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Meloni, 1,413 days: the longest-serving government of the Italian Republic celebrates its record in Bari
On September 4 Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest-serving in the history of the Italian Republic, with 1,413 days in office, surpassing the second Berlusconi government. Fratelli d'Italia marked the record at the port of Bari, where organizers expected 10,000 people, while an opposition march passed nearby. A poll cited by La Repubblica puts disapproval of the government at 53 percent.
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The UN drops Mercator for Equal Earth: Africa at its true size, the United States the only vote against
On September 4 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution encouraging member states to move away from the Mercator projection, in use since 1569, in favor of Equal Earth. Togo led the initiative on behalf of the African Union: on Mercator, Greenland appears almost as large as Africa though it is fourteen times smaller. The United States was the only country to vote against.
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Volkswagen cuts 50,000 jobs, four German plants left without work and Seat in limbo
Volkswagen's supervisory board unanimously approved a plan on Thursday 3 September that cuts about 50,000 jobs worldwide by 2030. Four German plants — Emden, Zwickau, Hanover and the Audi site at Neckarsulm — have no guaranteed production after 2031, and the fate of Spain's Seat brand, part of the group for forty years, remains undecided.
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Iceland rejects resuming EU accession talks, with Reykjavik voting against the rest of the country
On 29 August 2026 Icelanders voted in a referendum on resuming EU accession talks, suspended since 2013. The final figures give 118,040 votes to no against 105,339 to yes — 52.8% against 47.2%, a gap of 12,701 ballots — on the highest turnout since 1944. Yes wins in both Reykjavik constituencies, no passes 60% in the three rural constituencies. The vote does not withdraw the application filed in 2009.
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Nigel Farage wins back the seat he gave up: a by-election he triggered himself, boycotted by all his serious opponents
Nigel Farage won back the Clacton seat on 14 August with 22,239 votes against 9,455 for a satirical candidate wearing a bin on his head. He had resigned that same seat in July, under investigation over an undeclared £5 million donation. The major parties boycotted the vote; the inquiry resumed hours after the result.
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Eurovision bars countries at war from hosting the contest — without naming anyone
The EBU changed its rules on 13 August: from 2027, the winning country will lose hosting rights if it is engaged in armed conflict or if a "sensitive geopolitical situation" threatens security. The minimum age rises from 16 to 18. No country is named — part of the press writes "Israel", the rest sticks to the text.
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Karoline Leavitt leaves the White House: a family decision for some, an electoral calendar for others
Donald Trump announced on 12 August that his press secretary would leave at the end of the month to become an outside adviser. At 28, she was the youngest in history. She cites her family; part of the press notes she is leaving two months before the midterm elections. No successor has been named.
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A Texas oil company linked to Trump lands drilling equipment in Greenland without permission, Nuuk issues a firm warning
Greenland Energy, a Texas company linked to Donald Trump's circle, unloaded fifteen containers of drilling equipment on Greenland's east coast in late July, without permission. The Nuuk government issued a firm warning on 30 July and had the exploratory drilling postponed, for lack of permits and an environmental impact study. Notably, neither Washington, London nor Copenhagen covers the story.
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Houthis Strike an Aramco Refinery in Saudi Arabia as the UN Condemns and Yemen's War Reignites
On Sunday, Houthi forces claimed a drone strike on the Aramco refinery at Jazan on the Red Sea; Riyadh said the fire was out with no casualties. The same day, shelling of the port of Mokha killed at least seven people. Two days earlier the UN Security Council had condemned Houthi fire on the kingdom since 13 July. A conflict frozen since the 2022 truce is reigniting, two days after the Riyadh-Ankara-Islamabad defence pact.
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Spain imposes its own border checks on Italy, which refuses to back down
Madrid gave Rome until 9 August to lift the checks imposed on 1 August, then acted: controls on travellers from Italy until 7 September. Italy extended its own. Behind the quarrel lie at least 141 dead at Ceuta, 1,342 unaccompanied minors, and an investigation into Russia-linked accounts. Twenty-two countries order these three threads differently.
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A SpaceX rocket stage crashes into the Moon and leaves a crater
On 5 August 2026 at 06:35 GMT, the upper stage of a Falcon 9 launched in January 2025 struck the Moon at 8,690 km/h after eighteen months adrift. The object is the same everywhere; its meaning is not. Twelve countries read it in turn as a scientific windfall, a space-debris problem, or a chance to prove their own capabilities — and the United States, where the rocket came from, is absent from the account.
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