İspanya kralı (2014–günümüz)
Wildfire menaces Spain’s Costa Brava tourist hotspot
Thousands of people were confined to their homes on July 3.
How European machinery helped build Russia's deadly missiles
Customs records obtained by the Kyiv Independent reveal that specialized metalworking equipment manufactured in Germany, Italy, Spain, and other EU countries continued reaching Russian metallurgical plants during the war through a Turkish intermediary.
Avrupa Makineleri Türkiye Üzerinden Rusya'nın Füze Üretimini BeslediOver one million undocumented migrants apply for residency in Spain
The Socialist government's mass regularisation programme, which closed on 30 June, comes as others European countries crack down on irregular immigration.
The portrait shedding light on Spain’s decisive role in US independence: ‘This is proof that we are founders, not outsiders’
Growing recognition of the military leader Bernardo de Gálvez is helping highlight the role played by Spain and Latin America in the founding of the United States
Lamine effect restores Spain's bite as teenager bends Austria to his rhythm
LOS ANGELES: For a country that has long worshipped the collective, Spain are discovering the delicious awkwardness of having an 18-year-old who keeps making individual brilliance look like a team principle, with Lamine Yamal shining as they beat Austria 3-0.
Lahore police register case against five suspects over abduction, sexual assault of two foreign women
LAHORE: Police in the provincial capital on Thursday registered a case against five suspects on charges of kidnapping for ransom and sexually assaulting two foreign women. The Police Emergency Helpline 15 received a call from Spain, made by the father of one of the women, reporting the incident. The alleged victims, who are nationals of the Netherlands and Venezuela, had come to Pakistan to visit their ‘friends’. DIG Faisal Kamran told Dawn that police acted accordingly, dispatched a team of senior officials, recovered the women, arrested four suspects and lodged an FIR. He said the suspects had been tracked and apprehended with the help of the Punjab Safe City Authority’s cameras installed in the city. The recovered foreign women were later produced before a judicial magistrate at Cantonment Courts to record their statements under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. A women’s counsel for the victims was also present in the courtroom during the recording of their statements. The victims narrated the incident before the magistrate in a closed-door hearing. “We took into confidence the Dutch Embassy officials and updated them about the criminal proceedings of the case, recovery of the victims”, the DIG said, adding that the travel documents were completed and the women would fly at the earliest from Pakistan. He said a security guard had escaped from the scene, and police teams were trying to trace his location. DIG Kamran said investigations were underway, adding that those who committed crimes against the women must be brought before a court of law and punished under the law of the land. According to the FIR, the women were abducted by five suspects, including a close relative of a senior political personality, who demanded ransom and subjected them to sexual assault during their captivity. The suspects allegedly demanded $1.5 million in ransom before sexually assaulting them. The Punjab government said Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz took immediate notice of the abduction of foreign women, following which Lahore police launched a swift operation and rescued the victims within two hours, arresting four suspects. According to a handout, the chief minister directed the police to recover the women within two hours of being informed about the incident. It said police immediately launched a rescue operation after receiving a report from the victim’s father. It said the suspects were traced with the assistance of the Safe City Authority, leading to the recovery of the abducted women. The rescued women underwent medical examinations, and further legal proceedings are under way in light of the available evidence, it added. Despite the presence of anti-rape laws — with punishment for rape either resulting in the death penalty or imprisonment of between 10 and 25 years — cases continue to prevail in the country. The Islamabad police registered at least 432 cases of “sexual assault” and “kidnapping” in the federal capital under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) during the first five months of this year.
Commission partially greenlights Spain's sixth payment request for €5.7 billion under NextGenerationEU
European Commission Press release Brussels, 02 Jul 2026 Today, the European Commission partially greenlighted Spain's sixth payment request worth €5.7 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. At the same time, it has greenlighted a payment for two milestones suspended earlier under the fifth payment request.
AB Komisyonu'ndan İspanya'ya 5,7 Milyar Euro'luk Kısmi Ödeme OnayıSpain’s opposition accuses Sánchez of electoral engineering after migrant legalization drive
Over half of the 1.7 million people who applied for legal status have already received provisional residency and work permits.
More than 1,200 hectares burnt! Firefighters battle southern France wildfires after deadly heatwave
On Thursday, southern France faced intense wildfires that scorched more than 1,200 hectares, ignited by strong winds and dry conditions following a severe heatwave. The most significant blaze occurred in Aude, close to Spain, devouring 900 hectares. Firefighters, supported by water-bombing aircraft, fought bravely to control the situation, and thankfully, no casualties have been reported.
Spain's amnesty drive brings 600,000 migrants into formal economy during application review
MADRID, July 2 - Some 609,737 of the 1.17 million migrants in Spain who applied for legal status in its recent amnesty drive have obtained temporary work permits, government officials said on Thursday, enabling them to start work in the formal economy while their applications are under review.
America does not know its own mind
This article is part of an RS series reflecting on the 250th anniversary of American Independence and its impact and meaning for modern U.S. foreign policy, war, and peace. In a 1941 speech to the America First Committee, which sought to keep the nation out of World War II, Charles Lindbergh insisted that the United States was “better situated from a military standpoint than any other nation in the world.” “If we concentrate on our own defenses and build the strength that this nation should maintain, no foreign army will ever attempt to land on American shores,” Lindbergh thundered. “If we enter fighting for democracy abroad, we may end by losing it at home." President Franklin D. Roosevelt attacked these isolationist arguments head-on as he made the case for sending arms to the victims of aggression, warning that the fall of Great Britain to the Axis powers would imperil U.S. interests. “It is no exaggeration to say that all of us, in all the Americas, would be living at the point of a gun,” Roosevelt said. “We well know that we cannot escape danger, or the fear of danger, by crawling into bed and pulling the covers over our heads.” Japan settled this debate by attacking Pearl Harbor, prompting the America First Committee to disband as the nation entered World War II. But these bitter divisions over statecraft continued to haunt many American elites. In 1943, journalist Walter Lippmann worried that ideological cleavages endangered the republic. “The spectacle of this great nation which does not know its own mind,” he warned, “is as humiliating as it is dangerous.” This warning would prove premature; a consensus behind liberal internationalism would form during the 1940s, consolidate in the early 1950s, and last through the rest of the century. Yet the past is prologue. Today, Lippmann’s apprehensions could not be more apt. As it celebrates its 250th birthday, America does not know its own mind. Internationalists are again doing battle with America Firsters, cleaving the body politic between two incompatible approaches to the nation’s role in the world. Amid deepening disarray across much of the world, the United States urgently needs to reclaim a wise and steady course. Mining the nation’s history can point to the middle ground between globalist excess and nationalist retreat — a new grand strategy that can gain support across the political spectrum while also anchoring a changing world. *** The founding era bequeathed to the United States a grand strategy that was isolationist, unilateralist, protectionist, and anti-immigrant. In his Farewell Address of 1796, President George Washington warned against “permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” The United States banked on the natural security provided by flanking oceans, generally avoided taking on enduring strategic commitments beyond North America, and studiously shunned entanglement in great-power rivalry. The United States chose to go it alone and chart its own foreign policy path rather than entering pacts and alliances that could tie its hands. In 1793, President George Washington reneged on the alliance with France concluded in 1778 to help secure U.S. independence. The United States did not enter another military alliance until after World War II. American positions on trade and immigration also sought to keep the outside world at bay. From its earliest days, the United States relied heavily on commerce with other nations, but it sought fair trade rather than free trade and looked to tariffs to raise revenue and bolster industrialization. The protectionist impulse intensified after the Great Depression with the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which triggered the collapse of international trade. And, even as America welcomed with open arms immigrants that were white and Protestant, Jews, Catholics, Asians, Mexicans, and various “non-white” peoples were often the target of anti-immigrant measures. Racism and anti-immigrant sentiment reinforced isolationism by intensifying the nation’s urge to limit its entanglement with