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Google rolled out its "AI Mode" in Europe and over 40 countries, including Australia, but said it would not launch in France because of regulatory constraints.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia used tankers in a "shadow fleet" to launch reconnaissance and sabotage drones harassing Europe, alleging Moscow’s strikes reached Siberia.
Amazon ran its Prime Day sale, offering steep discounts on electronics, home and kitchen items — some marked down by up to 67%.
Gold topped $4,000 per ounce for the first time on Wednesday as investors sought safe havens amid a US government shutdown, geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty.
The European Parliament in Strasbourg voted on Wednesday on a proposal to ban meat-related names for plant-based foods, sparking industry warnings about economic harm.
European policymakers urged stepped-up construction and state-backed financing, including guarantees for housing banks, in Switzerland, Germany and other countries to address housing shortages.
Four people, including three construction workers and the project’s lead architect, died when a building under renovation partially collapsed in central Madrid.
The European Commission proposed doubling steel import tariffs to 50% and halving tariff-free quotas to shield the EU steel industry from Chinese competition.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would push in Brussels to overturn the EU ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035, drawing opposition from SPD ministers.
European banks were criticized for profiting by keeping deposit rates low and mistreating vulnerable customers, and regulators faced renewed scrutiny over oversight and non-bank financial activity.
Former Chancellor Angela Merkel said Poland and the Baltic states partly blocked a 2021 EU–Russia dialogue with Vladimir Putin, and drew criticism from politicians in those countries.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she had been reported to the International Criminal Court for alleged complicity in genocide over her government's support for Israel during remarks on television.
The PSOE told Spain’s Supreme Court it paid Santos Cerdán more than €30,000 in cash for expense liquidations, and party spending controls were not followed, according to reporting.
A chemical accident at a galvanic plant in Mainaschaff near Aschaffenburg released an orange gas cloud that lightly injured four, and firefighters later lifted shelter-in-place warnings.
Iris Stalzer, the newly elected SPD mayor of Herdecke, was stabbed at her home and was in critical condition after police detained her 15‑year‑old adoptive son.
Bavarian cabinet approved a law giving police powers to detect, track and, if necessary, shoot down unauthorized drones after drone disruptions shut Munich airport.
Transport and Environment said most European carmakers had advanced electrification and were on track to meet the European Union's 2025–2027 CO2 targets, though a two-year extension cut projected EV sales.
Google announced an "AI mode" for its Search that will roll out across Germany and Europe, turning traditional search into an AI-powered assistant and reshaping user and website interactions.
Prosecutors concluded human error caused Felix Baumgartner’s fatal paragliding crash near Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy, in July, finding no technical faults and saying he lost control and spiraled.
AEL, Panetolikos and Asteras appointed new head coaches as Greece's Super League resumed after the sixth round, naming Malezas, Anastasiou and Coleman.
Former CSU chiefs Horst Seehofer and Erwin Huber criticized party leader Markus Söder's anti-Green course as a strategic mistake and warned it could weaken the Union's ability to govern.
Italian police captured Leonardo Gesualdo, a 39-year-old Società Foggiana boss, in Foggia after five years on the run, finding a pistol in his bed and citing a 12‑year sentence.
Germany's Finance Ministry projected large budget deficits that would violate EU fiscal limits and risk triggering an EU deficit procedure as debt rose toward 80 percent of GDP.
Major carmakers revived petrol models, citing higher tariff-related costs and rising competition from cheap Chinese EVs, as analysts warned pure-EV roadmaps were increasingly unaffordable.
The World Trade Organization said global trade grew more strongly than expected in 2025, lifted by AI-related commerce and U.S. tariff-driven import front‑loading, but would slow in 2026.
Germany faced mounting housing pressure as little new construction coincided with roughly one million vacant apartments, while investors snapped up prime Munich properties and regional price winners emerged.
Former Bild editor Franz Josef Wagner died in Germany at age 82, a longtime columnist whose blunt, poetic tabloid prose made him a prominent and often divisive figure.
