June 19, 2026, 07:14June 19, 2026, 07:14 EU Council President António Costa is causing anger by making unsolicited contact with Russia. At the EU summit in Brussels, after the deliberations on the war in Ukraine, there was talk in German government circles of an “affront”. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made it clear at the meeting […]
Continue ReadingJune 19, 2026, 06:17June 19, 2026, 06:44 After the by-election in the Makerfield district, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is more threatened than ever with political extinction. Starmer’s potential intra-party challenger Andy Burnham won the district’s vacant parliamentary seat, the overnight count showed. As an “MP” (Member of Parliament), Burnham can now force the Prime […]
Continue ReadingThe current news ticker on the war against Iran launched by the Trump administration and Israel and on US foreign policy. …(Read on https://www.watson.ch)
Continue ReadingAccording to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the wars against Iran have prevented an imminent threat of arming Tehran with nuclear weapons. “We saved the state of Israel from the threat of nuclear annihilation,” said Netanyahu. Before the war in June last year, Iran had “galloped” towards nuclear armament. Without the massive attacks together with […]
Continue ReadingJune 17, 2026, 1:56 p.mJune 17, 2026, 1:56 p.m Only around four months after taking office, the new Louvre director Christophe Leribault paints a worrying picture of the state of the world-famous museum in Paris: The Louvre is “at the end of its tether” and faces a huge need for investment, he told a commission […]
Continue ReadingAlbania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama.Image: keystone June 17, 2026, 04:41June 17, 2026, 04:41 Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama believes the protests in his country against a planned luxury holiday resort in a protected area of the Adriatic coast are misguided. The demonstrators were based on false information, said the head of government of the German […]
Continue ReadingJune 16, 2026, 5:41 p.mJune 16, 2026, 5:56 p.m The British Ministry of Defense is investigating, according to reports BBC Reports that a Russian warship fired warning shots near a British-registered yacht in the English Channel. Other British media also reported on it on Tuesday. The British-registered yacht is said to have reported to the […]
Continue ReadingJune 16, 2026, 5:41 p.mJune 16, 2026, 8:21 p.m The British Ministry of Defense is investigating, according to reports BBC Reports that a Russian warship fired warning shots near a British-registered yacht in the English Channel. Other British media also reported on it on Tuesday. The British-registered yacht is said to have reported to the […]
Continue ReadingJune 16, 2026, 4:46 p.mJune 16, 2026, 4:46 p.m French authorities, with the support of Europol and the Federal Office of Police, have dismantled a Europe-wide arms smuggling ring. Ten suspects were arrested in southern France and assets worth over 1.2 million euros (around 1.1 million francs) were confiscated. The coordinated actions took place between […]
Continue ReadingJune 16, 2026, 3:55 p.mJune 16, 2026, 3:55 p.m Just a few days after the record IPO, the space and AI company SpaceX officially sealed the takeover of the AI specialist Cursor. The deal values the AI programming startup at $60 billion, according to a recent statement. The company SpaceX went public last week.Image: keystone […]
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