the outside world. To be sure, the United States hardly sat on its hands until World War II. As it sought dominance in the Western hemisphere, the young nation steadily expanded westward, shunting aside Native Americans and launching a war in 1846 that led to the annexation of roughly half of Mexico’s territory. But when American policymakers strayed further afield, they faced sharp backlash at home. Victory in the Spanish-American War of 1898 saddled the United States with Spain’s former possessions in the Caribbean and Pacific. Especially after thousands of U.S. soldiers died fighting insurgents in the Philippines, this bout of imperialism did not go over well with the electorate. “We assert that no nation can long endure half republic and half empire,” charged Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan in 1900. Americans similarly soured on President Woodrow Wilson’s decision to enter World War I to “make the world safe for democracy.” The 1920 election was effectively a referendum on Wilsonian internationalism. The Republican nominee, Warren Harding, campaigned “against the internationalism” of Wilson and “for the policies of [George] Washington.” Harding won in a landslide, sparking America’s sharp strategic retreat during the interwar years. This isolationist impulse held strong even as Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan embarked down a path of aggression and territorial expansion. *** This first era of U.S. grand strategy came to a decisive end on December 7, 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. “That day ended isolationism for any realist,” wrote Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, who had until then been a leading proponent of isolation and non-intervention. President Roosevelt began what would result in a sea-change in U.S. grand strategy, forging a new bipartisan compact behind liberal internationalism. Helping drive this foreign policy revolution were tectonic shifts in geopolitics. Advances in aviation and other military technologies led American policymakers to conclude that two great oceans no longer provided strategic shields. “The world has grown so small and weapons of attack so swift,” Roosevelt explained, “that no nation can be safe in its will to peace.” A new strategic principle would come to guide U.S. statecraft: “never again,” as described by historian Melvyn Leffler, “could the United States permit an adversary or coalition of adversaries to gain control of the preponderant resources of Europe and Asia.” To ensure safety at home, the United States had to venture abroad, defeat autocratic aggressors, and spread republican ideals. Amid the onset of the Cold War, the United States left behind hemispheric isolation and became a crusader state. In the service of defending its worldwide interests and spreading democracy, the United States deployed its armed forces abroad in war and peace and constructed a web of defense alliances and a vast network of overseas bases. Between 1948 and the end of the Cold War, U.S. forces engaged in more than 40 military interventions. Unilateralism gave way to multilateralism. The Senate approved membership in the United Nations by a vote of 89-2, and the Bretton Woods institutions were set up to oversee the international economy. Fervor for free trade displaced protectionism, and Washington took the lead in negotiating the liberalization of international commerce. The country also embraced a new sense of multiculturalism, bolstered by looser immigration laws and the victories of the civil rights movement. The bipartisan compact behind liberal internationalism served as the political foundation for Pax Americana well into the twenty-first century. Western hegemony, underpinned by U.S. power, acquired a taken-for-granted quality. *** Yet history is moving forward. America’s internationalist consensus has shattered. Decades of war in the Middle East have soured the electorate on military interventions and undermined trust in the political establishment. Automation, globalization, and deindustrialization have hollowed out the middle class and turned free trade into a dirty word on both sides of the aisle. The failure of international institutions to deliver has sapped enthusiasm for multilateralism, while a dysfunctional immigration system has eaten away at the fabric of multiculturalism. On foreign as well as domestic policy, Americans are deeply divided along ideological and partisan lines. Trump is a symptom, not the cause, of the country’s political fracture and its turn against the establishment. And at least in theory, Trump’s pivot to America First represents an overdue course correction. Trump vowed to pull the nation back from decades of strategic overreach, ease off democracy promotion and multilateralism, and erect protectionist barriers that would revive the nation’s manufacturing sector. He also vowed to fix an immigration system that many Americans recognized as badly broken. But Trump has overcorrected and underperformed. Rather than pulling off a needed strategic retrenchment, he attacked Iran, launching yet another failed war of choice in the Middle East and straining the nation’s alliances. Trump is right to back off promoting democracy abroad, but he corroded American democracy by disregarding the rule of law at home. In the meantime, his protectionism has worsened the nation’s affordability crisis and his harsh deportations have turned a majority of the U.S. public against his immigration policy. Trump is doing an excellent job of bringing down the old order. But he shows no sign of putting in place a viable alternative. *** Today, America is adrift; neither liberal internationalism nor Trump’s America First strategy is able to sustain domestic support. Wide swings in U.S. strategy are contributing to global instability and undermining U.S. leverage. With American history as our guide, it is time to create a new consensus — one that builds on the wisdom of both George Washington and Franklin Roosevelt and sets the country on a stable path forward. The last major shift in U.S. foreign policy was forged in response to the catastrophe of World War II. This time, Washington must not wait for another great-power war to help birth an ordering moment. The clock is ticking. As China reaches great-power status and middle powers continue to rise, global power is diffusing from west to east and north to south; geopolitical rivalries are mounting in step. Yet with America’s purposes abroad no longer in equilibrium with its domestic means, the United States is not currently up to the task of providing steady leadership. To get back on course and help anchor a changing world, America should now embrace what one might call “multilateralism-lite.” International cooperation remains necessary for solving global problems like trade, global warming, and AI regulation, but the United States cannot rely on bureaucratic and slow-moving institutions like the U.N. to address these problems. Instead, it should focus on coalitions of the willing and bespoke groupings targeting specific tasks. Alongside such ad hoc coalitions, the United States should also encourage states to lean first and foremost on regional organizations, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the African Union, which should shoulder more responsibility and deliver more public goods in their neighborhoods. As global power diffuses, the United States must for now set aside efforts to spread republican ideals and instead work with other nations — democracies and autocracies alike — to fashion a pluralistic and ideologically diverse global order. Democracies will need to compete respectfully in the marketplace of ideas with countries that adhere to alternative forms of governance. Autocracies will likewise need to live comfortably alongside liberal democracies. International cooperation will require respect for sovereignty and toleration of differences over values and governance. In this respect, the United States and China should do more to build a pragmatic and constructive relationship. Teamwork between the world’s two leading powers will help facilitate global governance and reduce the chances of a dangerous rupture. The crusading ethos that has defined U.S. foreign policy for the last 80 years must be tamed; America’s role as global policeman has run its course. At the same time, hemispheric isolation is not an option in an interdependent world. The United States still needs to help prevent the domination of Eurasia by a hostile power, even as it retrenches from and avoids wars of choice in other parts of the world. Keeping alliances in Europe and Asia alive and well is a cheap investment in maintaining a stable balance of power. As Washington presses allies to shoulder more burdens, it should still maintain a robust U.S. force presence in both theaters. This is the pathway toward a stable equilibrium between chronic overreach and dangerous detachment. Such a refashioning of U.S. foreign policy will not be easy. In order to make it stick, U.S. democracy will have to get back up on its feet. Domestic investments will be needed to promote growth, bring down inequality, and educate Americans for the jobs of the future. A tamed brand of globalization – one that entails a more level playing field with trade partners but avoids protectionist overkill – can help ensure that the benefits of international trade are more widely shared. Only if it gets its own house once more in order will the United States have the power and purpose to provide effective leadership abroad. America’s founders imparted enduring wisdom when they cautioned against unwise entanglement abroad. But the world of the 21st century is not the world of the founding era; like it or not, Americans are entangled in an interdependent globe. The United States must now step back without stepping away; it must do less, but still do enough. Arriving at that middle ground will be the challenge of the post-Trump era.
Amerika'nın Kuruluşu: Müdahaleciliğin Gölgesinde Bir Bağımsızlık HikayesiBillions flow between EU institutions and Israel, despite Gaza genocide
EU departments and some universities, including in Spain, are still spending on Israeli companies.
