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  • Jun 3

    Maja Chwalińska reaches French Open semi-final, matching Open Era record for a qualifier

    The 24-year-old from Dąbrowa Górnicza defeated Anna Kalinska 7-6(3), 6-3 on Court Philippe-Chatrier, becoming the first qualifier to reach the last four in Paris in the Open Era.

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Brussels promises Ukraine a winter shield

EU leaders pledge winter lifeline to Zelensky in Brussels

European leaders welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels and pledged a winter package for Ukraine covering energy, air defence and financing. Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is working on a 22nd sanctions package and would not lift sanctions until Russia stops the war.

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  • EU summit opens in Brussels

    Russian strikes hit energy sites across nine Ukrainian regions, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and injuring at least 15 people.

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The Middle East after Gaza

New rhetoric from Trump on a Pickaxe Mountain strike and Saudi-Iran accusations shift the anchor, but no discrete new event meets a higher rubric level.

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