Spain 3-0 Austria: Oyarzabal double and Arnautovic farewell as La Roja reach last 16 · Pollar

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Kyiv burns, Brussels bills Google

Russia pounds Kyiv as Europe bakes and regulators squeeze Big Tech harder

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Demography and migration

Spain expanded a key foreign worker recruitment program, and Ireland launched a national demographic strategy consultation that integrates migration policy.

Spain 3-0 Austria: Oyarzabal double and Arnautovic farewell as La Roja reach last 16 · Pollar