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Spain beat France 2-1 to reach the final of Euro 2024 as 16-year-old Lamine Yamal struck a wonder goal to become the youngest ever to score in a UEFA Euro tournament. Didier Deschamps’ side took an early lead in Munich, picking up their first goal from open play, as captain Kylian Mbappe’s cross was headed in by Randal Kolo Muani at the back post. However, favorites Spain struck back with Yamal, who cut inside before curling a swerving shot into the net off the left post. And, the comeback was complete four minutes later as Dani Olmo drove into the box…

The European Union has come under criticism for continuing to engage in human rights dialogues with authoritarian governments in Southeast Asia.  Several campaign groups are calling on Brussels to stop the “box-ticking” talks with Vietnam’s Communist government, the latest round of which took place last week. Officials from the European Commission and European Parliament told DW that, though they are concerned about the deterioration of human rights in Vietnam, they believe the formal dialogues remain an important avenue for improving the situation. The European Union and Vietnam have engaged in human rights discussions since the 1990s and have held at…

The idea of China’s outstripping the United States to become the world’s largest economy has been a fixation for policymakers and economists for decades. What will happen, they argue, when the US — one of the most dynamic, productive economies — is usurped by an authoritarian regime with a three-quarters-of-a-billion-strong workforce? Predictions of when exactly China would steal the US’s crown have come thick and fast ever since the 2008/9 financial crisis, which hampered growth in the United States and Europe for many years. Before what became known as the Great Recession, China saw double-digit annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth for at least five years.…

Germany will phase out the use of Chinese components from telecom giants Huawei and ZTE in its 5G networks in the next few years because of security concerns, the Interior Ministry announced on Thursday. Components from the Chinese giants will be barred from 5G core networks by the end of 2026, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said. “Critical management systems” from Huawei and ZTE in 5G access will be replaced by the end of 2029. What did Germany say? The 5G networks are part of Germany’s “critical infrastructure” and are key to the functioning of various sectors, ranging from health to…

A Japanese clothing brand is generating online buzz for its T-shirts emblazoned with the names of random Scottish places.Many people across the world wear slogan tops featuring iconic place names like New York and Los Angeles and world-famous universities like Harvard and Yale. But now local authorities in Scotland including Clackmannanshire, North Lanarkshire, Falkirk and West Lothian feature in a range being sold by Tokyo-based retailer Shoo-La-Rue.The Cutie Blonde collection has captured the attention of social media users due to one of the Falkirk designs wrongly suggesting the town is in West Lothian. Image: Pic: Shoo-La-Rue Image: Pic: Shoo-La-Rue The…

Stability has recently been in short supply in Germany’s women’s national team. Through coaching confusion, post-mortems of their World Cup group stage exit in 2023 and the international retirements of stalwarts Svenja Huth and Melanie Leupolz, Alexandra Popp has been one of very few constants. Although the Germany captain, 33, will miss Friday’s Euro 2025 qualifier against Iceland due to a minor foot ailment, she is poised to lead a new-look Germany squad hoping to recapture Olympic gold in Paris. The Wolfsburg striker is the lone player left from Germany’s gold medal triumph at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. But with so much instability, Popp can’t stand alone. With…

Just three days after a crowd crush disaster at a religious event in northern Uttar Pradesh state killed over 120 people, Rahul Gandhi, the newly appointed leader of the opposition in the lower house of India’s parliament, visited the site to meet with family members of those killed. “It is a matter of grief that so many families have suffered, so many have lost their lives,” Gandhi told reporters after meeting with the families. “I don’t want to speak through a political prism, but there have been some lapses on the part of the administration. There have been mistakes, which should…

The idea of China outstripping the United States to become the world’s largest economy has been a fixation for policymakers and economists for decades. What will happen, they argue, when the US — one of the most dynamic, productive economies — is usurped by an authoritarian regime with a three-quarter-of-a-billion-strong workforce? Predictions of when exactly China would steal the US crown have come thick and fast ever since the 2008/9 financial crisis, which hampered growth in the US and Europe for many years. Before what became known as the Great Recession, China saw double-digit annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth for at least five years. In…

A Moscow court on Thursday upheld the jail sentence of Oleg Orlov, head of the Nobel-prize-winning human rights organization Memorial. Orlov has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for “discrediting” the Russian army. Orlov said he stood by his denunciation of “mass repression” in Russia. The 71-year-old was found guilty in February after penning an article saying the country had descended into fascism under President Vladimir Putin.Russian court sentences activist to prisonTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ‘No remorse’ “I have no remorse or regrets. I…

The spire of France’s famous Rouen cathedral in Normandy is on fire.Images posted on social media showed flames spewing from a scaffolding canopy near the top of the building – which is renowned due to its three towers spanning hundreds of years of architecture. The gothic cathedral is widely known as it was painted multiple times by French impressionist painter Claude Monet in the 19th century.”A fire has started on the spire of Rouen Cathedral. Origin unknown at this stage. All public resources are mobilised,” wrote the city’s mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol on X.The blaze started in a section where building…