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Made-in-China appliances chill Europe’s heatwave

  GUANGZHOU | Xinhua | For Austrian resident Denis Yurchak, the search for an air conditioner to survive this year’s scorching summer felt like embarking on an adventure. Since late June, a relentless heatwave has grilled Europe, shattering numerous temperature records. After spending two days looking for a portable air conditioner …

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Over 1,300 excess deaths linked to Europe heatwave: WHO

GENEVA | Xinhua | More than 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded across Europe since June 21 linked to high temperatures, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media platform X on Sunday. “Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, …

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The EU needs new security partners

COMMENT | NICU POPESCU & FREDRIK WESSLAU |  For decades, much of Europe viewed military engagement through the lens of NATO or the European Union, since these structures have long shaped how Europeans thought about conflict, deterrence, and security. But the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed …

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Where have all the U.S’ allies gone?

The multilateral system that Donald Trump has dismantled was not, as he believes, a trap laid by weaker states to fleece a credulous superpower   COMMENT | STEPHEN HOLMES | After declaring Iran’s military “gone”, US President Donald Trump appealed to Britain, France, Japan, and South Korea – as well as …

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GLOBAL REACTION: Readiness to confront Iran, settlement proposals

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | The involvement of European forces in combat operations against Iran could lead to a world war, Armando Mema, a member of the Finnish national-conservative party “Freedom Alliance,” wrote on social network X. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on the international community to condemn the US …

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Why is Africa underdeveloped?

  Examining the disparate evolution of human history across the world  COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | I am a citizen of a Third World country. I live in the Global South. I hope that explains all about my interest in the subject of development, or, to be more exact, the …

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Europe must make AI firms pay for training data

  COMMENT | ANYA SCHIFFRIN  & ROBERTA CARLINI |  Media outlets worldwide are dying. On top of a persistent lack of funding, they must now contend with AI summaries and chatbots, which are siphoning away audiences. A recent study found that in 2025, online traffic to news sites fell by one-third. This problem …

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