Since April 1, it has been prohibited in France to buy, sell, import, possess or use nicotine products for oral use. And this ban firmly hits the Swedish economy because French people were buying these nicotine pouches en masse from the Swedish market.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that a very controversial verdict in a minor rape case will be referred to the Court of Appeal. The British Prime Minister shares the stunned and shocked public reaction.
On June 14, Switzerland will vote on the so-called "sustainability initiative" of the right-conservative Swiss People's Party (SVP). The plan aims to reduce the population to 10 million by 2050. This is reported by Der Spiegel.
Russia's FSB security service said on Monday it had foiled an attempted "terrorist attack" after agents said they had discovered magnetic explosives attached to the hull of a tanker that had arrived from Belgium and was docked for loading at the northwestern port of Ust-Luga.
A Royal Air Force jet with current British defense minister John Healey on board was confronted with severe GPS malfunctions for three hours.
Russian director Andrey Zviaguintsev won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. In his acceptance speech, he called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine.
Russia bombarded Kyiv with a massive wave of 600 drones and 90 missiles during the night of Saturday to Sunday, the heaviest attack on the Ukrainian capital to date. Mayor Vitali Klichko speaks on Telegram of "a terrible night for Kyiv."
Czech President Petr Pavel is calling on NATO to "show its teeth" in response to Russia's increasing provocations. In an interview with The Guardian, he warns that otherwise the alliance runs the risk of Moscow ramping up its actions even further.
Ukraine denies it is behind a drone attack on student dorms in Luhansk. It claims it was an attack on a unit controlling attack drones. Russia, according to Ukraine, falsely accused Ukraine of attacking innocent students.
The International Energy Agency warns that commercial oil supplies are rapidly being depleted. Rising oil prices now worry consumers as well. As summer approaches, conflicts in the Middle East and Russia could make trips to the sunny south a lot more expensive.