the 1986 World Cup has sold for $3.35 million (€2.9m) at auction. The Adidas Azteca ball was sold by Heritage Auctions in Texas, but despite its place in World Cup and footballing folklore, the final price fell well short of its presale estimate of $10 million (€8.6m). Heritage auctioneer Mike Provenzale described it to Reutersbefore the sale as a “true one-of-a-kind item” and “arguably the most significant soccer item that exists”. The most controversial goal in…

Merz did not attribute the attack in his remarks Tuesday. “We are working intensively on that together with the security agencies, and we will present our findings and comment on them shortly,” he said. According to German outlet Bild, Merz told members of his Christian Democratic Union party in a private meeting Monday that the government had “circumstantial evidence pointing to the perpetrators of the crime.” Earlier this month, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt suggested a state actor was behind the threat. “Many indications pointing in that direction,” he said on Aug. 6, shortly after the initial discovery. Merz’s government…

In just the last decade, the EU has spent almost €118 billion in maritime defence, with a sharp 23.6 percent increase in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Data from the EU Blue Economy Observatory show a sharp rise in domestic maritime defence spending, reaching a record high of €11.6 billion. Submarines alone account for 27 percent of the EU’s total production value; the rest includes surface ships, aircraft, and other types of warfare. The bloc decided to transition from a purely commercial ‘blue’ economy approach to a securitised maritime strategy. In 2023, it updated its European Union Maritime Security…

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Published on 25/08/2026 – 11:03 GMT+2 After their sold-out Oasis Live ‘25 reunion tour, fans of Oasis are hungry for more. And growing impatient. The Britpop band reunited after 16 years apart, following a long running feud between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher. Their comeback shows were a massive success, and the tour was estimated by Pollstar to have grossed around £398 million (approx. €465m). Now, Liam Gallagher may have given an indication that there are more Oasis gigs to come… In a post on X, he seemed to suggest he’s waiting on his brother Noel to share the official…

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has been invited to a meeting of EU trade ministers set to occur in October, two European diplomats with knowledge of the plans, granted anonymity to discuss the gathering, told POLITICO. The scheduled meeting comes amid renewed U.S. pressure on the EU’s rulebooks and as the bloc weighs how to reshape its relationship with Beijing. Brussels is also still awaiting the results of a U.S. investigation into excess manufacturing capacity, which could put Washington at odds with the terms of a transatlantic trade pact struck last year. Although Greer hasn’t yet confirmed his participation, this…

Will the European Union’s 27 leaders overcome their red lines and unanimously agree a new common budget by the end of the year? António Costa is keen to find out. The European Council president, who is set to steer the tempestuous negotiations on the 2028-2034 EU budget, has embarked on a four-week tour of the bloc to meet leaders in their home capitals and assess their willingness to compromise. Sweden will be excluded because of its upcoming general election. Costa’s first meetings will be with Slovakia’s Robert Fico and Estonia’s Kristen Michal on Tuesday, followed by Latvia’s Andris Kulbergs and…

Published on 25/08/2026 – 10:27 GMT+2 Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra, the province with the highest number of wildfire hotspots, turned to spiritual measures on Tuesday as huge blazes in central and western regions scorched wide areas of forests and peatland, creating a choking haze that blanketed some cities in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. About 3,000 residents gathered in Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra province, to perform a special Islamic prayer for rain, known as “salat istisqa.” They prayed shoulder to shoulder in the courtyard of the governor’s office as thick smoke shrouded roads, buildings and public…

Published on 25/08/2026 – 9:45 GMT+2 French schools will add questions on sexual and gender-based violence to an annual questionnaire completed by millions of pupils, Education Minister Édouard Geffray announced on Monday. Geffray said he expected the survey to produce “seismic results” because of the scale of the problem. Around 10 million pupils, from the final year of pre-school through to the end of secondary education, will be asked about sexual or gender-based violence they may have experienced, Geffray told several French regional newspapers. “One child in 10 is a victim of sexual violence in France,” he said. The questionnaire…

On the screens at the Control Centre in Athens, the symbols representing aircraft form an ever denser network. At the height of the summer season, air traffic controllers are called on to manage thousands of flights in Greek skies that seem to be reaching the limits of their capacity. Olga Toki, vice-president of the Hellenic Air Traffic Controllers Association, paints a picture of intense strain: Traffic is so heavy, she says, that at certain times it is hard to find any additional space for new aircraft. The figures illustrate the scale of the burden. According to the Hellenic Civil Aviation…