Around 30,000 people joined an anti-austerity strike in Brussels, where clashes erupted between youths and riot police, prompting the use of tear gas and water cannon. The protests oppose government plans to save €10 billion through spending cuts and other austerity measures

Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature for her bold, inventive body of work blending classical traditions with contemporary themes of love, desire and loss