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ADVERTISEMENTGreece’s coastguard said on Friday that a search and rescue operation off the island of Lesbos has still not found any trace of a child reported missing after a dinghy carrying migrants sank, killing seven people.The search continued for a second day after survivors told authorities there had been a total of 31 people in the small rubber boat.A coastguard patrol boat came across the vessel, measuring about five metres in length, in the early hours of Thursday morning when it was already taking on water and most of its passengers had fallen into the sea, the coastguard said.Greek authorities…

ADVERTISEMENTPresident Donald Trump offered a rosy assessment after the stock market dropped sharply Thursday over his tariffs, saying, “I think it’s going very well”.“The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom,” he said, when asked about the market as he left the White House to fly to one of his Florida golf clubs.The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,600 points on Thursday as US stocks led a worldwide selloff after the Republican president’s announcement of tariffs against much of the world ignited a shock like none seen since…

ADVERTISEMENTThe EU and Uzbekistan will sign an enhanced partnership and cooperation agreement later this year, the European Council president has said.”I hope to welcome you to Brussels later this year to sign our enhanced partnership and cooperation agreement as a fruitful result of our talks during these days,” António Costa said at the opening of a trilateral meeting in Samarkand with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Euronews understands that the agreement’s text has been concluded, and it must now be translated and undergo a legal review. However, it could be signed as early…

ADVERTISEMENTGlobal financial markets plunged into turmoil after US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new tariffs on key trading partners, fuelling investor fears of a wave of retaliatory measures and a synchronised economic slowdown.Trump opted to apply levies calibrated to match half of the duties imposed by foreign governments on American goods. Yet, in a controversial twist, the White House also included indirect trade barriers in its calculations, such as VAT charges, product bans, subsidies, and alleged currency manipulation.Key US partners will witness a spike in their duties: China faces a 34% tariff, Japan 24%, and the European Union 20%. Canada…

ADVERTISEMENTAfter a vote during a fractious meeting of the European Parliament’s environment committee, the row over the funding of non-governmental organisations in the EU policy bubble is rolling on, with a statement from the EU executive provoking criticism that it was bending to pressure from the political right.The conservative European People’s Party (EPP) and allies further to the right lost by one vote on Monday evening a motion objecting to the EU executive’s decision on funding NGOs through the LIFE Programme for the period 2025 to 2027.In a subsequent statement, the Commission noted that funding for NGOs was “explicitly provided for…

ADVERTISEMENT”Europe, as a whole, has not been this strong and united for a very long time.”This is how Keir Starmer, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, has described the diplomatic push to assemble a “Coalition of the Willing” to safeguard a potential deal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, a task that took on sudden urgency after Donald Trump caught Europe off guard by unilaterally launching negotiations with Vladimir Putin.Since that 90-minute phone call on 12 February, the continent has been trying to reassert its standing in the fast-moving chains of events to ensure its voice is heard and…

Some citizens in Europe have created safe spaces in their homes while the EU has urged people across the bloc to prepare 72-hour survival kits. ADVERTISEMENTRussia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and rising geopolitical tensions have sparked an increase in interest in survivalism in Spain. The private construction of bunkers has risen by 200% since Moscow’s war started in early 2022, according to industry companies. This trend is spreading across Europe, with Germany, France, and the Baltic countries being the best prepared.Many families are looking for high-security shelters. Euronews gained access to one that can withstand nuclear radiation, featuring anti-radiation showers,…

Without directly condemning Apple’s data collection tool, the antitrust regulator has determined that the conditions surrounding its implementation amounted to an abuse of a dominant market position. The decision comes at a time of tension between the US and the EU over the treatment of Big Tech.

Video. At an annual chocolate festival in the medieval town of Óbidos, Portugal, lucky visitors got a taste of the viral Dubai chocolate craze, as pieces of a giant 80kg tablet were handed out to the crowd.

Russia launched 111 drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine, according to authorities. ADVERTISEMENTUkrainian authorities have reported that a wave of Russian overnight drone strikes from Saturday into Sunday has killed two people in the eastern city of Kharkiv and wounded 35 others.Russia launched a total of 111 drones and decoy drones over Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down 65 of the drones, while 35 went off radar likely due to electronic jamming.The two victims in Kharkiv, which has been subject to almost daily attacks, were a 67-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman, said Kharkiv’s regional governor,…