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Liverpool and Ronaldo lead tributes to Jota

Liverpool say they are "devastated" by the "unimaginable loss" of their Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, who has died in a car crash.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe favicon BBC Europe

Every Dutch person has ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood

Survey by Dutch institute finds widespread so-called PFAS in blood.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

On the Front Lines: How Campus Organizing Can Inform Movements Today

Students have long played important roles in social movements. Universities have once again proven to be movement testing grounds.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Iran charges imprisoned French nationals Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris with spying for Israel

The charges carry the death penalty. However, French diplomatic sources have stated that to their knowledge no sentence against the couple has been delivered as of yet.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

'We will miss you so much': World mourns Portugal star Diogo Jota's tragic death

The world of sport has come together to mourn the Portuguese winger's tragic death on Thursday in a car crash in Spain. His brother, Andre Silva, was also killed.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Russian drone strikes hit Ukrainian cities, injuring children in Odesa

At least five people, including two children, were injured after a Russian drone strike hit a residential building in Odesa, southern Ukraine, early Thursday morning.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Africa: Trump Invites Five African Leaders To Summit In Washington

[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, aimed at strengthening U.S.-Africa relations through targeted economic and security partnerships.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Seeking the Willing: A Friendship Across Political Lines

Two friends discuss how their relationship traverses different political ideologies. What can this insight teach us?

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Deputy commander of Russian Navy killed in Ukrainian strike in Kursk

Russian officials confirmed on Thursday that the deputy commander of the Russian Navy, Major General Mikhail Gudkov, has been killed in a Ukrainian strike in Russia's Kursk region.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Grattan on Friday: how two once hot-button issues this week barely sparked media and political interest

Two vexed issues – how Australia manages immigration detainees with criminal records, and balancing free speech vs hate speech – once dominated news headlines. Not anymore.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Africa: 'Journalism is Not a Crime' - Courts Weaponised Against African Journalists

[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- A disturbing pattern is emerging across Africa where courts are being weaponised to silence journalists, with two high-profile cases this week highlighting how the judicial system is being used to punish reporters for simply doing their jobs.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Crete wildfires: Is it safe to travel to the Greek island and what are my rights if I cancel a trip?

Wildfires have burned through forest and farmland in Crete’s Ierapetra area on the island’s southern coast.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

IMEC: Can the ambitious trade corridor from India to Europe succeed?

Here are the threats, challenges, and opportunities for the ambitious India–EU connectivity plan, which for now remains only on paper.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Farmers Are Finally Getting Critical USDA Web Pages Back

The USDA pulled critical web pages, leaving farmers in the dark. But a swift lawsuit, led by farming and environmental nonprofits, is getting that information back online.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Latest news bulletin | July 3rd – Midday

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Large Public Libraries Give Young Adults Across U.S. Access to Banned Books

“It’s our entire book collection,” said Amy Mikel of Brooklyn Public Library’s national e-lending program for young readers, Books UnBanned. “Half a ...

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: EdSurge favicon EdSurge

EU Should Act Against El Salvador’s Dismantling of Democracy

Click to expand Image People arrested by police wait in zip tie handcuffs in the back of a truck to be transferred to a prison at the Police Delegation of San Bartolo in Soyapango, El Salvador, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. AP Photo/Salvador Melendez In June, the European Union, for the first time, raised concerns about El Salvador’s deteriorating situation at the UN Human Rights Council. The European Parliament then held a...

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Inside Iran’s war economy

Airstrikes and sanctions leave the country poor. They do little to halt its nuclear development

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Vanguard will soon crush fees for even more investors

Pity the firm’s rivals

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Rome zoo cools animals with icy treats as heatwave grips Italy

With temperatures soaring across Italy, staff at Rome’s zoo are handing out ice-filled treats to help animals beat the heat.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Vote of confidence: How the European Parliament can finish von der Leyen's Commission

Two-thirds of the votes cast are required to force the President and the Commissioners to resign, which has happened only once in EU's history

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Europe's top CEOs call for Commission to slow down on AI Act 

The call adds to ongoing concerns about the short timeframe in which companies will have to comply with a set of voluntary rules on general-purpose AI.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Liverpool soccer player Diogo Jota, his brother killed in car accident

Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames, police said Thursday.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Spain overtakes Japan in GDP per capita - what is behind the numbers?

Spain’s economy is thriving, driven by a global boost in services, mainly tourism, overtaking the sluggish performance of the Japanese economy in the last decade.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

How to strike a trade deal with Donald Trump

Vietnam is the latest country to secure concessions

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Wealthy Russian tourists back in EU despite Ukraine war

Wealthy Russian tourists are flocking back to Italy, France, and Spain — despite the Ukraine war and EU allies' security fears.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: EU Observer favicon EU Observer

How Wafcon 2024 will be 'a dream' for underdogs Botswana

Botswana's Keitumetse Dithebe says the lowest-ranked side at Wafcon 2024 carry belief after reaching the last eight on their debut.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

Raw milk and wild birds: How the bird flu strain raising alarm in the US could enter Europe

The food safety agency analysed all the possible ways the US bird flu strain could make its way into Europe.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Türkiye: Amicus Brief in Coal Plant Expansion Case

Click to expand Image Afşin-Elbistan Coal Power Plant A, Kahramanmaraş province, southeast Türkiye, May 2024. 2024 Human Rights Watch. (Istanbul, July 3, 2025) – Türkiye’s administrative court in the province of Kahramanmaraş should scrutinize whether the environmental impact assessment used to greenlight a coal power plant expansion there, adequately determined the harmful impact on environmental and health rights,...

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Violating California Residents’ Right to Water

MOSS LANDING, Calif.—Vernon Trindade learned the water from the well he was digging wasn’t safe to drink around 1985 when he and his wife were building a live-work space with enough room for a wood shop, two painters’ studios and his nine-foot canvases. Trindade, a master woodworker and abstract painter with shoulder-length gray hair and […]

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

How many serious incidents are happening in Australian childcare centres? We don’t really know

States and territories collect different kinds of information about child safety. So it is hard to know what is going on in childcare centres.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

In Florida’s Fragile Everglades, Trump Praises ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

President Donald Trump landed this week on an airstrip in the Florida Everglades for a visit to a swiftly assembled detention facility that federal and state officials say will house 3,000 undocumented migrants, as the president aims to fulfill his plans for mass deportations. Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” for its location within a swampy thicket of […]

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

Zohran Mamdani Made Addressing Climate Change Central to His Affordability Plan for New York

On June 24, the day of the New York City primary, Central Park hit its highest temperature for the day—99 degrees—since 2012. That morning, the city’s emergency notification system, NotifyNYC, alerted residents that they should conserve power, implying that there was a risk of blackouts. By the evening, Con Edison, the city’s main electricity provider, […]

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

Nigeria: Top Politicians Defect in Major Nigerian Party Shake-Up

[Vanguard] Abuja -- Coalition leaders, including former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Labour Party in 2023 election, Peter Obi, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and ex-Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday took over control of African Democratic Party, ADC, as the platform to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Tech firms in Central and Eastern Europe seek to catch up with the West

The combined market capitalisation of the 100 largest tech companies in Central and Eastern Europe amounts to nearly $117 billion, according to the "Digital Champions CEE 2025" report, prepared by the Digital Poland Foundation.

Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews