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France beats England with dramatic last-minute penalty in Six Nations final
The French managed to get one for the ages on Saturday after Thomas Ramos landed a 50-metre penalty to give his team a 33-31 win in Lyon. The result over bitter rival England ensured France finished the championship runner-up to Ireland.
Ireland win back-to-back Six Nations titles with narrow win over valiant Scotland
Tries by Dan Sheehan and Andrew Porter got the Irish over the line as the hosts were thwarted time and again by a magnificent Scottish defence.
'The EU is a global payer, not a global player': EP Foreign Affairs committee chief McAllister
"What we will see in the next years in the European Union is that we will take concrete steps towards a European Defence Union," McAllister says. "That means ramping up our defence industry production in Europe. We have to do more research together. We need to purchase much more together. We need to spend our taxpayers' money more efficiently. Let's try and do as much as possible at a European level. At the moment, 80 percent of defence procurement is still taking place at a purely national level. I think there's a lot of room for improvement. That's why I also welcome proposals which have now been made by different political parties in Europe, for a European Commissioner with a dedicated portfolio for security and defence. We also need a defence ministers' format. At the EU level, the main focus should be on establishing a European single market for the defence industry."
Seek deals or seek damages: Publishers divided over AI copyright debate
Le Monde, the Associated Press and Axel Springer have all struck deals with OpenAI, while the New York Times and The Intercept are among those taking the company to court.
Russian presidential election: The dashed hopes of Russian exiles in France
Report translated by Gulliver Cragg.
PSG draw Barcelona in Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid to play Manchester City
Arsenal returned to the quarter-finals for the first time in 14 years and they play Bayern Munich which will give the German club’s star striker Harry Kane—who has scored 36 goals this season—another crack at his former north London rivals
Europe votes: Rule-of-law tensions in Poland and Hungary
Programme produced by Sophie Samaille, Perrine Desplats and Isabelle Romero