BM Raporu: İsrail'in Çocukları Hedef Alması Soykırım SuçuSpain tells state-backed firms to avoid new Palantir contracts amid national security concerns
Government warns companies against signing new deals as scrutiny of US data company grows across Europe
Trump hits Spain over NATO role, says Cuba 'coming our way'
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Spain's commitment to the NATO alliance and declared that Cuba was "coming our way" after many decades, invoking the historical legacy of the Spanish-American War while accusing Madrid of refusing to help allies.
Trump: İspanya NATO'da yetersiz, Küba 'bize geliyor'Trump slams Spain for NATO commitments, says Cuba ‘coming our way’
‘They will learn soon after they relinquish their grip on Cuba and Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico,’ says US president, noting history of Spanish-American War
Trump'tan İspanya'ya NATO harcaması tepkisi: Küba 'bize doğru geliyor'Ousaban Banking Trojan Targets Iberian Bank Users with Fake PDF Lures
A Brazilian banking trojan called Ousaban is going after Windows users who bank in Spain and Portugal. Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs identified the campaign in May 2026. It opens with a phishing PDF disguised as a corrupted file, checks that the visitor is really in Spain or Portugal, and hides its real payload inside an image. The goal is the usual one: steal banking logins and take
Spain heat wave kills over 1,000 in second-hottest June ever
At least 1,028 people died during Spain's recent heatwave as the country endured its hottest January-to-June period on record. Scientists said the extreme heat across Europe was driven by climate change.
Spain records more than 1,000 heat-related June deaths
MADRID — More than 1,000 deaths in Spain were attributed to the recent heatwave that roasted Europe, as the country posted the hottest first six months ever recorded, officials said on Wednesday. At least 1,028 people died of heat-related issues during the heatwave, the public Carlos III Health Institute said. The figure was more than
Six cases of boys’ rape complainants, victims booked for changing statements in Gujrat
GUJRAT: Police in Gujrat have registered at least six cases against the complainants, victims and witnesses in boys’ rape cases, for withdrawing or changing statements against the suspects before the court of law. All the cases have been lodged with the Kakrali police station in Kharian tehsil of Gujrat district in a single day. Official sources say that the cases were lodged against the complainants, victims and witnesses following a written complaint by the public prosecution after its deputy director sent the matter to Gujrat district police officer (DPO), who took notice and referred the matter to the concerned police station. The sources says that at least 13 people, mostly fathers of the victims, and some witnesses, had been nominated in the fresh cases lodged on June 29. In one such case, the mother of a victim has been nominated as an accused, they added. All these cases have been registered under sections 213 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and 22- 2 (b) of the Anti Rape (Investigation and trial) Act 2001, on the report of ASI Imtiaz Ahmed of Kharian Saddar police station. However, police sources say that no arrest could be made in these cases as further investigation was underway. It is learnt that the rape cases under sections 375A and 376iii of PPC had been registered against different suspects by Kakrali police during the last few months of 2025. Now the police have booked the complainants, victims and some witnesses in the aforementioned cases for giving statements in favour of the suspects after reconciliation with them. In 2025, Gujrat police had lodged at least a dozen cases in different police stations of the district against the complainants in rape cases for withdrawing their statements. arrested: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Gujranwala and Gujrat circles, claimed to have arrested at least 14 suspects allegedly involved in human trafficking and fraud cases during the last one week. An FIA spokesperson says that during the last week, the FIA’s Gujranwala circle arrested nine suspects, whereas Gujrat circle arrested five suspects. Meanwhile, at least 25 passports, cheque books and travel documents were also recovered from two travel agencies during an ongoing crackdown against human trafficking in the region. The spokesman says that 10 alleged human traffickers, including two proclaimed offenders, involved in human trafficking have been arrested. He says that one of the arrested suspects, Adnan Saleem, had allegedly received Rs7 million from a man on the pretext of sending him to Spain. Those arrested, he says, are collectively involved in Rs30m financial scam. Published in Dawn, July 1st, 2026
UK government likely to challenge Paramount takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery
The British government says it could step in to challenge Paramount Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. French inflation slowed to just 1.8% in June year on year, down from 2.4% in May. And, more than a million undocumented people in Spain apply to obtain legal status as part of an economic bet that immigration is what's keeping the country's growth alive.
Raids in Europe over alleged far-right embezzlement: EU prosecutors
Raids were said to be under way in France, Spain, Italy and Belgium.
Spain's mass migrants regularization drive sees 1M applications
More than 1 million undocumented migrants in Spain have applied for legal status under a government scheme, defying a broader European crackdown on irregular immigration, officials...
One million migrants in Spain apply to regularise status in new scheme
Programme defending benefits of immigration attracts double number of applicants expected More than one million undocumented migrants and asylum seekers have applied to regularise their status in Spain under a government programme to harness and defend the benefits of immigration at a time when most European countries are pulling up the drawbridge. Although the massive regularisation initiative, announced by the socialist-led government in January, was originally intended to benefit around 500,000 people, it had attracted more than twice that number of applicants by the time the registration period ended on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Travel Bridges Cultures, Promotes Peace, Secretary-General Says in Video Message, as Spain Hosts UN Tourism
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the inauguration of the United Nations Tourism Headquarters, in Madrid today:
Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Türkiye, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Jordan, Indonesia, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Pakistan, South Africa, and Spain Regarding the Israeli Assaults on the Global Sumud Flotilla, 30 April 2026
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, Federative Republic of Brazil, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Kingdom of Spain, Malaysia,...
Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Türkiye, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, South Africa and Spain Regarding the Israeli Assaults on the Global Sumud Flotilla, 18 May 2026
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Türkiye, People's Republic of Bangladesh, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republic of Colombia, Republic of Indonesia, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, State of Libya,...
More than 1m migrants apply for legal status in Spain
MADRID - More than one million undocumented migrants in Spain have sought legal status under a scheme that has defied a wider European crackdown on irregular immigration, the government said on Tuesday, the final day for submissions.
Final dash for documents as Spain triggers largest migrant amnesty in European history
A vast migrant regularisation launched by Spain's leftist government in defiance of a growing European crackdown on irregular immigration ends on Tuesday, with the final hopefuls scrambling to secure their legal status. The government has said more than one million people have applied. France 24's correspondent in Madrid Sarah Morris has the latest.
Fact check: Spain has not barred people from setting air conditioners below 27°C amid heatwave
Viral screenshot is from 2022, when decision was taken to conserve energy amid Russia-Ukraine war
Nearly one million unauthorized migrants apply for legal status in Spain
The mass legalization drive has coincided with the sweeping overhaul of the EU's policies and the introduction of stricter migration rules.
Spanish NGOs push undocumented migrants to apply for regularisation as deadline looms
By Corina Pons MADRID, June 29 (Reuters) - Several non-governmental organisations in Spain are urging undocumented migrants to register in a final push for a special mass regularisation process that has attracted around a million people in just a few weeks and is set to end on Tuesday.
