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Good Morning, Germany! Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron are leading much of the global conversations this morning as the American president is considering a u-turn on pausing US military aid to Ukraine, and the French President’s televised speech last night regarding the crisis in Ukraine is being discussed by global publications. A little closer to home, Germany reports on upcoming healthcare strikes, the public backing for huge investment into infrastructure and defense, ongoing coalition discussions…

Good Morning, Poland! Throw open those curtains as a wave of spring-like weather is sweeping the country. It’ll start getting chilly this evening, however, so make the most of the warm and sunny day. In global news, politics continues to dominate the conversation as European leaders are set to meet in Paris. The French President delivered a speech yesterday calling for Europe to unite, and Donald Trump is considering a u-turn on the pausing of…

Buenos días, España! – or Good Morning, Spain – for the English readers. Spanish politics is front and centre of the local news today, a day after former PM Mariano Rajoy faced rigorous questioning over his government’s alleged corruption during his time in office.


In global news, the French president’s televised speech last night, Donald Trump’s potential U-turn on suspending arms to Ukraine and the pope’s health dominate the headlines. For Spanish news, several publications look at how Spain will be affected by the increase in defence spending. “Spain is the country that will pay the most for the shift in defence, with 8.8% of state revenues.”

A huge blast at Toyota city kills one as the roof was blown off. The explosion at Chuo Spring Co’s plant in Japan’s central city of Toyota, has killed one person and left two injured, officials said on Thursday. The plant where the blast took place produces auto parts and supplies to Toyota Motor. What do we know about the blast? A fire department official said the blast stemmed from a dust collector inside the Fujioka…

Good Morning, Poland! Politics is dominating the global conversations today, with US tariffs, Europe’s scramble to replace the US in supporting Ukraine and Trump’s address to Congress leading much of the news. But there’s some heartwarming news coming from Poland after American actor and director Jesse Einsenburg was granted Polish citizenship. It comes off the back of his recent film, which explores the journey of two Jewish American cousins reconnecting with their heritage in Poland.…

Good Morning, Germany! With much of the global news continuing to be dominated by the uncertainty in Europe, as the US pulls military aid to Ukraine, European leaders are looking at how to bolster European defence. Germany – Europe’s largest economy – is fresh off the back of a federal election, and the new Bundestag already have their first headache: creating a substantial financial package intended for defense. Read: World News Briefing Financial Package intentded…

US President Donald Trump is continuing to tighten the thumbscrews in his approach to war-battered Ukraine. Following the public blowout in the White House between Trump, US Vice President JD Vance, and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier in March, Trump has now stopped all US military aid to Ukraine with immediate effect. So far, there has been no official information on the scope or the duration of the suspension. However, it is likely to…

An aircraft crashes in Germany and a man has died after a small aircraft crashed in western Germany’s Sauerland region, according to German police said on Tuesday. Aircraft crashes in Germany The police statement said that the aircraft smashed into the garden of a residential building in the town of Plettenberg in the western state of North-Rhein Westphalia at around 4:40 p.m. local time (1540 UTC). The wreckage was lying between trees in the undergrowth. Based…

Good Morning, Poland! It’s a crisp, breezy and pleasant morning in Warsaw, with the sunshine peeking through the clouds. Politics is dominating Polish news this morning, with publications leading on the latest from the United States after Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico and the announcement that the US will pause military aid to Ukraine amid an ongoing spat between Trump and Zelenskyy. Much of Poland’s trending news reports are on the latest…

  Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX called off the eighth test flight of its Starship rocket on Monday, over an unspecified issue in the core chip of the spacecraft. SpaceX abandons Starship test flight at last minute “Too many question marks about this flight and then we were 20 bar low on ground spin start pressure,” the tech mogul wrote in a post on his social media platform X. “Best to destack, inspect both stages and…

US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a temporary suspension of US military aid to Ukraine. It comes just days after Trump clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House. Multiple news agencies cited an unnamed White House official as saying that the US was “pausing and reviewing” its aid to “ensure that it is contributing to a solution” to the war with Russia. “President Trump has been clear that he is focused on…

Good Morning! It’s a pleasant day weather-wise in Berlin, with the sun peeking through as Europe transitions from winter to spring. Politics continues to lead the German news as more elections are on the horizon, with the Green Party facing increasing pressure. Germany recently elected the CDU to lead the Bundestag in a snap federal election that saw the SPD fall from power. Much of the global news is dominated by the happenings across the…

