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NATO's future
Rutte: Europe's rearmament secures 195,000 jobs in the US

European military rearmament secures around 195,000 jobs in the US. This is what NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says in an interview with the Financial Times.

According to Rutte, this involves 300 billion dollars, around 3,000 billion kronor, in European orders for American weapons systems, which helps to maintain employment.

At the same time, American officials have warned of delivery delays after the war in Iran, which has reduced the US's own weapons stockpile. This has led to several NATO countries turning to outside the alliance to buy weapons, including from South Korea.

- I appreciate South Korea and the country has a fantastic defense industry. But they do it of course because they actually prefer to buy from NATO countries. The problem is that the defense industry cannot deliver on the scale needed, says Rutte.

Trump's USA Crypto Market
Trump made billions on crypto last year

Last year was not only about political successes for Donald Trump - he also increased his personal wealth. This is shown by an account of his private finances compiled by US authorities, reports CNN.

The figures that stand out the most are about Trump's investments in the crypto market. In 2025, when he made a comeback as president, he pulled in just under $1.2 billion on activities related to cryptocurrencies. This corresponds to around SEK 11.7 billion. Almost half of this income came from the Trump family's own crypto project, World Liberty Financial's cryptocurrency, WLFI.

The financial report runs over 927 pages and is described as the most comprehensive account of the president's wealth. During his first year back in the White House, he has continued to pull in millions of dollars through his real estate investments.

Trump has been accused of pushing through policies that benefit companies and industries that he and his family are involved in – not least the crypto market. The president and his staff have defended themselves and say that there are no conflicts of interest

The future of the Democrats
Warren and Schumer in battle over the future of the Democrats

Democratic veterans Elizabeth Warren and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are in a power struggle over the future of the party, reports The Hill.

Warren, who belongs to the party's progressive wing, has invested heavily in highlighting candidates in the primaries who have promised to change the party's course – even when it comes to candidates who do not want to see Schumer as the party's leader.

At the same time, Schumer has chosen to support more centrist candidates, with the goal of regaining the Democratic majority in Congress.

A Democratic senator tells The Hill that there is growing friction within the party. Several progressive
senators believe that Schumer and the party's campaign organization are too close to corporate interests.

In the primary election for Republican Susan Collins' Senate seat in Maine, Schumer chose to support Janet Mills, a decision that, according to The Hill, went against the will of the grassroots. Instead, many preferred Graham Platner, who later won the primary election after Mills dropped out. 

Political situation in South Africa
Over 900 arrested after protests in South Africa

More than 900 people were arrested in the nationwide immigration protests in South Africa on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Police say 108 of the 120 demonstrations passed without incident. In Johannesburg, where some of the largest protests took place, one person was shot dead.

The demonstrations were held on what several anti-immigration groups have called "deadline day," when all undocumented migrants, according to the groups, should have left South Africa.

However, the self-proclaimed deadline lacked political support and had previously been dismissed by the government.

Ukrainian ex-soldier indicted for Nord Stream sabotage

German prosecutors are indicting a Ukrainian man for being behind the explosion of the Nord Stream 2022 gas pipelines, reports Focus.

According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the man is a former soldier.

This is the first indictment against a person suspected of participating in the sabotage of the gas pipelines, writes the Berliner Zeitung.

The man is also said to have been in command aboard the sailboat Andromeda, which is suspected of being the vessel used by the saboteurs in the attack.

Changes in the Catholic Church
Breakaway groups in Switzerland defy the Pope – ordain new bishops

The Pope has explicitly appealed to the breakaway group in Switzerland not to ordain new bishops. Nevertheless, bells rang in the small Alpine village of Écône when four new bishops were ordained on Wednesday to organ music and singing, news agencies report.

The episcopal consecration means that the Society of St. Pius X is entering a schism with the Catholic Church. The action is expected to lead to the expulsion from the Catholic Church of all six bishops of the brotherhood.

The brotherhood, which consists of about 600,000 fundamentalist Catholics, in turn claims that they are the only ones who maintain the true faith within Christianity.

Catholic Jean-Pierre Stauffer, 79, has traveled to the village from Geneva and describes it as a “historic day.”

“Something very important is happening now. It will not end here,” he tells AFP.