Spain reached the semi-finals of Women’s Euro 2025 on Friday, defeating Switzerland 2-0 as the reigning world champions continued their pursuit of a first-ever European title. Spain reached the semi-finals of the Women’s Euro after a hard-fought 2-0 win over hosts Switzerland in Bern, thanks to second-half goals from Athenea del Castillo and Claudia Pina….
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Each Wednesday, Ian King brings you expert insights on the most important business stories from the U.K. and other key developments you won’t want to miss. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch Some 31 years after they were privatized, the U.K.’s railways…
The NATO summit in the Netherlands. Haiyun Jiang | Via Reuters It’ll be a moment of truth for NATO on Wednesday when the Western military alliance releases a joint statement on a heavily pushed and previewed collective defense spending hike. Allies have been corralled, cajoled and pressured to hike their defense expenditure from 2% to…
Cristiano Ronaldo was overcome with emotion as Portugal won the Nations League title after a tense penalty shootout against Spain. The match ended 2–2 after extra time, with Ronaldo scoring a key goal before Portugal held their nerve to win 5–3 on penalties. Ronaldo’s 138th international goal took the final to a shootout, with Alvaro…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle company dropped 3% after sales in May declined in several European markets. Reuters reported that Tesla suffered weaker sales in Sweden, France, Spain, Denmark and the Netherlands, but improved in Norway, boosted by the revamped Model Y. Advertising stocks…
A pro-Russian former politician from Ukraine was fatally shot Wednesday morning outside his children’s school in the Spanish capital Madrid, according to the Reuters news agency and multiple Spanish outlets. Andriy Portnov was killed outside the American School of Madrid by an unidentified gunman or gunmen, according to the reports. “Several persons shot him in…
