To defend itself against hybrid and remote threats, the army will need 24 billion francs over the coming years to fund additional investment in armaments

Switzerland raises VAT by 0.5 percentage points to boost arms purchases

The founder of Palantir has long taken an interest in this Latin American country and moved to Buenos Aires with his family in April for a few months, holding meetings with President Javier Milei himself

Peter Thiel is backing the Vaca Muerta oil field in Argentina

The project is being built in Abusera, near Bishoftu, some forty kilometres south of Addis Ababa. Work formally began on 10 January and the first phase is expected to be completed by 2030, bringing capacity to 60 million passengers a year. Once fully operational, capacity will reach 110 million passengers, as well as nearly 4 million tonnes of freight:

Ethiopia: the mega-airport becomes a battleground between the US and China

Pizzaballa in Taybeh: ‘We will do everything we can to defend the Christian presence’

An evacuation order has been issued for residents and bathers

Greece: fire on the island of Salamis, two dead

Japan: debate begins on imposing a cap on the number of foreign nationals

Iran-US truce as 17 August deadline approaches without an agreement; escalation in Lebanon - 

Attacks continue: at least eight dead in Ukraine, seven in Russia - 

At least 1,650 hectares have been destroyed by a fire in a nature reserve in eastern Belgium. In France, there is a fire in the Landes region. The EU: “Our Copernicus satellite system is already supporting mapping operations.”

Fires in Belgium, France and Spain. Von der Leyen: ‘Europe on high alert’

The cyberattack, as the Ministry of Finance stated in a press release, allowed access to the data of “citizens” and “professionals”

France: Public Prosecutor’s Office launches investigation following cyberattack on tax authorities: 700,000 users affected

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