On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch French warplanes were scrambled 11 times over the past week as part of NATO‘s Baltic Air Policing Mission, France‘s armed forces spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. The official described the […]
Continue ReadingThe economic forum in St. Petersburg, hosted by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, runs until Saturday.Image: keystone Following Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil industry facilities, Moscow’s government has admitted a decline in agreed oil production volumes. June 4, 2026, 2:15 p.mJune 4, 2026, 2:55 p.m “Now the funding is actually slightly lower than at the […]
Continue ReadingJune 4, 2026, 2:12 p.mJune 4, 2026, 2:12 p.m Pope Leo XIV has his PayPal balance back. The treasurer of the US state of Illinois, Michael Frerichs, brought the church leader the 8.65 US dollars (6.81 francs) to Rome. They date from the time before his election as Pope in May 2025. Frerichts commented on […]
Continue ReadingCyprus and Kazakhstan signed five cooperation agreements and pledged to deepen economic ties during the first official visit by a Cypriot president to Kazakhstan, as the two countries opened embassies simultaneously in Astana and Nicosia. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides in Astana, where they held bilateral talks followed […]
Continue ReadingThe remarks came shortly after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen unveiled a new coalition government on Wednesday, ending months of political uncertainty. Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen retained his post and is expected to remain Copenhagen’s key interlocutor with Washington on Greenland. Trump’s bid to acquire the Arctic island in January this year rattled European […]
Continue ReadingIt’s the moving story of a Russian father and daughter who oppose Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. It all began in March 2022. Then, 12 year old Maria drew a picture in school, against the offensive launched one month earlier. She was immediately denounced by the people around her… the FSB visited her school and home. Her […]
Continue ReadingHungary agreed to drop its opposition to opening the formal access talks but is still opposed to the fast-track membership process that Ukraine says it needs as protection from Russia.
Continue ReadingNATO chief Mark Rutte arrived in Kyiv on June 3 for an unannounced trip after a series of large-scale fatal Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital. It also comes as Ukrainian drones hit Saint Petersburg just as the city’s flagship economic forum opens. FRANCE 24’s Emmanuelle Chaze has more from Kyiv.
Continue ReadingAccording to Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, the fertility rate in Germany in 2024 was 1.35 children per woman, two percent fewer than in the previous year. Provisional figures for 2025 point to a further decline, to around 654,300 births. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING But the desire to have children is still there. To analysis by the Federal […]
Continue ReadingLONDON — The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority will force Google to give publishers greater control over how their content is used in AI-generated search results, it announced on Wednesday. Under the U.K.’s digital market regime, the CMA can impose “conduct requirements” on activities designated with “strategic market status.” Google search was designated with SMS […]
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