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PoliticsOct 7The astonishing fall of a German spymasterEspionage, state secrets and foreign agents: the case engulfing former head of Germany’s intelligence reads like a spy thrillerIrish Times World
WorldOct 7Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta signs new contract with Premier League championsFollowing Arsenal's first Premier League win in 22 years, the London club has extended Mikel Arteta's contract to 2030.Al Jazeera [en]
PoliticsOct 7‘No more dumping, no more spying’: European Parliament hardens line on ChinaThe European Parliament voted for a significantly tougher China position on Wednesday, despite strong and long-standing lobbying from Beijing to tone down its official stance. The chamber backed stronger actions against Beijing, stating it is a “decisive enabler” of Russia, calling for a “continuous [European] naval presence and joint exercises” in and around the Taiwan Strait, and urging swift action to counter Beijing’s industrial policy, which it described as an “existential threat to the...South China Morning Post
PoliticsBreakingOct 7Germany: Ex-spy chief sent to pretrial detention on treason chargesDW News [en]
PoliticsOct 7IU opens the door for Podemos to integrate into Frente Amplio: "All transformative left in our country has a place"Formations that want to go together, in a coalition, have until October 16 to register it.El Mundo
ConflictBreakingOct 7French school riots deepen as experts point to far-left alliance fueling ‘broader confrontation’Fox News World
PoliticsOct 7Berlin and Paris: Diesel promise to Trump requires no new releaseDie Äußerungen deuten darauf hin, dass Europas Zusage, Treibstoff aus den Reserven bereitzustellen, weniger großzügig ausfällt als zunächst angenommen.Politico Europe
PoliticsOct 7A time of great anxiety and concern, but we will emerge stronger says GiorgettiRequest for EU to take reality into account and grant greater fiscal leeway justifiedANSA [en]
Sci & TechOct 7Why Google has to halt data center construction in FinlandGoogle has been ordered to halt construction work on two data centers in Finland due to environmental concerns.newsbytesapp · india
Sci & TechOct 7Finland orders pause on Google AI data centres over environmental concernsGoogle had called the data centres its biggest investment in Europe.EuroNews [en]
HealthOct 7WHO seeks clarity on second pneumonia case in Russia amid plague fearsPolitico Europe
HealthOct 7WHO presses Russia for details on plague institute worker's death, Kremlin turns on media - ReutersRussia says plague institute worker's death does not risk an epidemic ReutersReuters World
WorldOct 7A violin made in 1905 and stolen by the Nazis in 1940 reappeared in ParisPertenecía a un violinista que murió en el frente en 1917, con 21 años.Su familia lo escondió en un castillo y los nazis los robaron durante la ocupación de Francia en 1940.Clarín
PoliticsOct 7Russia glosses over Stalin-era repression in reinvented museumIn a Moscow museum that once housed evidence of Stalin-era repression, serene family scenes flickered on a screen as a narrator hailed the tranquillity of pre-World War II life in the Soviet Union. The museum – set up to commemorate the “genocide of the Soviet people” – has elbowed out the award-winning Gulag History Museum, a harrowing collection that had for years cast a light on the killings and imprisonment of millions under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. But since Russia launched its...South China Morning Post
ConflictOct 7Israel commemorates October 7 terror, also gatherings in the NetherlandsOp verschillende plekken in Israël zijn vandaag herdenkingen van de Hamas-aanval van 7 oktober 2023. Meerdere ceremonies begonnen vanochtend om 06.29 uur lokale tijd. Op dat tijdstip, vandaag drie jaar geleden, begonnen de terroristische aanvallen. In diverse steden en dorpen komen mensen vandaag samen om te herdenken. Israëlische media schrijven dat in sommige gemeenten vlaggen halfstok hangen. Vanochtend was er landelijk een minuut stilte en ook om 12.00 uur lokale tijd (11.00 uur Nederlandse tijd) gebeurde dat. Om 18.29 uur komen in Israël overlevenden en nabestaanden samen op de plek waar NOS Buitenland
WorldOct 7Arteta signs contract extension at Arsenal until 2030Arsenal have extended manager Mikel Arteta’s contract until June 2030, following the club’s successful 2025-26 campaign. The post Arteta signs contract extension at Arsenal until 2030 appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
PoliticsOct 7Journalist, left-wing politician Barbara Spinelli has diedWoman served as MEP from 2014 to 2019, helped found La RepubblicaANSA [en]
HealthOct 7What is pneumonic plague? Symptoms and how it spreadsThe death of a researcher following a laboratory accident in Russia has sparked concern. But how of much of a threat does it pose?The Telegraph
PoliticsOct 7Hungary set to lift veto on Ukraine's EU membership talksHungary dropped its veto on two clusters of Ukraine's EU accession talks on Wednesday. The next phase depends on Kyiv's parliament passing a minority-rights law.EuroNews [en]
PoliticsOct 7Germany: Did CDU lawmakers support the far-right AfD?Lawmakers of the center-right CDU may have voted for the far-right AfD candidate for parliamentary speaker in Saxony-Anhalt. Germany's Social Democrats warn of a "unique breach of taboos."DW News [en]
HealthOct 7The Italian village where women live to be 100 years oldEs un pequeño pueblo de poco más de 2000 habitantes en el corazón de Cerdeña.Allí, las mujeres tienen tres veces más probabilidades de alcanzar los 100 años que las que viven en el resto de Italia.Clarín
Sci & TechOct 7Juergen Boos: « In Frankfurt, no censorship or rules on AI »VU D’AILLEURS - Rémunérer les auteurs, signaler mais ne pas rejeter l’intelligence artificielle : telle est la ligne du directeur sortant du plus grand salon de l’édition au monde, qui juge «très étrange» l’exclusion de Thélyson Orélien du Goncourt. Et souligne le paradoxe qu’il y a à se servir de l’IA pour détecter l’IA.Le Figaro International
BusinessOct 7UBS says cigarette volumes fell in Spain and France in AugustUBS reports that the sales volumes of cigarettes in both Spain and France saw a decline in August. This indicates a decrease in tobacco consumption in these European countries.investing_us · united states of america
WorldOct 7Masi Matongo and Will Oakes sign one-year extensions for Sheffield EaglesSheffield Eagles continue their planning for next season by securing a couple of key playersthestar_co_uk · united kingdom