Traditional wine-growing countries are being squeezed by heat, drought and fires. At the same time, improved cultivation techniques, hybrid grapes and a warmer climate mean wine can be produced in more and more places. “We may have saved wine for humanity,” says Mike Juergens, who has started growing grapes in the Himalayas.
BusinessThe EU is imposing its largest-ever expansion of sanctions, adding 1,600 names to lists related to Russia’s war in Ukraine. At the same time, it is preparing protective measures in response to US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC).
World politicsFour straight losses in the Nations League proved to be the last straw. Former star player Vincenzo Montella has been sacked as coach of the Turkish national football team.
FootballAround 140 flights to Brussels have been canceled, and large parts of the public transport network are disrupted as thousands of Belgians protest government policies.
BusinessA rival candidate to FIFA’s scandal-plagued president, Gianni Infantino, will soon have to emerge. Most likely, the challenger will not come from Europe. It would be an advantage, and easier to put forward a candidate who is not European, says Simon Åström, chairman of the Swedish Football Association (SvFF).
FootballA Spanish judge has lifted the arrest warrant for Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont.
WorldA giant ice cube at the South Pole that captures ghostly messengers from space. No “respectable physicist” should have agreed to join the project. But now Francis Halzen is receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics for the idea. “It feels strange,” he said at the press conference.
SwedenIt would be harder for everyone to veto decisions, and new members would have less power. That is how the European Commission wants to make it easier to expand the union. But the proposal is already facing significant resistance.
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