America at 250: Its birthright is anti-imperialist, not empire
This is the first in a RS series of articles reflecting on the 250th anniversary of American Independence and its impact and meaning for modern U.S. foreign policy, war, and peace. On the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, this nation, founded as a republic, continues to shoulder numerous overseas entanglements and seemingly never-ending military commitments—the burdens of empire. Those who defend the foreign policy status quo have in recent months taken to branding critics as un-American, the avatars of an alien ideology. But on this semi-quincentennial, it is worth remembering that the original opponents of American intervention abroad — the anti-imperialist movement that arose in response to an imperial turn in the late 19th century — were in fact the true inheritors of the republic and its first principles. These American men and women were first roused into action by the prospect of Hawaiian annexation and later by war with Spain, viewing the seizure of the Philippines and Puerto Rico and the enlargement of the nation’s military establishment as threats to the nation’s republican character, economic health, and domestic tranquility. As this nation remains disconnected from its republican path, their presence in American political life and their critiques are worth remembering if we are to find our way back to our birthright. America’s anti-imperialist tradition was as diverse as the nation itself. Among the nation’s committed anti-imperialists was the then-world’s richest man, Andrew Carnegie. The movement also included the nation’s populist-in-chief and a perennial Democratic presidential nominee, William Jennings Bryan, who viewed the empire as an elite project that cost the nation’s farmers and laborers. Reflecting upon the occupation of the Philippines, Bryan warned that the large standing army needed for it and other overseas adventures would prove “a pecuniary burden to the people” and “a menace to a Republican form of government.” Bryan’s ideological opposite within the Democratic Party, former President Grover Cleveland, was also among the nation’s committed anti-imperialists. While in office, Cleveland governed as an anti-imperialist, forestalled the annexation of Hawaii, and beat back the plans of his Republican opponents for naval enlargement. Even though American imperialism at the turn of the last century was largely a Republican adventure, the GOP produced a bevy of vocal and active anti-imperialists. These dissenting Republicans viewed the nation’s turn toward imperialism as a corruption of the nation’s character and, in particular, as an affront to their party’s history of emancipation. Despite their differences, one thing united this otherwise disparate group: a belief that Americanism demanded an embrace of anti-imperialism. The anti-imperialists argued that, by taking on ambitions beyond its borders — particularly outside the Western Hemisphere — the nation was losing its republican character and becoming like the empires of Europe. They worried that America’s imperial turn would upset the nation’s republicanism by eroding the balance of power within the federal government, bloating the executive branch, and eroding First Amendment rights of individual Americans. They also warned that the militarism that accompanied expansionism would distort the domestic economy, entrench cronyism, and foster a political culture that would further undermine the nation’s moral and political character. Summing up the concerns of the anti-imperialists, Carnegie asked rhetorically in 1899, “Shall we remain as we are, solid, compact, impregnable, republican, American" rather than give in to “the phantom of imperialism?” If such critiques sound familiar, it is because, in taking a stand against adventurism in their own time, they foresaw the costs of American global power borne throughout the 20th century. The original anti-imperialist movement, however, was not solely motivated by high-minded ideals and an inclusive liberal vision of Americanism. Among those who opposed an American plunge into empire were those who were motivated, in part, by racist assumptions that foreign peoples could not assimilate into an Anglo-American tradition of self-government and would therefore corrupt the nation. Similar concerns emanated from American labor groups that believed the annexation of foreign lands, much like the influx of immigrant labor, would drive down the wages of native-born Americans and thereby undermine labor’s collective bargaining power. Such attitudes were hardly unique to the anti-imperialists. Racial anxieties and economic protectionism ran through much of American society at the time — and coexisted with the high-minded republican principles that animated the anti-imperialist movement. This imperfect mix of high ideals and base fears makes the anti-imperialist tradition more human than heroic, yet no less worth recovering as we continue to face the issues of militarism and interventionism abroad. This movement did not disappear overnight. It survived the Spanish-American War and remained a significant force during the interwar period, shaping debates over American foreign policy and later informing the arguments of the America First Committee. Despite this continuity, American involvement in the world wars began the political and cultural processes that steered the nation’s political culture away from its anti-imperialist tradition. Due to the geopolitics and the scale of the world wars, supporters of a more muscular American foreign policy reframed intervention abroad from imperial meddling into a duty of global leadership. They argued that American disengagement from world affairs had helped create the conditions that made another global war possible. The Cold War solidified these earlier trends and pushed American political culture further from its anti-imperialist roots. The ideological incentives of the early Cold War gave rise to the so-called “vital center,” a consolidation of elite opinion that jettisoned from mainstream discourse any criticisms of the nation’s new role in world affairs. This elite consensus was robust enough to survive the turmoil of the late Cold War and growing domestic opposition to the Vietnam War. What the American public lost in the 20th Century was a broadly palatable and politically actionable critique of empire and militarism. Ideas that had once been voiced by former presidents, major-party presidential nominees, industrial titans, and prominent intellectuals gradually came to be dismissed as isolationist, naïve, or un-American. As the United States continues to spend more on its military than any other nation in history and maintains a global footprint of security agreements and other entanglements, there is still a lack of substantive debate on the fiscal and moral costs of American militarism. Our muscles of republican self-government also atrophied as the adventurism and all of its accompanying costs — once viewed as intolerable — became sacrosanct. As the material and ideological elements of interventionism became the norm, critiquing them became a radical perspective, whereas for earlier generations of Americans, such criticisms were self-evident. The rise of an American empire constrained not just our policy debates but the boundaries of politics itself by turning the traditions of the past into the heresies of today. The United States is still groaning under the burdens of empire. For those opposed to maintaining the status quo, these ongoing trends appear daunting. On the 250th anniversary of America’s birth, a new generation of Americans must answer a variation of Carnegie’s 127-year-old question: Shall we remain an empire, or shall we again become solid, compact, impregnable, republican, American? To do so, Americans must first remember that there was once another way of thinking about their nation's role in the world.
ABD'nin 250. Yılı: Kurucu Anti-Emperyalist Miras ve Küresel Askerî VarlıkEurope swelters under record heat
Tens of millions of people are enduring extreme temperatures across Europe as a deadly heatwave pushes eastward. Scientists say a heatwave of this intensity so early in the summer would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change. Switzerland has broken its record for the hottest June day for the third consecutive day, while two nuclear reactors were taken offline after the Aare River became too warm to cool them. Denmark also recorded its highest temperature on record on Saturday, and Spain has reported 327 heat-related deaths this week. As Europe's fastest-warming continent faces increasingly severe heat, Nick Rushworth has the roundup.
