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Should Switzerland Cap Its Population at 10 Million? Voters Will Decide.

✇NYT > World > Europe
di: Jim Tankersley
One of the world’s richest countries is about to hold a referendum on a measure that would curb migration and most likely the economy. It is being sold in warm tones.

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Campaign posters ahead of the population cap vote. President Trump’s face is on a no poster, with the slogan, “Now, of all times, a break with Europe?” The yes slogan shown is “Protect Switzerland.”
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Spain’s Church Hopes Pope Trip Will Stem Secular Tide

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di: Jason Horowitz
Leo XIV’s visit to Spain, which ended on Friday, has spurred expectations among Catholic leaders of a spiritual revival.

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Pope Leo XIV arrives at Plaza de Lima in Madrid on Saturday, June 6, for a prayer vigil with young people on the first day of a seven-day visit to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands.
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Refugees’ Numbers Drop, but Many Return to Turmoil at Home, U.N. Says

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di: Nick Cumming-Bruce
There were nearly 118 million forcibly displaced people in 2025, slightly fewer than in the previous year, the United Nations refugee agency said.

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Displaced people at a campsite in Lebanon in early April. Israel’s military offensive there had driven more than a million people from their homes by mid-May, the United Nations said.
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In the U.K., a Violent Cycle: Hateful Attacks, Right-Wing Agitation and Riots

✇NYT > World > Europe
di: Michael D. Shear
Two stabbings have fueled violent protests in England and Northern Ireland in the last 10 days, fanned online by right-wing voices. In Britain and across Europe, it’s a grim pattern.

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Protests north of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday in response to a stabbing attack two days earlier.
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Europe Raises Interest Rates as War Stokes Inflation

✇NYT > World > Europe
di: Eshe Nelson
The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time since 2023. It expects inflation to run hotter than previously thought, and downgraded its forecast for economic growth.

© Samuel Aranda for The New York Times

The European Central Bank raised its forecast for inflation as the war in Iran pushes prices higher.
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