Rubio visits Rome aiming to repair White House ties with Pope Leo
Relations between the United States and the Vatican are at a low point over President Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo, who is a leading critic of the war in Iran.
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Rubio visits Rome aiming to repair White House ties with Pope Leo
Relations between the United States and the Vatican are at a low point over President Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo, who is a leading critic of the war in Iran.
Continue ReadingShell profits rise as Iran war pushes oil prices higher
The energy giant reports profits of $6.92bn for the first three months of the year.
Continue ReadingJudge releases note purportedly left in cell by Jeffrey Epstein
NEW YORK – A judge on Wednesday unsealed a suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein from the New York jail where he was held while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. The note, which was allegedly written before a suicide attempt weeks before he was found dead in August 2019, was released now only […]
Continue ReadingEmirates royal family receives over 71 million euros in EU agricultural subsidies
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the UAE.Image: IMAGO / Anadolu Agency May 7, 2026, 8:31 a.mMay 7, 2026, 10:31 am The ruling royal family in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) benefits from high EU subsidies for the cultivation of crops destined for the Gulf region. This was […]
Continue ReadingPassengers told virus-hit cruise ship ‘not infectious’ after first death
A video filmed by a passenger on board the MV Hondius shows its captain saying that a man who had died there passed away due to “natural causes”. The captain aboard the hantavirus-hit cruise ship can be seen telling passengers on 12 April that a doctor had said the individual was “not infectious”. Three confirmed […]
Continue ReadingEurope Today: EU fails to agree on trade deal with US, risking Trump backlash
Published on 07/05/2026 – 7:54 GMT+2 On today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Top story: Euronews’ Peggy Corlin reports on the EU failing to agree on trade deal with the US, risking to further antagonize US President Donald Trump. Interviews with Kurt Volkerformer US Ambassador to NATO, and Hadja LahbibEU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management. […]
Continue ReadingVigils to be held across Australia for murdered 5-year-old girl
Kumanjayi Little Baby was found dead after going missing from an Aboriginal town camp in Alice Springs.
Continue ReadingEU wants to ban AI for misuse deepfakes – Switzerland is also discussing this
AI applications for the abusive creation of sexualized deepfakes are to be banned in the EU in the future. May 7, 2026, 7:43 amMay 7, 2026, 7:43 am Representatives of the member states and the European Parliament agreed on a corresponding adjustment of the AI law, as the Cypriot EU Council Presidency announced. At the […]
Continue ReadingItaly’s ambassador responds to criticism from Cassis
Italy’s ambassador to Bern, Gian Lorenzo Cornado, responded to Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis’ criticism in an interview with the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”. May 7, 2026, 7:38 amMay 7, 2026, 7:38 am «I’ll speak out directly. That’s my style,” said the ambassador. He always says what he thinks – but above all what his government demands […]
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