2025-04-13

USA

Tariff exemptions on electronics temporary, says US Commerce Secretary

The Trump administration late on Friday said it would exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said would not be permanent.

13/04/2025

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13/04/2025

USA

Trump is 'fully fit' to serve as Commander in Chief, his doctor says

The US president underwent his annual physical at the Walter Reed National Medical Centre on Friday.

13/04/2025

Europe News

Russia 'was and remains the aggressor', says Ursula von der Leyen

European leaders quickly condemned Sunday's deadly Russian attack on Sumy, sharing condolences on social media.

13/04/2025

Space

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit

Starlink is a satellite internet project developed by billionaire Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX. Its goal is to provide high-speed internet access to users around the world.

13/04/2025

Europe News

Spanish authorities say they dismantled human trafficking organisation

The organisation reportedly flew Moroccan migrants, who paid €3,000 per person, into Romania before they travelled to Spain inside trucks or vans.

13/04/2025

Vatican

Pope Francis makes surprise visit to St Peter's Square for Palm Sunday

Pope Francis made another surprise visit to St Peter's Square at the end of the Palm Sunday Mass, one day after making an unannounced visit to the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

13/04/2025

Europe News

Over 30 killed in Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy

The strike comes less than a day after Russia and Ukraine’s top diplomats accused each other of violating a tentative US-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, underscoring the challenges of negotiating an end to the 3-year-old war.

13/04/2025

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13/04/2025

Design

Inside LA Almazara: Philippe Starck’s bold olive oil project in Ronda

Euronews Culture spoke with Philippe Starck about his love of organic olive oil and LA Almazara, his surrealist olive oil mill and unique museum in Spain's Andalusia region, that's been 15-years in the making.

13/04/2025

Gaza

Israel strikes hospital in Gaza as strikes intensify across region

The pre-dawn strike hit Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, after Israel issued an evacuation warning, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

13/04/2025

Travel News

Disabled users left ‘frustrated’ by inaccessible travel websites

Travel companies have been identified as one of the worst offenders when it comes to website accessibility, and it’s costing them dearly.

13/04/2025

Art

Cartier’s glittering legacy showcased in new V&A exhibition

From royal tiaras worn at coronations to celebrity showstoppers on red carpets, a new exhibition at London’s V&A Museum is showcasing over a century of Cartier’s most iconic and extravagant creations.

13/04/2025

Climate

The environmental cost of Portugal’s olive oil boom

Environmentalists have condemned the unchecked spread of monoculture plantations in Alentejo.

13/04/2025

Tech News

How do you raise a child in the AI age? One father is turning to play

In South Korea, an AI education boom is pushing for children to learn about the tech early to avoid being left behind. For one family, it has become a fun playtime activity that inspires learning.

13/04/2025

Markets

How a Dutch trading company started the World’s First Stock Exchange

Backed by the Dutch Republic, the Dutch East India Company made its ownership available to the public to fund business and military ventures.

13/04/2025

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13/04/2025

Europe News

Russian and Ukrainian FMs trade barbs over energy infrastructure

Russia’s Sergey Lavrov and Ukraine’s Andrii Sybiha accused each other’s countries of striking energy infrastructure despite a US-brokered limited ceasefire at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Saturday.

13/04/2025

Europe News

Whaling season cancelled for second consecutive year in Iceland

The controversial practice of ‘whaling’, hunting and killing whales to extract and sell their meat is currently only permitted in Iceland, Norway and Japan.

13/04/2025

Europe News

Thousands of Poles march to mark coronation of the first Polish king

Polish conservatives danced the Polonaise, a patriotic celebration, to rally behind their presidential candidate, Karol Nawrocki, in the capital as elections near.

13/04/2025