Hubert Kós added the one major 200m backstroke title missing from his collection on Wednesday, winning European gold in Paris to become the reigning European, world and Olympic champion. One day before the final, he had come within 0.38 seconds of breaking Aaron Peirsol’s 2009 world record, prompting Michael Phelps to praise him online.
The Geneva Consensus Declaration Secretariat has returned to Washington after three and a half years in Budapest, with Robert F Kennedy Jr and Marco Rubio publicly thanking Hungary for its stewardship. Since 2022, Viktor Orbán’s government has kept the coalition alive after the US withdrew under Joe Biden and Brazil later abandoned it under Lula, preserving the initiative until Trump’s return.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris has urged Americans to turn out in force for the November midterms, warning that Republicans are trying to ‘rig the system’. In her video message, Harris also used the phrase ‘too big to rig’, a campaign catchphrase promoted by President Trump and his supporters in the 2024 presidential election,
New reporting has raised the possibility that Viktor Orbán could seek a senior international role after leaving office, from FIFA to the United Nations. The former prime minister reportedly discussed opportunities during his US trip and is interested in becoming UN deputy secretary-general, as a constitutional term limit and Tisza’s anti-corruption drive narrow his path back to power.
Viktor Orbán’s recent vacations abroad have fuelled criticism that he is disappearing at moments of domestic crisis. Those same trips, however, overlap strikingly with progress in MOL’s bid for Serbia’s NIS: undisclosed talks in Washington, an OFAC extension days later and a Serbian visit alongside MOL deputy CEO Oszkár Világi, pointing to possible influence beyond formal office.
Brazilian influencer Bianca Barreto has been convicted of a ‘social racism’ offence for misgendering transgender MP Duda Salabert from the left-wing Socialism and Liberty Party (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade). She was sentenced to two years in prison and a R$20,000 (around $3,800) fine.
Hungary’s new foreign-policy establishment is preparing a ‘complete break’ with the MAGA-oriented model, according to the recently appointed leadership of the country’s main foreign-policy institute. Balázs Orbán, former political director of Viktor Orbán, said the shift meant abandoning a ‘sovereign, realist and conservative’ approach for a EU-centred liberal foreign policy.
Lucas Jumalon, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Spokane, Washington, beat a field of 9,208 players in this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event, claiming the $10 million first prize.
Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow Democratic primary victory in Michigan has reignited the debate over the influence of the party’s progressive wing ahead of the 2026 midterms. With Wisconsin’s primary next, another self-described socialist candidate could jeopardize the Democrats’ chances in another swing state in the Midwest.
Athens prosecutors are preparing to question Afghan migrant Sharif Ahmadzai over the murder of Scottish charity worker Elisabeth-Jane Ross. The case is one of the most bizarre of its kind in recent years, as is the Western media coverage, which has focused more on Ahmadzai’s personal background, boxing career and ‘integration success’ than on the murder itself.
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