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Germany eye return to women's football summit at Euro 2025
RTL Today
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Ambitious and hungry, Germany's women head into Euro 2025 in Switzerland feeling they are on the cusp of another era of dominance. By far the most successful side in the history of the competition, eight-time winners Germany have not lifted the...
Europe’s Defense Reality Check: The Mathematics of Military Inadequacy
The Gateway Pundit
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July 1, 2025
Military personnel from European countries with the EU flag. Photo from open sources Following President Trump’s successful push for NATO allies to commit to spending 5% of GDP on defense by 2035, Europe now faces the potentially insurmountable...
European Banks’ First-Half Stock Gains Are Biggest This Century
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- European bank stocks just completed their strongest first-half since 1997, and in doing so extended what has been a golden run for the sector. Most Read from Bloomberg The Stoxx 600 Banks Index rose 29% in the six months through...
Germany signs for Joint Strike Missiles for F-35As
Janes
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An artist's impression of JSMs being launched from an F-35A. Germany has now acquired the Norwegian missile to equip its future fleet of ‘stealth' fighters. (Kongsberg) Germany has ordered the Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) Joint Strike...
Britain's High Court allows UK to keep exporting F-35 jet parts to Israel
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 1, 2025
The court rules that the decision on whether the exports were legal is a matter for the government, not the court [File: Will Oliver/EPA] London, July 1 (RHC)-- Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government’s decision to allow the export of...
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History Today: When India rolled out GST and simplified the tax structure
Firstpost
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July 1, 2025
The Government of India implemented the Goods and Services Tax, popularly known as GST, from July 1, 2017. With this comprehensive tax, the government aimed to introduce a unified tax structure. On this day in 1997, Hong Kong was officially handed...
ART! Every Quilt Tells a Story – at the University of Rhode Island
RI News Today - Rhode Island
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July 1, 2025
Photo ID: “Every Quilt Tells a Story” is now on exhibit inside Quinn Hall at the University of Rhode Island. (URI photo/Nicholas Phillips) Down a quiet, first-floor corridor in Quinn Hall at the University of Rhode Island lies a singular exhibit....
EU Council Turning Supply Chain Law into Window Dressing
Human Rights Watch
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July 1, 2025
(Brussels) – European Union member states led by France and Germany are walking back on their commitment to protect human rights and the environment in global supply chains, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 23, 2025, member states agreed on...
European beauty braces for “regulatory tsunami,” says Cosmetics Europe
Premium Beauty News
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This year across Europe, the beauty industry must brace for regulatory change. The European Commission is currently evaluating the existing framework of the EU Cosmetic Products Regulation [1] and will communicate findings at the end of 2026,...
Spain Makes Booking Scrap 4,000 Tourist Rental Ads
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) AFP Madrid: Online hotel booking giant Booking on Friday said it had taken down thousands of advertisements in Spain in the leftist government's latest crackdown on illegal short-term tourist rentals. A tourism boom has...
Crumbling ‘House of Lars’ threatens Germany‘s coalition stability
EurActiv
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July 1, 2025
BERLIN – The red bricks in the foundation of Germany’s governing coalition are showing cracks. The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), Chancellor Friedrich Merz's junior coalition partner, have emerged ailing and damaged after a fractious party...
Musical Musings | The Godfather of Ska: Ernest Ranglin
Shepparton News
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Ranglin’s influence can be felt in the explosion of the late Seventies English punk and ska music through bands such as The Specials and The Clash, and even beyond to Nineties acts such as No Doubt. He recently launched a historic Kickstarter...
Man Arrested for Drug Trafficking using postal services from Germany
Sanatan Prabhat
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July 1, 2025
Suspected use of Bitcoin for purchasing narcotics Mumbai – The Customs officers on Friday arrested a 28-year-old Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai resident for allegedly importing a consignment containing MDMA drugs from Germany. According to the Customs...
Art Business Risk, Protection, and Legal Survival: How Artists Actually Stay in the Game – MoMAA
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
Copyright, Intellectual Property, and the War for Ownership The Copyright Delusion—Why Most Artists Give Away Their Power Most artists operate under the dangerous assumption that copyright just “protects itself” and that registration is for big...
England’s National Religion Is a Death Cult
The Catholic Thing
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July 1, 2025
For those not living in these Isles, it’s very difficult to imagine what it’s like here. Depression, bordering on despair, is almost palpable and crops up everywhere. Recently, I got chatting to a stranger in a pub, and mentioned that I was soon...
Denmark takes over EU presidency in stormy times. Here's what to expect
Euronews
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Denmark has officially taken over the six-month rotating presidency of the EU Council, with two overarching priorities: security and competitiveness. The task is usually a tough challenge, but it will be more formidable as a result of the extreme...
Drone Wall To Defend Europe? Russia’s Neighbors Looks To Thwart Potential Invasion By Boosting Its Eastern Flank
The Eurasian Times
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July 1, 2025
An outmanned and outgunned Ukraine has continued to put up resistance against Russia for over three years now, based on continuous innovation in drone technology. Impressed by the drone tech, European countries are facing a hard choice – whether...
Development financing meeting gets under way in Spain
The Gleaner
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July 1, 2025
Leaders of many of the world’s nations, but not the United States, gathered Monday in Spain to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor nations and try to drum up the trillions of dollars needed to close it. More than 70 world leaders and...
European security tops Denmark's EU presidency priorities
Banner Graphic - Indiana
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Pushing countries to keep vows to boost defence spending and bolstering Europe's "dangerous" security will top Denmark's agenda as it takes over the European Union's rotating presidency on Tuesday, according to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen....
You're Missing Out If You Don't Follow These 7 Scandinavian Interior Designers to Follow on Instagram
Livingetc
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July 1, 2025
We have a lot to thank Scandinavia for when it comes to interior design. Muuto, Gubi, IKEA — numerous famous brands have come out of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and it doesn't just stop at homewares, either. Some of the best interior designers...