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  • 2d ago

    UEFA votes 55-0 to boycott all FIFA competitions over $20bn World Cup privatisation plan

    All 55 European member associations voted unanimously to withdraw from every FIFA tournament until Gianni Infantino abandons a proposal to sell a minority stake in World Cup commercial rights to private investors, with the first impact possible in October.

  • 4d ago

    FIFA's plan to sell minority stake in World Cup to private investors triggers UEFA boycott threat

    FIFA's proposal to create a new commercial entity and sell a minority stake to investors including Joshua Kushner has drawn a furious response from UEFA, which is convening an emergency meeting to discuss a potential boycott of future World Cups.

  • Jul 27

    Paléo Festival to run seven days for 50th edition in 2027, as 2026 edition hits 8 million total visitors

    The Swiss festival will run from 19 to 25 July 2027, its first seven-day edition since 2015, as the 2026 event sold out with 250,000 visitors and crossed the 8 million all-time attendance mark.

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Ceuta burns Brussels' patience

Ceuta strains Europe as Russia pounds Kyiv and Danube idles Hungary's reactor

Europe woke to border panic, heat alerts and a power squeeze, while war and political risk kept moving faster than institutions. The common thread is capacity: states can still react quickly, but their buffers look thin.

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  • Moscow café terrace explosion

    Kills at least 3 people at the Balzi Rossi restaurant during a private party, with Aerospace Forces commander Aleksandr Chaiko reportedly in attendance.

  • Russian missile strike on Black Sea cargo ship

    Confirmed that a drone violated Romanian airspace before being shot down in Ukraine, following the earlier detection of aerial targets near the border.

  • Indonesia ferry fire

    Rescuers search for 41 missing passengers after a ferry carrying 250 people caught fire near Madura, leaving five dead and over 200 rescued.

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Climate: from mitigation to adaptation

The crash of two firefighting helicopters in Greece and the multi-year low levels of major European rivers indicate an escalation of climate-related crises impacting emergency services and critical infrastructure across the continent.

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