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French wine exporters worried about new US tariff threats

• Alcohol - among the EU's main exports to the US

The Federation of French Wine and Spirit Exporters (FEVS) said yesterday that President Donald Trump's threat that the United States will have no choice but to impose 100% tariffs on French wine if Paris does not eliminate the digital tax imposed on US technology giants is bad news for the export-dependent industry, caught in a dispute that cannot be controlled, Reuters reports, according to Agerpres.

Study: Earth's Underground Fungal Network Spans 10% of Milky Way

An invisible network of fungi that stretches beneath the soil surface plays a crucial role in sustaining life on Earth and storing carbon, and its dimensions are hard to imagine.

Photo source: facebook/ Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni

ARC Camps: 9,000 free places for young Romanians in the diaspora

The Department for Romanians Abroad (DRP) announced the opening of the registration session for the 17th edition of the ARC Camps Program. The program offers 9,000 free places for Romanian students and young people living outside the country.

Three Israeli companies recently acquired 1.4 GW of European energy projects

Israeli companies in the renewable energy sector are rapidly consolidating their position in the European market, at a time when the continent is going through one of the largest energy transformations in its modern history, according to an article published by the Calcalist website, which shows that, in the last two weeks, three Israeli companies - Econergy, Prime Energy and Sunflower - have signed transactions for the acquisition of energy projects in Europe, with a cumulative capacity of approximately 1.4 gigawatts (GW), the total value of the operations could reach around 575 million euros.

Franco-German defense deal: Rheimetal wants to buy Alstom factory

The French group Alstom is considering selling its Kassel, Germany, factory to Rheinmetall, one of Europe's largest arms manufacturers, in a deal that reflects both the financial pressures on the rail manufacturer and the unprecedented expansion of the German military industry, according to an article published by the French newspaper La Lettre.

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Cracks in FIFA's architecture are becoming increasingly visible

Biggest IPOs in History: SpaceX Dethrones Saudi Aramco

• SpaceX, the absolute leader, raised $75 billion in its recent IPO, almost three times more than Saudi Aramco, the previous record holder, with $25.6 billion raised in 2019 • China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the US all held the world's largest...

World leaders seek solutions for a global economy under pressure

Union projects: common educational space between Romania and the Republic of Moldova

WHO: Europe needs more effective heatwave response plans

Study: Greenland glaciers produce four times more icebergs than 25 years ago

Innovation in medicine: the first patient to receive gene therapy aimed at cell rejuvenation

Draft law: heads of public institutions, severely sanctioned for unrecovered damages

United Airlines no longer expects major merger

• Airline remains open to buying slots, gates or other assets

The US dollar continues to dominate central bank foreign exchange reserves

• The US currency accounted for 56.8% of global foreign exchange reserves at the end of 2025, more than all other major currencies combined • Euro - in second place, with 20.2% of the global total • Chinese yuan - only 2% of reserves, down from...

Copernicus: The probability of an unprecedented El Niño episode increases

Pope Leo XIV: "We cannot believe in Jesus and promote war"

Report: Planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and climate monitoring systems are under threat

Top listed companies, dominated by the US

• Nvidia has a capitalization of $5.4 trillion - more valuable than the top ten European companies combined • Eight of the world's ten most valuable companies are from America, led by technology giants • Saudi Aramco - the most valuable...

INS: Natural growth remained strongly negative

Turkey proposes voluntary target to increase global economy electrification by 2035

World Cup 2026: music and controversy

The United States, Mexico and Canada will host the largest World Cup in history from June 11 to July 19, 2026.

Global Inflation Extremes: +387.4% in Venezuela; -0.4% in Costa Rica

"Zero Compromises" - a campaign to block minors' access to nicotine

A World Cup without equal!

Normally, the World Cup is a celebration that appears once every four years and disappears before you can get enough of it. However, the 2026 edition seems to be built on the American principle that more is automatically better.

Kamchatka's Shiveluchi volcano spewed ash plume 10 kilometers high

Graduates of the 2026 class have 60 days to register with the AJOFM

US had its second warmest spring on record

The Romanian Constitution, the flaw in Simion's plan to suspend President Nicuşor Dan

Franco-German military aircraft, a failed project

Global crude oil trade flows dominated by the Persian Gulf

• The Persian Gulf exported 16.4 million barrels/day in 2024, more than the CIS, Africa, and Central and South America combined • The largest single flow in 2024 was sent from the Persian Gulf to China

Intesa Sanpaolo offers over 30 billion euros to take over Monte dei Paschi

Society of Resident Doctors Accuses System of Exhausting Young Doctors

Anthropic proposes a "brake pedal” for artificial intelligence

First vaccine designed entirely by artificial intelligence has produced modest results in human trials

Borrowing so that we can keep borrowing

Romania's gross financing requirement for 2026 is estimated at 275-285 billion lei, while debt maturing and requiring refinancing exceeds 150 billion lei, according to Reuters, citing Treasury chief Ştefan Nanu. The figures show that the main...

May in numbers

• May 4

Two crashes in May - Bolojan from the Government and the drone from Galati

The end of the calendar spring found Romania at a time when politics, the economy and national security began to influence each other more strongly than at any other time in recent years.