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Gabriel Wessman, director of Sweden’s Rosersberg Prison, stands in a cell being rebuilt to house teenage offenders. Photo: Reuters
Nordic nations

Sweden prepares prisons for 13-year-old gang killers

Gangs use social media to recruit teenagers, and in some cases children as young as 11, to commit murders and bombings across the Nordics.

Ukraine war

Major Russian air attack on Ukrainian cities kills at least 18, wounds dozens

Nordic nations

Denmark’s prime minister secures third term after marathon talks

China-EU relations

China’s SAIC plans to build first EU car plant in Spain’s Galicia

Galicia’s leader Alfonso Rueda said his administration ‌had given the project an initial investment envisaged at around US$232 million.

Alfonso Rueda, president of the regional government of Galicia. Photo: EPA
Alfonso Rueda, president of the regional government of Galicia. Photo: EPA
Music

US rapper Travis Scott panned in Turkey for 20-minute performance

Fans demand refunds for the heavily delayed set that the hip-hop star later claimed was just a ‘party’ for a friend.

Crime

Life sentence for UK Sikh man who falsely claimed his dying victim racially abused him

Court sentences Vickrum Digwa to 21-year minimum for the murder of Henry Nowak, whose handcuffing by police sparked a fierce backlash.

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Britain

6 stabbed in hours after Arsenal Premier League victory parade

Most of the victims were not seriously hurt, but a man was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition, and has since stabilised.

Arsenal fans celebrate as they wait for the buses to pass by carrying the team during a parade for winning the English Premier League title, in London on Sunday. Photo: AP
Arsenal fans celebrate as they wait for the buses to pass by carrying the team during a parade for winning the English Premier League title, in London on Sunday. Photo: AP
Britain

UK publishes new Mandelson files, raising heat on PM Starmer

Documents show vetting of Mandelson before his appointment as UK envoy to the US had warned of ‘reputational risks’ over his ties to Epstein.

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Art

French museum reports theft of banana from multimillion-dollar artwork

Pompidou-Metz museum contacts police after a guard notices Maurizio Cattelan’s iconic duct-taped centrepiece has vanished.

Italy

Italy bans Kanye West concert over security concerns

Authorities scrap festival performance following pressure from local Jewish groups over rapper’s controversial history.

Kanye West after arriving at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in 2025. Photo: AFP
France

French police arrest 780 after violent Paris Saint-Germain celebrations

Authorities said that planned celebrations for the team’s win on Sunday afternoon at the Champ de Mars, near the Eiffel Tower, would go ahead as scheduled.

French police detain a PSG supporter during celebrations following their team’s win in the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Arsenal FC, on the Champs-Élysées Avenue in Paris on Saturday. Photo: AFP
French police detain a PSG supporter during celebrations following their team’s win in the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Arsenal FC, on the Champs-Élysées Avenue in Paris on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Conservation

Dead humpback whale Timmy brought ashore on Danish island

The carcass is due to be examined on the beach in the coming week.

China-EU relations

Brussels agrees on tougher China trade policy, as Beijing vows retaliation

Trade chief details why bloc needs to take stronger steps to defend itself from what is described as a new ‘China shock’ to its industries.

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European Union

EU’s 6 biggest economies agree on capital markets supervision

It is part ‌of a bid to boost EU’s competitiveness as it struggles with weak growth and fierce competition from the US and China.

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European Union flags flap in the wind outside EU headquarters in Brussels. The ⁠other 21 EU member states still need to agree to the proposals. Photo: AP
China-EU relations

The era when Europe viewed China as a partner is over, Brussels insider warns

A new era of fractious EU-China trade relations is here to stay, as Brussels’ view of Beijing has fundamentally changed, lobbyist says.

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Trade relations between China and the European Union have become more fractious recent months. Photo: Shutterstock
Trade relations between China and the European Union have become more fractious recent months. Photo: Shutterstock
Ukraine war

Nato and Romania accuse Russia after drone hits block of flats

Drone strikes a 10-storey building in Galati, causing an explosion and civilian injuries in an apparent spillover of the Ukraine conflict.

Islamic State

Man jailed for 15 years over foiled Taylor Swift concert attack plot in Austria

Austrian court convicts 21-year-old over planned 2024 bombing that forced the cancellation of concerts.

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Italy

Milan restores bull mosaic’s bits worn down by an unusual tradition

Craftsman rebuilds animal’s cratered anatomy after visitors wear down the 19th century floor with their heels.

Restorer Gianluca Galli works on the mosaic of the bull. Photo: AFP
Restorer Gianluca Galli works on the mosaic of the bull. Photo: AFP
Switzerland

3 wounded in blade attack at Swiss railway station

The suspect – a 31-year-old Swiss-Turkish man – has been arrested. The attack is being treated as a terrorist act , a security official said.

Nato

Germany, Netherlands to set up Nato command centre in Baltics

The centre, known as 1GNC, is a command centre that can control up to 50,000 troops.

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France

France becomes first EU country to reimburse anti-obesity drugs

The move is estimated to cost the state around €100 million (US$116 million) annually at full roll-out.

A photo of Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drug Ozempic in Paris. Photo: AFP
China-EU relations

Europe plans tougher response to China Shock 2.0

EU officials will discuss new trade protection measures at a meeting on Friday as the continent’s companies contend with a deluge of Chinese imports.

Cars made by Chinese automaker BYD on display at a show in Munich, Germany. Photo: Xinhua
Cars made by Chinese automaker BYD on display at a show in Munich, Germany. Photo: Xinhua
Nordic nations

Norway to join France’s nuclear umbrella, in move away from US reliance

European countries are seeking to strengthen their defence capabilities ⁠amid doubts about US commitments and tensions with Russia.

Spain

Spanish police search headquarters of PM Sanchez’s ruling party

The raid is another blow to the prime minister’s party, whose Socialists have been hammered by a series of corruption scandals.

China-EU relations

‘Champion’ of stability: why EU firms in China are finally feeling less gloomy

European firms’ confidence in China is starting to rebound for the first time in years, as Beijing offers stability amid global turbulence, survey finds.

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A paramilitary police officer crosses a street near Beijing’s central business district. Photo: Reuters
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