European skies
21 Jun 2023
Several companies at the Paris Air Show are presenting advanced prototypes of air taxis that could offer an alternative means of inner city transport. One of them, German group Volocopter, is aiming to get its aircraft up and running for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Also in the show, we look ahead to the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact that's taking place in Paris later this week. World leaders will be convening to discuss changes to the global financial system in order to better respond to the climate emergency.
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Berlin has summoned a top Russian envoy after accusing Russian hackers of targeting the governing coalition's SPD as well as some companies. The Czech Republic also said its institutions were targeted.
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On Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping will come to Europe for the first time in five years, staying in France until Tuesday. Aside from the Ukraine war, technology – computer chips and green tech in particular – could be the most important talking point on the agenda.
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The Latin American nation of Ecuador has been experiencing an unprecedented security crisis for several months. In the port city of Guayaquil, now under the control of drug gangs, residents are living in fear.
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The two-month mission aims to collect samples from the far side of the moon. The mission is part of a Chinese program aiming to send a crew to the moon by 2030.
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The EU finally got its much-contested asylum reform plan over the line, but dissent from some capitals shows the deal's fragility. The migration struggle is far from over.
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French President Emmanuel Macron lays out an apocalyptic vision for Europe as it navigates war, industrial slowdown and the rise of the far right.