2025 • Sep 20
After a very slow start, Europe’s reusable rocket program shows signs of life
Although Themis is making progress, the program is several years behind schedule. ...
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2025 • Sep 18
Picasso painting not seen for 80 years unveiled by Paris auction house
Portrait of Dora Maar completed in Paris during war had been in private collection since being bought in 1944
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2025 • Sep 17
UK to explore extraditing Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brückner
Met chief Mark Rowley says many questions remain and detectives are liaising with German and Portuguese policeMark Rowley has said the British police investigation into Madeleine McCann will...
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2025 • Sep 14
Far-right AfD’s vote triples in elections in German bellwether state
Party takes 16.5% of the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia, behind governing CDU and Social DemocratsGermany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has more than tripled its suppor...
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2025 • Sep 14
Vingegaard wins Vuelta after final stage cancelled amid pro-Palestinian protests in Madrid
Organisers cancel stage and declare Vingegaard winnerProtesters threw barricades into the street on Gran VíaThe final stage of the Vuelta a España was aband...
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2025 • Sep 14
Romania reports Russian drone in its airspace as Poland scrambles jets again
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says drone incursions are ‘an obvious expansion of the war by Russia’ as neighbouring countries deploy air defences
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2025 • Sep 13
Poland deploys planes due to threat of drone strikes in nearby Ukraine
‘Preventive operations’ included putting air defence systems on high alert and followed serious Russian incursion earlier in the weekPolish and allied aircraft have been deployed in a “preve...
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2025 • Sep 13
Belgium prime minister attends concert of Israeli conductor axed by festival
Bart De Wever travelled to Essen, Germany to hear performance conducted by Lahav Shani, the music director of the Israel PhilharmonicBelgium’s prime minister, Bart De Wever, has said he atte...
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2025 • Sep 13
British ice dancer and same-sex skating partner to compete in Finland after rule change
Mille Colling and Emma Aalto given go-ahead to compete in qualifier for national championships next monthA British ice dancer and her skating partner are to become Finland’s first same-sex t...
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2025 • Sep 13
Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war
Educational bodies from Europe to South America are boycotting Israeli institutions, though Universities UK said it did not support the actionA growing number of universities, academic insti...
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2025 • Sep 11
Politicians in at least 51 countries used anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric during elections, NGO finds
Rights group also finds rise in openly gay, bisexual and transgender people running for office in 36 countriesPoliticians in at least 51 countries used homophobic or transphobic rhetoric dur...
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2025 • Sep 10
Trump reportedly asks EU to impose 100% tariffs on India and China
In effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, US president reportedly proposes tariffs of up to 100% targeting Putin allies and trade partners
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