Avrupa'da rekor sıcaklık: Milyonlarca kişi aşırı sıcaklar altındaVenezuela'daki depremlerde hayatını kaybedenlerin sayısı 1430'a yükseldi
CNN'in haberine göre, Venezuela Ulusal Meclis Başkanı Jorge Rodriguez, ülkeyi vuran iki büyük depremin ardından son duruma ilişkin açıklama yaptı. Rodriguez, depremlerde yaşamını yitirenlerin sayısının 1430'a, yaralı sayısının 3 bin 238'e yükseldiğini ve 3 bin 142 ailenin evlerini kaybettiğini bildirdi. Rodriguez, depremlerin ardından ülkede en az 430 artçı sarsıntı kaydedildiğini belirtti. VENEZUELA'DA İKİ BÜYÜK DEPREM MEYDANA GELMİŞTİ ABD Jeolojik Araştırma Merkezi (USGS), 24 Haziran'da Venezuela'da 39 saniye arayla 7,2 ve 7,5 büyüklüğünde iki deprem olduğunu bildirmişti. USGS, ülkenin Yaracuy eyaletine bağlı Yumare kentinin 23 kilometre güneydoğusunda 7,5, aynı eyalete bağlı San Felipe kentinin 24 kilometre kuzeydoğusunda ise 7,2 büyüklüğünde sarsıntı kaydedildiğini açıklamıştı. Depremin derinliğinin Yumare'de 10, San Felipe'de ise 21,9 kilometre olduğu bilgisi verilmişti. Arama kurtarma çalışmalarının sürdüğü ülkede ölü ve yaralı sayısının artmasından endişe ediliyor. İsrailli eski bakan: Trump, Netanyahu ve ülkeyi benzeri görülmemiş bir aşağılanma sürecine sürükledi Silivri'de yolcu minibüsü devrildi! 2 kişi öldü, 10 kişi yaralandı
Şiddetli depremlerle sarsılan Venezuela'da son durum! Can kaybı artıyor, kritik saatlere girildi
Venezuela'da peş peşe meydana gelen 7.2 ve 7.5 büyüklüğündeki yıkıcı depremlerin ardından bilanço her geçen saat ağırlaşıyor. Yetkililer, hayatını kaybedenlerin sayısının 920'ye, yaralı sayısının ise 3 bin 360'a yükseldiğini açıklarken, enkaz altında yaşam mücadelesi verenlere ulaşmak için zamanla yarış sürüyor. KRİTİK SAATLERE GİRİLDİ Arama-kurtarma ve enkaz kaldırma çalışmaları ülke genelinde aralıksız devam ederken, uzmanlar kritik 48 ila 72 saatlik zaman dilimine girildiği uyarısında bulundu. Yardım kuruluşları, enkaz altındaki kişilerin kurtarılmasında ilk 48 ila 72 saatin hayati önem taşıdığına dikkat çekerken, su ve gıdaya erişim sağlanabilmesi halinde hayatta kalma süresinin daha da uzayabileceğini belirtti. Depremin merkez üssü olan La Guaira kentinde çöken binaların enkazında arama-kurtarma ekipleri göçük altında kalanlara ulaşmak için çalışmalarını sürdürüyor. DÜNYADAN YARDIM SEFERBERLİĞİ Öte yandan uluslararası yardım seferberliği de hız kazandı. Çeşitli kaynaklar, dünyanın farklı ülkelerinden 20'den fazla arama-kurtarma ekibinin kısa süre içinde Venezuela'ya ulaşmasının beklendiğini bildirdi. ABD'nin Caracas Büyükelçiliği, acil durum operasyonlarını güçlendirmek amacıyla özel ekipman ve kurtarma personeli taşıyan ilk ABD askeri nakliye uçağının ülkeye ulaştığını doğruladı. ÇİN: EN AZ 7 VATANDAŞIMIZ ÖLDÜ Çin Büyükelçiliği ise depremlerde en az 7 Çin vatandaşının yaşamını yitirdiğini açıklayarak, "Pekin, arama-kurtarma operasyonlarına ve tıbbi yardım çalışmalarına destek olmak üzere bir kurtarma ekibi gönderecektir" ifadelerini kullandı. 4.7 BÜYÜKLÜĞÜNDE ARTÇI DEPREM Yıkıcı depremlerin ardından Venezuela, cuma günü bu kez 4.7 büyüklüğünde bir artçı depremle sarsıldı. ABD Jeolojik Araştırmalar Kurumu'nun (USGS) son tahminlerine göre ise önümüzdeki hafta 6.0 büyüklüğünden daha büyük bir artçı deprem meydana gelme olasılığı yüzde 8 olarak hesaplanıyor. TÜRKİYE'DEN AFAD EKİPLERİ YOLA ÇIKTI Afet ve Acil Durum Yönetimi Başkanlığı (AFAD) Başkanı Ali Hamza Pehlivan da Türkiye'nin Venezuela'ya yardım ulaştırmak için hızla harekete geçtiğini açıklamıştı. Pehlivan, "Bugün itibarıyla uçak yola çıktı. A-400M tipinde kargo uçağı. İçinde bizim AFAD ekipleri var, 38 AFAD personeli var. Ayrıca Sağlık Bakanlığı'ndan UMKE ve diğer sağlık hizmetlerini yürütecek olan bir ekip var. Kızılay'dan bir ekip var. AFAD'ın hem kurtarma hem insani yardım çalışmaları yapacak ekibi var. Toplam 46 kişi bugün itibarıyla yola çıktı. Ekipler, tüm ekipmanlarıyla birlikte hareket etti. Arama-kurtarma araçları da uçağa yüklendi. Bölgede başta arama-kurtarma çalışmaları olmak üzere akut dönemde ihtiyaç duyulan tüm faaliyetleri yerine getirecekler. Bugüne kadar 84 ülkeyle insani yardım alanında çalışmalar yürüttük. Dünyanın neresinde bir mağduriyet varsa ekiplerimizi ve insani yardımlarımızı gönderiyoruz. En son Venezuela'da yaşandı ve oraya ekiplerimiz gitti. Bundan sonra da bölgeyle irtibat halinde neye ihtiyaç varsa onu tespit edeceğiz. Temel ihtiyaçları biliyoruz ancak öncelik, depremden etkilenen insanların enkaz altından çıkarılmasıdır" ifadelerini kullanmıştı. NE OLMUŞTU? ABD Jeolojik Araştırma Merkezi (USGS), 25 Haziran'da Venezuela'da yalnızca 39 saniye arayla 7.2 ve 7.5 büyüklüğünde iki deprem meydana geldiğini duyurmuştu. USGS'nin verilerine göre 7.5 büyüklüğündeki deprem, Yaracuy eyaletine bağlı Yumare kentinin 23 kilometre güneydoğusunda, 7.2 büyüklüğündeki deprem ise aynı eyalette bulunan San Felipe kentinin 24 kilometre kuzeydoğusunda kaydedildi. Depremin derinliğinin Yumare'de 10 kilometre, San Felipe'de ise 21.9 kilometre olduğu açıklanmıştı. Venezuela'da arama-kurtarma çalışmaları tüm hızıyla sürerken, yetkililer enkaz altındaki kişilere ulaşılmaya çalışıldığını, ölü ve yaralı sayısının ise ilerleyen saatlerde daha da artabileceğinden endişe edildiğini belirtiyor.
Venezuela'da Peş Peşe Depremler: Can Kaybı 920'ye Yükseldi, Zamana Karşı Yarış SürüyorTrump ve Rubio'dan Venezuela'ya destek telefonu
Venezuela Geçici Devlet Başkanı Delcy Rodriguez, ABD Başkanı Donald Trump ve ABD Dışişleri Bakanı Marco Rubio ile telefon görüşmesi gerçekleştirdiğini bildirdi. Rodriguez, sosyal medya platformundan yaptığı paylaşımda, ABD Başkanı Trump ve ABD Dışişleri Bakanı Rubio ile telefonda görüştüğünü kaydetti. Görüşmede, Trump ve Rubio’nun, ABD’nin Venezuela'ya bu zorlu zamanda desteğini belirttiğini aktaran Rodriguez, "Kurtarma görevlileri, özel ekipman, geçici barınaklar için destek ve etkilenen ailelere insani yardım göndererek müdahale çabalarına destek verme taahhütlerini yinelediler." ifadelerini kullandı. VENEZUELA'DA 2 BÜYÜK DEPREM MEYDANA GELMİŞTİ Venezuela'da meydana gelen depremlerde hayatını kaybedenlerin sayısının 920'ye, yaralı sayısının ise 3 bin 360'a yükseldiği bildirilmişti. ABD Jeolojik Araştırma Merkezi (USGS) 25 Haziran'da, Venezuela'da 39 saniye arayla 7,2 ve 7,5 büyüklüğünde 2 deprem olduğunu bildirmişti. USGS, ülkenin Yaracuy eyaletine bağlı Yumare kentinin 23 kilometre güneydoğusunda 7,5, aynı eyalete bağlı San Felipe kentinin 24 kilometre kuzeydoğusunda ise 7,2 büyüklüğünde deprem meydana geldiğini açıklamıştı. Depremin derinliğinin Yumare'de 10, San Felipe'de ise 21,9 kilometre olduğu bilgisi paylaşılmıştı. Venezuela'da arama kurtarma çalışmaları sürerken, ölü ve yaralı sayısının artmasından endişe ediliyor. Şiddetli depremlerin yerle bir ettiği Venezuela'da bilanço ağırlaşıyor! Can kaybı yükseldi, bölgede kritik saatler
Foreign rescue teams start arriving in quake-hit Venezuela as death toll climbs to 589
Foreign rescue teams and aid were arriving on Friday in Venezuela nearly two days after devastating twin earthquakes flattened areas in and around the capital Caracas, forcing residents to dig through rubble to save relatives, friends and neighbours. The government has estimated hundreds of people still trapped and missing on top of 589 confirmed fatalities and 2,980 injuries. A website set up to take reports of people still unaccounted for had 50,000 listed as of Friday morning. The magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 tremors, two of the biggest earthquakes in Latin America’s modern history, struck about 160 kilometres west of Caracas on Wednesday evening as Venezuelans were enjoying a public holiday. The US Geological Survey has predicted more than 10,000 deaths. The government of interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who took power after the United States arrested her predecessor in a January raid, has pledged a massive deployment of assistance. Yet help was patchy on Thursday, with authorities like firefighters, police, civil protection and the military on the streets in some places but absent or with minimal presence in others. People stand on the rubble of a collapsed building, in the aftermath of earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela on June 25, 2026. —Reuters/File La Guaira, a coastal city just outside Caracas, was the worst affected, as at least 100 buildings, including high-rise apartments, were smashed to the ground. Anguished residents, many of whom combed through debris with their hands or whatever tools they could find, decried a lack of state help and proper equipment, though state television showed images of Rodriguez making an afternoon visit and pledging aid. “He’s under the slabs and there’s no machinery to get him out,” said Yamileth Jimenez of her 19-year-old son, who was stuck in debris of their seven-storey apartment building. Beyond those combing through the