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  • Jul 16

    Athens cracks crisis: Kypseli buildings damaged by metro tunnel excavation, TBM suspended, prosecutor investigates

    Over 20 buildings in Athens' Kypseli district show severe cracking after a tunnel boring machine caused unexpected ground subsidence on Line 4, prompting a criminal probe and an emergency city council session.

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Police take Halk TV off air

Russia pounds Kyiv again as Trump’s energy bargains unsettle allies and markets

The day’s hardest news came from Ukraine, where missiles, drones and a satellite-data dispute blurred the line between battlefield damage and allied mistrust. Elsewhere, energy politics strained sanctions, governments confronted unrest, and companies gave investors a split picture of an AI boom that still cuts jobs.

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  • Kyiv emergency power cuts

    Russia targets Ukrainian energy facilities in new missile and drone waves, leaving over 600,000 people without power across multiple regions.

  • Reports on FBI director visit to Moscow

    FBI denies reports that Director Kash Patel is in Moscow for talks with FSB officials, stating he attended an event in Virginia.

  • Netanyahu sued by former Shin Bet chief

    Former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar files defamation lawsuit against Benjamin Netanyahu over warnings prior to October 7.

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European democracies and populism

Incremental moves: a symbolic AfD-BSW motion, Le Pen's budget rhetoric and a softened EU budget deadline, none altering institutions.

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