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Good morning. It’s Maïade La Baume and Angela Skujins, joining forces for the final newsletter of the week. ​While you were sleeping, US president Donald Trump was back to using his favourite tool — threats. After speaking with Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday evening, Trump said the…

Spain has granted permission for a luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and anchored off the coast of Cape Verde to sail to the Canary Islands.Spain’s Ministry of Health said in a statement late on Tuesday that the World Health Organization (WHO) had explained that Cape Verde…

Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.A man charged with manslaughter for selling a gun to a teen who killed two Edmonton police officers is…

Things are looking bad for Berlin: the German capital seems to be becoming less and less interesting for tourists. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Visitor numbers rose for years, peaking in the record year of 2019, when Berlin recorded 34.1 million overnight stays. But a few years later, the trend seems to be…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 16:12 GMT+2•Updated 16:31 The European Commission has stepped up its coordination with member states to respond to the hantavirus outbreak on board MV Hondius, a Dutch luxury cruise sailing to Spain, while insisting the risks to the general population remain “low”. A meeting of the so-called…

The Sudanese government has accused Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates of being behind recent drone attacks, including at Khartoum airport.Military spokesperson Brigadier General Asim Awad Abdelwahab told a news conference on Tuesday that Sudan’s government, which has recalled its ambassador from Ethiopia, had obtained evidence of four drone attacks…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 16:12 GMT+2•Updated 16:31 The European Commission has stepped up its coordination with member states to respond to the hantavirus outbreak on board MV Hondius, a Dutch luxury cruise sailing to Spain, while insisting the risks to the general population remain “low”. A meeting of the so-called…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amid raucous protests Thursday, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.The…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 17:14 GMT+2 Sweden said on Thursday that it planned to introduce electronic bracelets to monitor children at risk of being recruited by criminal gangs, the government’s latest measure aimed at cracking down on deadly gang violence. Authorities would be able to assign the bracelets to children…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 16:12 GMT+2•Updated 16:31 The European Commission has stepped up its coordination with member states to respond to the hantavirus outbreak on board MV Hondius, a Dutch luxury cruise sailing to Spain, while insisting the risks to the general population remain “low”. A meeting of the so-called…

Reporters Without Borders says investigation found Atiana Serge Oulon held at Ouagadougou villa, contradicting authorities’ account.Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026A media rights group has accused Burkina Faso’s military authorities of arbitrarily detaining and mistreating a prominent investigative journalist who has been missing for nearly two years.In a report…

Emergency crews have evacuated three people from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, the United Nations’ health agency says, as experts confirm it to be a rare strain that can be transmitted between humans.Two sick crew members and one other person who had been in contact with…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 16:12 GMT+2•Updated 16:31 The European Commission has stepped up its coordination with member states to respond to the hantavirus outbreak on board MV Hondius, a Dutch luxury cruise sailing to Spain, while insisting the risks to the general population remain “low”. A meeting of the so-called…

False claims are spreading on social media that the European Council has established a UK Office of Strategic Alignment in Brussels to bring the country back into the EU. One post says the office has been set up in the “main EU building” and implies that Brexit will soon be…

The University of Michigan more than doubled the financial aid it awarded this year to students through its tuition-free Go Blue Guarantee — one year after the university shut down its multimillion-dollar DEI initiative, officials say.As a result, the Go Blue Guarantee awarded an estimated $55.97 million to 6,387 students…