rubble, Venezuelans have also stepped up to provide ad-hoc aid to earthquake victims, with motorcycle caravans of supplies reaching La Guaira on Thursday evening from Caracas. Dozens also travelled by motorcycle through the night from the city of Valencia, carrying food and supplies. People inspect the rubble of a collapsed building after earthquakes hit the country, in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026. —Reuters/File World rallies Foreign rescue teams — including some from countries which have opposed Venezuela during decades of international isolation, political repression and economic deterioration — began arriving late on Thursday, with a small contingent from the Dominican Republic the first to reach La Guaira. Mexico has sent 250 rescuers, El Salvador 188 and Spain nearly 100, and a Colombian air force plane carrying 63 rescue crew was on its way on Friday morning. Switzerland and Germany have also sent rescue crews and many of the teams bring with them search dogs, sound equipment and specialized gear. The US has said it is mobilising $150 million in aid, while other countries like Colombia, Switzerland and El Salvador are also sending equipment and supplies. Colombian firefighters carrying bottles of water prepare to board a Colombian Air Force plane with humanitarian aid to Venezuela at Catam Air Base in Bogota on June 26, 2026, following deadly earthquakes. —AFP Washington eased long-time sanctions on the socialist country to allow earthquake aid that would otherwise be prohibited and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would send rescue teams and the Pentagon would help support Caracas’ damaged airport. Rodriguez on Friday morning thanked countries for their support and said foreign teams were distributed among different areas. The quake hit a nation already weakened by decades of economic and political turmoil that has impoverished residents, triggered a migratory exodus of millions and eroded basic infrastructure and services. “My building is uninhabitable and now I have nothing. It’s just me and my son, and I have no family in the country,” said Suhayl Sarquiz, 50, who lost her job a few months ago. Nearly seven million people could be affected, said the UN’s migration body, which was supplying emergency shelter and other relief supplies. “We lost everything,” said Pedro Perez, 64, an upholstery workshop owner who said he had lost both his home and business and was sleeping on the street on Thursday night with his wife and children. “We hope help arrives quickly.” Ecuadorean firefighters board an Ecuador’s Air Force Hercules plane early on June 26, 2026, at he Simon Bolivar air base in Guayaquil, Ecuador, before departing to Venezuela following deadly earthquakes. —AFP Near the epicenter in Moron, a seaside town in Carabobo state, houses crumpled and residents had no water or electricity. Families salvaged what they could, including mattresses, televisions and washing machines. In the vital oil sector of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ member, foreign energy companies said their operations had not suffered major disruption and oil infrastructure appeared largely spared. The Caracas Stock Exchange remained closed, turned into an aid collection centre. Until now, the deadliest quake in Venezuela’s modern history had been in 1967, killing 240 people.
ABD'den Venezuela'daki depremlere acil arama kurtarma ve tıbbi yardımForeign rescue teams reaching quake-hit Venezuela where 589 dead, many missing
Foreign rescue teams and aid were arriving on Friday in Venezuela nearly two days after devastating twin earthquakes flattened areas in and around the capital Caracas, forcing residents to dig through rubble to save relatives, friends and neighbours. The government has estimated hundreds of people still trapped and missing on top of 589 confirmed fatalities and 2,980 injuries. A website set up to take reports of people still unaccounted for had 50,000 listed as of Friday morning. The magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 tremors, two of the biggest earthquakes in Latin America’s modern history, struck about 160 kilometres west of Caracas on Wednesday evening as Venezuelans were enjoying a public holiday. The US Geological Survey has predicted more than 10,000 deaths. The government of interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who took power after the United States arrested her predecessor in a January raid, has pledged a massive deployment of assistance. Yet help was patchy on Thursday, with authorities like firefighters, police, civil protection and the military on the streets in some places but absent or with minimal presence in others. People stand on the rubble of a collapsed building, in the aftermath of earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela on June 25, 2026. —Reuters/File La Guaira, a coastal city just outside Caracas, was the worst affected, as at least 100 buildings, including high-rise apartments, were smashed to the ground. Anguished residents, many of whom combed through debris with their hands or whatever tools they could find, decried a lack of state help and proper equipment, though state television showed images of Rodriguez making an afternoon visit and pledging aid. “He’s under the slabs and there’s no machinery to get him out,” said Yamileth Jimenez of her 19-year-old son, who was stuck in debris of their seven-storey apartment building. Beyond those combing through the rubble, Venezuelans have also stepped up to provide ad-hoc aid to earthquake victims, with motorcycle caravans of supplies reaching La Guaira on Thursday evening from Caracas. Dozens also travelled by motorcycle through the night from the city of Valencia, carrying food and supplies. People inspect the rubble of a collapsed building after earthquakes hit the country, in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026. —Reuters/File World rallies Foreign rescue teams — including some from countries which have opposed Venezuela during decades of international isolation, political repression and economic deterioration — began arriving late on Thursday, with a small contingent from the Dominican Republic the first to reach La Guaira. Mexico has sent 250 rescuers, El Salvador 188 and Spain nearly 100, and a Colombian air force plane carrying 63 rescue crew was on its way on Friday morning. Switzerland and Germany have also sent rescue crews and many of the teams bring with them search dogs, sound equipment and specialized gear. The US has said it is mobilising $150 million in aid, while other countries like Colombia, Switzerland and El Salvador are also sending equipment and supplies. Colombian firefighters carrying bottles of water prepare to board a Colombian Air Force plane with humanitarian aid to Venezuela at Catam Air Base in Bogota on June 26, 2026, following deadly earthquakes. —AFP Washington eased long-time sanctions on the socialist country to allow earthquake aid that would otherwise be prohibited and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would send rescue teams and the Pentagon would help support Caracas’ damaged airport. Rodriguez on Friday morning thanked countries for their support and said foreign teams were distributed among different areas. The quake hit a nation already weakened by decades of economic and political turmoil that has impoverished residents, triggered a migratory exodus of millions and eroded basic infrastructure and services. “My building is uninhabitable and now I have nothing. It’s just me and my son, and I have no family in the country,” said Suhayl Sarquiz, 50, who lost her job a few months ago. Nearly seven million people could be affected, said the UN’s migration body, which was supplying emergency shelter and other relief supplies. “We lost everything,” said Pedro Perez, 64, an upholstery workshop owner who said he had lost both his home and business and was sleeping on the street on Thursday night with his wife and children. “We hope help arrives quickly.” Ecuadorean firefighters board an Ecuador’s Air Force Hercules plane early on June 26, 2026, at he Simon Bolivar air base in Guayaquil, Ecuador, before departing to Venezuela following deadly earthquakes. —AFP Near the epicenter in Moron, a seaside town in Carabobo state, houses crumpled and residents had no water or electricity. Families salvaged what they could, including mattresses, televisions and washing machines. In the vital oil sector of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ member, foreign energy companies said their operations had not suffered major disruption and oil infrastructure appeared largely spared. The Caracas Stock Exchange remained closed, turned into an aid collection centre. Until now, the deadliest quake in Venezuela’s modern history had been in 1967, killing 240 people.
