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Blacksmith, a platform that helps companies more efficiently build and test software, including code written by AI, announced Wednesday a $66 million Series Cfunding round led by Sequoia that values the company at $1 billion. 

Argentine President Javier Milei lashed out at Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez once again during a visit to Madrid on Wednesday, calling him a “disgraceful dictator” and urging that the Socialists be removed from power “by force”.

A power outage at a Google Cloud data centre near London caused serious failures to services on Tuesday, the US technology giant said, as several UK banks reported widespread disruptions.

Europe’s single currency fell on Wednesday to lows against the US dollar not seen since mid-May last year, and against the British pound since early June last year, as soaring energy costs, a bond market revolt over French public finances and a stronger US dollar weigh on it.

A Russian ballistic missile hit a power plant in Kyiv on Tuesday evening, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, without Ukraine receiving advance warning from its Western allies and despite US President Donald Trump’s claim for an “energy ceasefire” in effect.

Protests by secondary-school pupils, a fuel crisis and a budget debate getting off to a bad start in the National Assembly, where there is no majority, the government is facing a string of difficulties that are being reflected in opinion polls.

A series of strong earthquakes hit Panama on Friday, 9 October, causing damage to buildings and triggering evacuations. Residents rushed into the streets of Panama City, while tremors were also reported in Colombia.

Europe could face a gas shortfall of 12% to 15% of demand if a severe cold snap hits this winter, according to a report published on Thursday by the EU’s gas transmission operators.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev pushed back against accusations hurled at him that he is “pro-Russian”, arguing that he is only being vilified in this way because his recommended approach to a Ukraine-Russia peace deal is “not mainstream.”

The average price of diesel at the pump across the EU has hit a record of €2.24 per litre, compared with €1.59 before the war erupted in the Middle East, according to European Commission data published on Thursday.