Austria
David Szalay, a British-Hungarian author based in Vienna, won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh, which the judges praised as hypnotic and precise.
Innsbruck prosecutors charged two parents with murder after their three-year-old son in Kufstein, Tyrol, died of starvation, and prosecutors said the parents had confessed.
Austria’s U-17s beat New Zealand 4-1 in Doha and reached the U-17 World Cup round of 16 unbeaten, while Switzerland also advanced as group winners.
Austria's government faced a sharply larger projected 2025 budget deficit after Länder deficits surged, prompting the fiscal council and finance officials to warn that reforms were needed.
Vienna-based author David Szalay won the Booker Prize, with judges selecting his novel for the prestigious English-language award and its £50,000 prize.