ABD'den Venezuela'daki depremlere acil arama kurtarma ve tıbbi yardımAirbus, Kawasaki Heavy to cooperate on Japanese defence drone variant
The deal will enable Japan to develop a maritime anti-submarine warfare version of the delayed US$8 billion Eurodrone programme involving France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Airbus ve Kawasaki’den Japonya’ya Özel Denizaltısavar İHAEurope’s Scorching Heat Is Gradually Moving East
Parts of Spain, France and other countries are seeing slight relief, but the record-breaking heat wave is far from over.
Batı Avrupa'da rekor sıcaklıklar: Paris ilk kez Haziran'da 40 dereceyi görebilirVenezuelans search for survivors as death toll from twin earthquakes rises to 235
Desperate Venezuelans raced on Thursday to find and rescue loved ones trapped alive beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings after two major earthquakes that killed at least 235 people. Buildings cracked, crumbled, and tilted precariously after the quakes, which the United States Geological Survey measured at magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, hit northern Venezuela within less than a minute of each other on Wednesday night. Powerful aftershocks could still be felt on Thursday, and Health Minister Carlos Alvarado reported the death toll had risen to at least 235, with around 4,300 people injured. Rescue efforts moved slowly, with bodies still visible under debris hours after the quakes, while time ran out for some of those who were trapped and injured. In a city in the worst-hit state of La Guaira, north of Caracas, residents listened helplessly as a young girl cried out for help for hours. “We need people …, military personnel, to come and help so we can get her out,” said resident Dani Rizo, 48. Not long after, the girl died, local residents told AFP. Elsewhere in La Guaira, three people could be heard in the rubble of a collapsed building. “They’re still alive … There’s nothing more we can do,” said one resident, Antonio Bermudez. “We don’t have any tools. We have no way to help.” A doctor at the Domingo Luciani Hospital in the city, speaking on condition of anonymity, said children were arriving in ambulances alone after being pulled out of the rubble. “Some children provide their names, while others arrive with identification tape on their arms,” he said. Global rescue teams on way A rescue worker, speaking off the record, told AFP conditions were precarious, with a shortage of trained personnel and significant technical limitations. Interim president Delcy Rodriguez visited La Guaira on Thursday after the area was declared a “disaster zone.” AFP reporters witnessed residents looting a local supermarket in the city. Venezuela’s director of the International Rescue Committee, Nicole Kast, described the situation as catastrophic. Offers of support poured in from around the world, with Switzerland, Spain, France, Portugal and Mexico among those sending specialists and rescue teams to Venezuela. The United States said it was deploying two warships, transport planes and helicopters as well as mobilising $150 million in aid. “We have a whole-of-government response. It’ll be big, it’ll be fast, and it’ll be effective,” said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Washington is closely involved in oil-rich Venezuela after US forces ousted and arrested president Nicolas Maduro in January. China, India, Brazil and even war-battered Iran offered help, while Pope Leo XIV has sent an initial 100,000 euros in aid to the country. UN chief Antonio Guterres said he was “deeply saddened” by the disaster as the global body vowed to assist Venezuela. The strongest quake to hit Venezuela in 126 years will require “massive collective efforts,” UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said in a statement. Threatening to complicate relief efforts, the international airport is in La Guaira and has been closed after suffering serious damage. Two Brazilians, two Chinese, an Italian and a Portuguese citizen were among the dead, authorities in those countries said. Tremors felt in Colombia, Brazil Venezuela’s northern coast sits on a boundary between the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates, but has not experienced a significant quake since 1997, when 73 people died. Another quake in 1967 killed 236 people. Wednesday’s 7.5-magnitude earthquake was the most powerful since October 29, 1900, when a 7.7-magnitude tremor struck offshore. The quake was felt in neighbouring Colombia, where residents in Bogota evacuated buildings as a precaution. Tremors were also reported in several cities in northern Brazil, according to the country’s seismic monitoring network. Scenes of panic and destruction also played out in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, where many spent the night sleeping on the streets or in their cars. Rita Gomez, 60, travelled to the capital after seeing on social media that the building her daughter lives in had collapsed and that she was not answering her phone. She told AFP that heavy machinery had arrived and there was “a lot of cooperation from the neighbors. We are trusting in God that they will find her alive. “
Venezuela Depremlerinde Can Kaybı 235 ile 1.400 Arasında BildiriliyorEurope paying price for burning fossil fuels: UN
PARIS: The heatwave scorching Europe has the fingerprints of climate change all over it and is “the latest price to pay for fossil fuel pollution baking our planet”, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Thursday. Europe has endured extreme heat this week, with record-breaking temperatures in France, Britain and Spain and other countries issuing high-level heat alerts. “Europe’s savage heatwave has the fingerprints of the climate crisis all over it — it’s the latest price to pay for fossil fuel pollution baking our planet,” Stiell said in a statement. “Until humanity stops burning colossal amounts of coal, oil and gas, extreme heat will keep getting worse,” he said. Clients’ emissions A French court on Thursday ordered TotalEnergies to account for its clients’ emissions and outline measures to address them, in a ruling that NGOs hailed as a victory in the major climate case. Court orders Total Energies to account for clients’ emissions The court, however, stopped short of imposing specific measures demanded by the plaintiffs against the French energy giant, including a halt in new fossil fuel projects and cuts in oil and gas production. The case is the latest in a growing wave of climate litigation targeting major corporate emitters worldwide, and it comes as France and other European countries are baking under a record-breaking heatwave. The NGOs and TotalEnergies battled at the Paris Judicial Court over whether environmental risks fall within France’s corporate duty of vigilance law, which was enacted in 2017. “Climate-related risks and impacts to which the company may contribute through its activities fall within the scope of the law on the duty of vigilance for parent companies and ordering companies,” the court said. The city of Paris hailed the ruling as “a landmark decision in the history of French climate law”. “For the first time, a judge recognises that climate risks do indeed fall under the duty of vigilance owed by large corporations, and no fossil-fuel multinational can evade this responsibility,” Deputy Mayor Alice Timsit said. “This is an important decision in these days of unprecedented heatwaves: fighting climate change also means fighting for a livable future in our daily lives,” the NGOs Notre Affaire a Tous, Sherpa and France Nature Environment said in a joint statement. Oil cuts? Company lawyers had argued during February hearings that the law did not cover global warming. But the group of NGOs that took TotalEnergies to court said the law’s reference to prevention of environmental risks encompasses both local pollution and climate change. The plaintiffs specifically accused TotalEnergies of refusing to account for indirect emissions from end users, which they say amounted to 342 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2024. TotalEnergies argued that the law applied only to the company’s own operations and those of its contractors, not to customer activity. The court, however, said the company’s vigilance plan was “incomplete”. It gave TotalEnergies six months to amend it to include such emissions from end-users, known as Scope 3, along with unspecified “related measures”. Published in Dawn, June 26, 2026
BM: Avrupa'daki sıcak dalgası fosil yakıt kullanımının bedeliEurope’s heatwave shifts east as France raises health alert to highest level
Heatwave conditions that have left Spain, France and the UK sweltering for days are set to shift to the east, with forecasters in Germany and the Czech Republic warning of extreme conditions.
More Temperature Records Fall as Deadly Heat Stifles Europe
The continent’s second heat wave since May continued to disrupt daily life for millions. Officials in Spain said it might have contributed to a spike in deaths.
