France’s Gironde department faces a reforestation and rebuilding bill that could top 200 million euros after wildfires scorched more than 20,000 hectares this summer. But the financial reckoning is only part of the challenge.
World champion Jaismine Lamboria became the Indian Army’s first woman boxer to win a world title — and now the 25-year-old is chasing Commonwealth gold in Glasgow. Here’s how she got here and what she’s building toward.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz unveiled a cabinet reshuffle Wednesday after Jens Spahn’s surprise resignation shook the CDU coalition. The shake-up raises fresh questions about unity within Germany’s governing bloc.
Love Island has quietly become one of Britain’s most revealing windows into how attitudes around dating, gender and emotional openness are shifting. From women making the first move to men who cry on camera without shame, the villa reflects a culture in genuine transition.
Giorgia Meloni’s government is pushing reforms that critics say threaten Italy’s courts, media, and democratic norms. With elections approaching, the pressure is only intensifying.
Trump warned the EU will face a ‘very big price’ after regulators fined Google billions in a fresh antitrust enforcement action. The threat adds a dangerous new layer to already tense U.S.-EU trade relations.
At least 12 Indonesian babies were trafficked to Singapore in a scheme involving falsified documents and cash payments to vulnerable mothers. Their fate now hangs in a legal and diplomatic limbo that neither country has dealt with before.
President Trump has issued a stark warning to Iran and Yemen’s Houthi rebels after attacks on Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea sent crude prices surging past $100 a barrel. The escalation has raised urgent fears of a wider regional conflict with serious consequences for the global economy.
The Belgian shepherd Malinois has become the dominant working dog for police and military units worldwide, prized for its speed and relentless drive. But surging demand is straining training programs and raising welfare questions about what happens when these dogs retire.
A new Bruegel analysis warns the EU is losing ground in the global race for critical raw materials, with 98% of rare earth imports still coming from China. The bloc’s fragmented approach is undermining its own bargaining power at the worst possible moment.
