Eiffel Tower shuts down after staff strike over women's exclusion during Hindu delegation visit

12 min agoThe chief of the UN nuclear watchdog said a nearly complete reactor built secretly during Bashar al-Assad's rule would have been able to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons. The reactor was destroyed by Israeli jets in 2007. Inspectors from the IAEA visited two sites last month and discovered approximately 73 metric tons of natural uranium metal.

57 min agoUnion officials say female staff members were told to leave the premises when a Hindu religious group visited the monument over the weekend. The closure on Monday resulted from worker protests against the incident, which Paris authorities are now examining.

1 h agoItaly logged an average summer temperature of 24.3 degrees Celsius this year, the hottest since records began in 1950, according to the National Research Council's Institute for BioEconomy. August alone averaged 25.6 degrees Celsius, surpassing previous August records and creating drought pressure in key farming regions across northwestern lowlands and the Apennines.

2 h agoTrailing 5-0 in the first set, Qinwen Zheng defeated Iga Swiatek in two sets to advance to the quarter-finals. It was Zheng's second consecutive comeback from 0-5 down, after she had qualified for the main draw following an injury-hit 2025 season that dropped her to No 121 in the rankings.

3 h agoThe French government has referred an internal budget document leak to the Paris prosecutor's office under Article 40 of the criminal procedure code. The leaked work concerned possible taxation of employee savings plans. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's office stated he had never supported the idea.

3 h agoU.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bar Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier from selling planes in the United States unless it begins manufacturing there. Trump said on Truth Social that Bombardier products are not good enough and that the company must build in America or stop treating it as a piggybank.

4 h agoFrancesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, warned Monday that large-scale rubble removal under Israeli control in Gaza risks erasing traces of alleged atrocity crimes and preventing recovery of human remains. Palestinian authorities estimate more than 10,000 people remain buried under debris in the territory.

4 h agoSpain's Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda opened a search platform for state-managed rental properties on Monday, starting with 800 homes across the country. The portal includes a simulator to help applicants determine which properties they qualify for, with 1,500 additional homes planned to be added soon.

4 h agoBernie Ecclestone, 95, was detained at a Portuguese airport on Monday after customs and police found him in possession of a shotgun for which he lacked the required documentation. Ecclestone said he intended to use the weapon in a clay pigeon shooting competition and surrendered it after questioning, though he denied being arrested.

4 h agoKosovo signed an agreement to join the International Stabilization Force in Gaza, with the document signed by US Major General Jasper Jeffers and Kosovo Security Force Commander Lieutenant General Bashkim Jashari. The Balkan state joins a short list of countries committing to send peacekeepers to the Palestinian enclave.