Avrupa'da İkinci Sıcak Dalgası Rekorları Altüst Ediyor, İspanya'da Can Kaybı ArtıyorHeatwave linked to 212 deaths in Spain — public institute
MADRID, Spain — A record heatwave that has gripped much of Europe could be linked to 212 deaths in Spain between Sunday and Wednesday, according to estimates from a public institute. The MoMo monitoring system compiles daily death statistics in Spain and compares them with the levels foreseeable based on historical records. It also incorporates
Wealthy nations reap huge benefits from immigration, study finds
Wealthy nations with the highest rate of immigration over the past 35 years reaped a large economic benefit, and many could still absorb more workers, according to research to be presented at a top European Central Bank conference next week. Political tensions over immigration have been on the rise in recent years as far-right, anti-immigrant parties have helped drive the issue to near the top of the political agenda while making headway in countries including the US, Germany and Britain. The study, which looked at data in dozens of rich countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), said growth and productivity were both likely to have been boosted sharply by the influx of immigrants, most of whom were highly skilled, despite any political claims to the contrary. “Receiving countries’ labour productivity grew significantly during and after periods of higher immigration rates,” said the paper, authored by University of California, Davis professor Giovanni Peri. “The predictive coefficients are often significant, economically large and a significant portion of such growth in GDP per worker is realised through strong growth in investments,” the paper to be presented at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra said. Productivity gains The total number of immigrants arriving in OECD countries from outside the bloc increased to about 100 million in 2024 from about 25 million in 1990, while native population growth turned negative in many countries. Peri and his co-authors found that an increase of immigrants equal to 1 per cent of a country’s population is associated with an increase in growth of GDP per worker, a measure of productivity, of 1.2pc within five years and 1.9pc over 10 years. The findings are especially relevant for the European Union, where the natural change of population has been negative since 2015 and the drop accelerated after the Covid-19 pandemic. Travellers arrive at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City, the US on April 6, 2023. — Reuters/File The study concluded that as much as one-third of economic growth per worker in countries including Spain, Italy, or Britain may have been generated by immigration between 1990 and 2024. In Spain, the share of immigrants increased by 15 percentage points of the adult population from 1990 to 2024, a change that could result in a 28pc higher growth of GDP per worker. Actual GDP per worker grew by about 75pc in this period, suggesting that up to one-third of the increase could be associated with the inflow of immigrants, the paper said. In the UK, the number of immigrants as a share of the total population rose by 10 percentage points, suggesting that immigration accounted for about 19pc of GDP per person growth out of the total 60pc increase, the paper said. The benefits from immigration do not fade as inflows rise, the paper found. The experience of Canada and Australia, which have large foreign-born populations, suggests there is room to absorb more workers without sacrificing the positive response of productivity and investment, it said.
Araştırma: Zengin ülkelere göç 35 yıldır büyük ekonomik katkı sağlıyorDeath toll from Venezuela twin quakes jumps to 164, nearly 1,000 injured: president
The death toll from Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes has risen to at least 164, with 971 people injured, interim president Delcy Rodriguez said on Thursday. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit about 160km (100 miles) west of Caracas at around 6pm on Wednesday (local time), followed less than a minute later by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Venezuela’s strongest earthquake since 1900 sent rescuers and locals clambering in the dark over flattened buildings, hunting for survivors and extracting people from under the ruins. Around 30 aftershocks have been recorded following the two strongest quakes, according to Rodriguez. She described La Guaira, located near the capital, as the “hardest-hit region”. Venezuela’s interim leader had earlier declared a state of emergency as the two earthquakes caused buildings in the capital to crumble and forced the closure of the country’s main airport. “High casualties and extensive damage are probable and the disaster is likely widespread,” the USGS said, initially estimating the death toll would most likely range from 10,000 to 100,000. According to the USGS, the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that hit Venezuela was the most powerful since Oct 29, 1900, when a 7.7-magnitude quake hit offshore. After Wednesday’s shock, some residential buildings showed large cracks and fallen walls, with dozens of others destroyed, according to AFP reporters. Local officials and witnesses reported collapsed buildings, rescues and a growing number of injured. “We have buildings, homes and houses which have collapsed and we are taking care of things with everything we have available in terms of security, civil assistance,” Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on state television. “The fire department, police, all have been activated.” Video footage showed emergency workers climbing through the ruins of a collapsed building in the capital as night fell, while distraught relatives sought help for loved ones believed to be trapped. In Chacao, an eastern Caracas municipality, Mayor Gustavo Duque told broadcaster Globovision that two structures had collapsed, 16 people were injured and there were deaths, though he gave no figure for fatalities. “We’re going to do everything we can to rescue the most people possible,” he said. Residents rush into streets Many Venezuelans were at home when the quakes struck during a public holiday marking an 1821 military victory that helped secure the country’s independence from Spain. “As soon as it started, we began hearing people screaming,” said Astrid Ramirez, a 41-year-old publicist in western Caracas. “Everyone was running down the stairs.” Residents across Caracas, which was also hit by a deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake in 1967, rushed to evacuate as buildings shook. “There was a very loud crash. Things fell in the house, jugs inside the refrigerator. I’ve never experienced anything like it,” said Coro Martinez, 56, who lives in eastern Caracas. Maria Romero, an 80-year-old pensioner in southern Caracas, said police helped her get out of her home. “This earthquake was horrible, even worse than the one in 1967,” she said. Another resident, a 41-year-old office worker who declined to be named, said she received an earthquake alert on her phone just before the shaking intensified. “It was a normal afternoon, and suddenly my phone sounded an earthquake alert,” she said. “As I picked it up and started listening to what it was saying, I first felt light shaking. Then, in less than two seconds, everything started moving.” Interim President Rodriguez has been running the country since the US ouster of President Nicolas Maduro in January. She has hailed a new era of cooperation with the US and other countries, especially on oil, mining and other industries. The US embassy in Caracas said it was closely monitoring the aftermath of the quake and urged citizens in the country to seek secure shelter and avoid damaged areas. US President Donald Trump said the two earthquakes had “left a devastating number of deaths,” without citing any official casualty figures. “The two major earthquakes that just hit the great people of Venezuela are both massive in scale and have left a devastating number of deaths,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “The U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help! I have instructed all agencies of our government to get ready to move quickly. We will be there for our new and great friends. Early reports are not good.” Hospitals brace for the injured Fire trucks were seen on the streets of Caracas, where some buildings suffered significant facade damage. At Caracas’ Hospital de Clinicas, staff were asked to double up on the night shift to help treat the injured, a worker there said. Video filmed at the hospital showed a darkened hallway with ceiling panels hanging by cables and pieces of plaster scattered across the floor. Other videos on social media appeared to show significant damage at Venezuela’s main airport, while residents reported collapsed buildings in La Guaira, a coastal city near Caracas. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage from the airport and La Guaira. Some municipalities of Caracas canceled classes and local events through Monday, as authorities began to take stock of the damage. Tsunami alert withdrawn The US Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat for Puerto Rico and the US and British Virgin Islands after the earthquake, and said hazardous waves could also affect Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire. The warning was withdrawn about an hour later. Venezuela lies in a seismically active zone where the Caribbean Plate meets the South American Plate. An estimated 30,000 people were killed when a powerful quake caused widespread destruction in the cities of Merida and Caracas in 1812, according to the USGS.
Venezuela'da Yüzyılın Depremleri: En Az 235 Ölü, Binlerce Kişi KayıpLive Updates: Spain Warns of High Death Toll in Heat Wave
The health ministry said about 200 people may have died since Sunday. The forecast across Europe was set to remain sharply above normal on Thursday.
Önce mesaj sonra felaket! Venezuela'daki çifte depremi Milliyet.com.tr'ye anlattı: 3 saniyede her şey yıkıldı
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