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Price growth in the world’s largest economy slowed again last month, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics figures published on Wednesday, but only as much as expected, leaving the Federal Reserve’s September rate decision uncertain. Prices rose 0.1% on the month after falling 0.4% in June, taking the annual rate to 3.4%, well below May’s 4.2%. Core prices, stripping out food and energy, rose 0.2% after being flat in June, easing to 2.5% from 2.6% annually. Every figure matched the Dow Jones consensus, though the annual falls owe much to comparisons with a strong summer in 2025, and…
By Alice Galliott with AP Published on 12/08/2026 – 14:30 GMT+2 The 64-year-old drove the JCB Hydromax, a 9.75-metre car built by British construction equipment manufacturer JCB. The record, ratified by motorsport’s governing body the FIA, was measured as the average of two runs and more than doubled the previous hydrogen combustion mark of 185.5 mph, set in 2004. Green already held the diesel land speed record, set at Bonneville in 2006, and remains the only person to have broken the sound barrier in a car — a feat he achieved in the jet-powered ThrustSSC in 1997, at 763 mph. The Hydromax runs…
Published on 12/08/2026 – 14:48 GMT+2 Europe’s new border system is turning passport control into a serious headache, with peak queues at some of the continent’s busiest airports as much as doubling. New data shows wait times have doubled at major hubs including Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Munich, as the Entry/Exit System (EES) scheme struggles to cope with the sheer number of non-EU passengers passing through. Data shows that the biometric EES, which requires non-EU travellers to register fingerprints and facial scans, has seen queue sizes soar, as well as passengers missing flights. The study by UK-based newspaper the Financial Times…
Germany’s postwar foreign intelligence service was founded in 1956 with far more legal constraints than intelligence agencies elsewhere. Those restraints have had the side effect of making Germany particularly dependent on the U.S. for intelligence gathering. In view of the growing threat from Russia, leading politicians now argue that it is time for Germany’s spies to be given the ability to hit back harder. That argument took on new urgency following the sighting of an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig-Halle Airport in eastern Germany last week that was found near a Ukrainian Antonov plane used to transport munitions. Dobrindt, in remarks…
Published on 12/08/2026 – 14:43 GMT+2 Ukraine has struck Novorossiysk, Russia’s main operational hub on the Black Sea, which has become Moscow’s last major naval base in the region after sustained Ukrainian attacks forced much of its fleet from occupied Crimea. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as a “unique operation” and said strikes on the designated targets had been confirmed. He gave few further details, saying Ukraine had used Palianytsia jet-powered drones, Neptune missiles and unmanned naval systems to target air-defence positions, piers and port infrastructure. “The occupation fleet and all the infrastructure supporting it will not be safe…
Colombia’s earthquake rescue teams pulled a 32-year-old woman alive from the ruins of a collapsed building in Pereira on Tuesday, August 11, after she had been trapped for 36 hours. Daniela Largo Sánchez was brought out under a blue sheet to protect her privacy before being taken to an ambulance. Rescuers applauded as she emerged from the rubble, according to footage from the scene. Bogota firefighters said Largo Sánchez had been located about 10 hours before the rescue but was buried too deeply for an immediate extraction. Crews worked carefully through the debris to reach her without causing further collapse.…
When was the last time you went somewhere truly quiet? We’re so used to the constant hum of cars passing by and neighbours talking loudly (or moving furniture, if they’re the upstairs kind) that it’s instantly noticeable when you visit a place that’s actually silent. It’s… nice. Relaxing, even. We should seek silence out more. Luckily for us, there’s a new Noise-Free Nations Index that reveals the quietest countries on earth where you can truly switch off. Created by Go2Africa, the index was created using data points on population density, tourist density, rural land coverage, protected land, motor vehicle density,…
A Downing Street spokesperson said: “We know how challenging this summer is proving, particularly for firefighters tackling wildfires, farmers working in drought conditions, and NHS staff in busy A&E units. “We will continue to take the action needed to keep communities safe, protect water supplies, support farming communities and safeguard the environment.” Britons are this week bracing for their fifth heatwave of 2026, with some temperatures forecast to exceed 36C. The Met Office, Britain’s national weather service, has warned that this summer is set to be the U.K.’s hottest since records began. More than two-thirds of England is now in…
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Robert Schuman and the founding fathers of the European Community understood: those who cooperate economically do not wage war against one another. From this conviction emerged our continent’s most successful idea of peace and freedom. The single market was therefore never an end in itself; it was a promise of opportunity, competition and economic strength. ‘Our mother is Dutch. Our father was German’ For me, this isn’t a historical footnote. Our mother is Dutch. Our father was…
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