Thu 09 July 2026: Volkswagen is preparing a sweeping restructuring that could shut down production at multiple German factories, putting about 40,000 jobs at risk, media reported Thursday. Citing sources on the company’s supervisory board, the weekly Der Spiegel said CEO Oliver Blume intends to end vehicle production at the Zwickau and Emden plants within […]
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Wed 08 July 2026: Britain’s Prince Harry and a group of other high-profile claimants have lost a privacy case against the publisher of the Daily Mail. The High Court dismissed their claims against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) after Justice Matthew Nicklin ruled that they had failed to prove allegations of unlawful information gathering, according to […]
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Tue 07 July 2026: A French appeals court has handed far-right politician Marine Le Pen a three-year sentence, with two years suspended and one with an electronic bracelet, in a long-awaited ruling over the embezzlement of EU funds. The court also ruled on Tuesday that Le Pen would lose her eligibility to hold public office for 15 […]
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Tue 07 July 2026: A classified European intelligence report warns that Russia’s banking sector faces an explosive crisis. Domestic lenders are buckling under the immense financial burden of Moscow’s war economy, exposing deep vulnerabilities as the EU prepares a raft of severe new sanctions. A classified European intelligence report has warned that Russia faces an […]
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Tue 07 July 2026: Trump warns NATO members ahead of summit, as European nations prepare to announce record defence spending. NATO leaders are meeting in Ankara, Turkiye on Tuesday and Wednesday. The summit gets underway as US President Donald Trump renews pressure on member states over defence spending. European nations are expected to respond with billions […]
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Tue 07 July 2026: A total of 12,000 people were evacuated on Tuesday as the wildfire in France’s southern Pyrenees-Orientales department continued to spread, according to broadcaster BFMTV. Authorities told BFMTV that 12,000 people had to be evacuated due to the spread of the fire in the commune of Trevillach that forced the deployment of […]
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Mon 06 July 2026: Ukrainian forces executed their deepest attack into Russia on Monday, hitting the Omsk Oil Refinery 2,700 kilometers from the border. The drone strike damaged critical units at the country’s largest fuel facility, disrupting a vital supply line for the Russian military. Ukrainian forces executed their furthest operation into Russian territory on […]
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Mon 06 July 2026: Russia this week began imposing administrative fines on operators of websites and applications that allow users to log in through foreign authorization services, including Apple ID and Google ID. The measure follows a law signed by President Vladimir Putin on June 26 amending Russia’s Code of Administrative Offenses to introduce penalties […]
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Mon 06 July 2026: The European Space Agency (ESA) said Monday that its Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of “the most ancient quasars ever found,” including the two oldest ever observed, offering new clues about the formation of the first supermassive black holes and galaxies. In a statement, the agency said the newly identified […]
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Mon 06 July 2026: Gallup survey says the financial toll of scams in the United States in 2025 was estimated at $68bn. A tenth of adults in the United States directly or indirectly experienced a scam last year, adversely affecting their financial and emotional wellbeing, according to a new Gallup poll. The report by Gallup […]
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