International

Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 07:20 UTC
Conflicting accounts over whether Spanish intelligence warned of mass entry into Ceuta

Spanish intelligence services concluded that Morocco did not plan last Thursday's mass entry of people into Ceuta, although it allowed the crossings and drew political benefit from the international attention, according to sources cited by El País. Other reporting contradicts that account on a key point: whether the government was warned in advance.
Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 00:30 UTC
Why Europe still buys Siberian larch? Properties, supply overview

Russia holds roughly a fifth of the world's forest area, and for two decades one species from that vast resource dominated Europe's timber facades: Siberian larch. Dense, cheap for what it offered, and shipped west in enormous volumes, it became the default cladding board from Norway to the Netherlands. Then, in 2022, the trade stopped almost overnight — and the European market has been improvising ever since.
Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 00:21 UTC
Prediction Markets Force US Courts to Decide Who Regulates a Bet

The question now before several United States appellate courts is not whether Americans may wager on sporting events. It is which government gets to say so.
Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:43 UTC
Two crew killed as firefighting helicopters collide in midair in Greece

Two crew members were killed on Sunday when two helicopters battling a wildfire collided in midair in the Psatha area, on the boundary between Attica and Boeotia northwest of Athens, the Hellenic Fire Service said.
Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:11 UTC
Bachelet places fourth in first Security Council straw poll ahead of Uruguay debate

Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet placed fourth in the Security Council's first informal poll on the candidates seeking to succeed António Guterres at the head of the United Nations, held behind closed doors in New York on Thursday.
Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:00 UTC
Trump halts strikes on Iran as Tehran denies any deal exists

US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he was suspending further strikes on Iran, saying the broad terms of an understanding had been agreed, an account Iranian authorities rejected hours later.
Friday, July 31st 2026 - 22:05 UTC
Three confederations reject selling part of the World Cup to private funds; Conmebol asks for explanations

The South American Football Confederation asked FIFA on Friday for additional information and clarification on the FIFA Forward Enterprise project, without coming out for or against it, a day after the confederations of Europe and of North and Central America and the Caribbean rejected the plan.
Friday, July 31st 2026 - 18:29 UTC
Italy and France tighten borders with Spain after 50,000 enter Ceuta

Italy ordered the reintroduction of border checks at its ports and airports with Spain on Friday, and France announced it would increase fivefold the officers deployed at its land border from Saturday, after tens of thousands of people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta irregularly from Morocco.
Friday, July 31st 2026 - 09:39 UTC
Fernández de Kirchner asks UN to suspend the ban keeping her off the ballot

The defense team of former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has filed an individual communication with the United Nations Human Rights Committee seeking suspension of the lifetime ban on holding public office imposed on her by the Argentine courts, her lawyers announced on Wednesday in Buenos Aires.
Friday, July 31st 2026 - 08:02 UTC
Stability alone does not buy a house: Georgieva's message in Montevideo

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva praised Uruguay's macroeconomic and institutional strength on Thursday but urged authorities to take greater risks to turn that stability into growth.