North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday threatened with a series of provocations in response to the US deploying its aircraft carrier in South Korea. What is happening in South Korea? On Sunday, the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group arrived in South Korea’s port city of Busan for a scheduled visit. This is the latest such deployment aimed at displaying Washington’s firm support for South Korea…

Aid groups slam Israel’s block on Gaza aid as Israel stopped the entry of essential aid into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, following a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, drawing a strong rebuke from the United Nations, regional powers Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and humanitarian organisations. The move is in response to what Netanyahu’s office called “Hamas’ refusal” to accept an outline for the resumption of truce talks presented by US President Donald Trump’s…

When police escorted him to the office of the attorney general on Wednesday, the far-right Romanian populist Calin Georgescu did not look anything like the steely hero he likes to present himself as on social media. Five hours later, when Georgescu emerged, he flashed a triumphant smile before balancing on his crutches to show the same gesture that South African billionaire Elon Musk recently shocked the world with. First, he placed his right palm over…

Pope Francis suffered an “isolated breathing crisis” on Friday, the Vatican said in a statement. The development marks a setback in the 88-year-old pontiff’s two-week long battle against double pneumonia. “This afternoon … the Holy Father experienced an isolated bronchospasm crisis,” said the latest update about Francis’ condition. The pope also had “an episode of vomiting with aspiration and a sudden worsening of the respiratory condition.” He then received the help of “non-invasive mechanical ventilation.”…

The Israeli government agreed to adopt a proposal by US President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, to extend  the temporary ceasefire in Gaza through the month of Ramadan and the Jewish Passover festival.  Israel supports Gaza ceasefire extension The Muslim holy month of Ramadan started this weekend and continues through March 30. The Jewish festival of Passover begins on the evening of April 12 and ends on the evening of April 20. Prime…

Most Ukrainians have been closely following President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington, where Ukraine and the US were to sign an agreement on minerals. From the American side, it was supposed to pave the way for negotiations on peace in Ukraine, after the US secured its Billions. But a row between Zelensky and US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance turned everything on its head. Truth, weapons and security guarantees Volodymyr Viatrovych, a…

The Chuuk islands — a seemingly idyllic spot in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Indonesia and north of Australia and Papua New Guinea — is one of the four states making up the Federated States of Micronesia, an island nation strategically aligned with the US. Despite Micronesia’s small population, (around 113,000 in 2024) the island chain allows for control of vast swathes of the Pacific. And its alliance with the US runs deep — Washington…

The Deputy Secretary of Economy of the PP, Juan Bravo, has admitted this Saturday that Spanish communities governed by his party are “autonomous” and decide whether or not to remove the debt proposal raised by the Government, but has insisted that “the condom is not the solution” because, in reality, “nothing is forgiven” and the debt must be paid the same. In an interview with the ‘Parliament’ program of RNE, Bravo explained that none of…

Yesterday, Romanian-British influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate left Romania and landed in Fort Lauderdale, in the US state of Florida, a spokesperson for the brothers, Mateea Petrescu, said. But Why did Tate brothers travel to the US? At one point the two boys were considered the toxic property in social media, but seemed to have improved their prospects since January 2025. The Tates have been accused of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to…

The number of freelancers and natural persons who presented themselves to the creditors in 2024 – the legal procedure that originates after insolvency and that covers situations of bankruptcy and suspension of payments – has doubled in the last year. Specifically, the number of self -employed workers who have had to go to this legal resource increased by 120% in 2024. The total figure reached up to 35,510 competitions as reported this morning the Registry…

For most of the current conflict, Dr. Eyas al-Bursh, a young Palestinian general practitioner, had worked as a volunteer doctor at Gaza City’s main Shifa Hospital. But in March 2024, the 30-year-old was abducted with others after Israeli forces launched another major assault on Gaza’s hospitals. Israel has many questionable apartheid policies, one of which allows the IDF to abduct mainly men and detain them for indefinite periods until they can verify that the person…

There is a photograph of the residential market that indicates that a family with average income could assume the purchase with mortgage of more than half of the floors for sale in Spain. However, this generalization is not very representative in a matter with as many edges such as housing. The analysis by cities uncovers how the situation of tension in the real estate devours the income of the families in some territories and reduces…

Germany’s incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz makes surprise trip to Paris for talks with Macron Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz made a surprise visit to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. The visit comes just days after his conservative CDU/CSU bloc emerged as the biggest party in terms of electoral seats after the German election. What did Merz and Macron talk about? The trip was expected to include discussions on the recent shift in US policy…