China has approved some rare earth export licences, offering slight relief to strained global supply chains. Yet with shipments still down sharply and licensing opaque, Europe's auto sector remains exposed to Beijing’s strategic resource grip.
Dozens of people were injured after Russian drones targeted residential areas in the cities overnight.
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Coldplay will re-issue nine of their previous albums on records made from recycled plastic bottles. The EcoRecords reduce carbon emissions during the manufacturing process by 85 per cent compared with traditional vinyl production.
With a new financial ceiling of €100 billion for 2025, the European Investment Bank (EIB) aims to invest in defence, energy networks and technology.
As long as the vulnerability exists, there's a problem.
The European Union has confirmed a ban on Chinese companies from participating in EU government tenders for medical devices exceeding €5 million – another piece in an ongoing tit-for-tat trade tensions between Brussels and Beijing.
The government is clamping down on Airbnb properties to tackle its housing crisis, which the company claims is misguided.
Neglected classics that deserve a second chance.
Quantum key distribution (QKD), a cryptographic technique rooted in quantum physics principles, has shown significant potential for enhancing the security of communications. This technique enables the transmission of encryption keys using quantum states of photons or other
Heavy rains in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul since June 16 have caused significant damage across 90 municipalities, resulting in two deaths and one missing person.
At Cannes Lions this week, Variety hosted its “In the C-Suite” conversations, a series of thought-provoking discussions featuring some of the most influential leaders in marketing, branding and innovation. The beachside chats took place on June 17 and 18 at the Canva Creative
[UNHCR] Pretoria, South Africa -- As the world marks World Refugee Day, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched a new report highlighting how countries across Southern Africa are reshaping the way displacement is addressed, moving beyond short-term aid to invest in national
[UN News] Last year, 41,370 grave violations against children were documented and verified by the United Nations, according to the Secretary-General's annual report on children in armed conflict, released on Thursday.
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A study by the Málaga-based Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) documents a “tropicalization” process in the Strait of Gibraltar and Alboran Sea, where rising water temperatures, Atlantic connections, exotic species invasions, and high human activity (e.g., maritime
With Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn and her governing coalition in limbo, what are the possible scenarios that could play out in the coming days? Here’s what you need to know.
Exports reportedly hit their lowest level since 2015, excluding the Covid-19 pandemic.
European foreign ministers will hold nuclear talks with their Iranian counterpart on Friday, as President Donald Trump mulls the prospect of US involvement in the Iran-Israel war. Israel, saying Iran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon, launched a massive wave of
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The Senate version of legislation to enact President Trump’s agenda is hitting new turbulence as conservatives led by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) are demanding deeper spending cuts to address the nation’s $2.2 trillion annual deficit.
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A Chinese courier company is out-delivering Amazon — and everyone else — across Southeast Asia.
If the response to Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar joining the newly formed Detachment 201: Executive Innovation Corps is any indication, the tech industry’s enthusiasm for the military is just beginning.
New polling of likely voters in Senate battleground states has found that President Trump’s frequent clashes with federal courts are becoming a hot issue that could put Senate Republican candidates on the defensive in 2026. A poll of 1,000 likely voters in 2026 Senate
With brain swaps and death rays, a little-known French sci-fi genre explored science’s dark possibilities a century ago - by Fleur Hopkins-Loféron Read at Aeon
Justice Clarence Thomas’s shunning of “experts” defending gender-affirming care is delighting conservatives in their assault on liberal influence in academics and medicine, a mission now reaching the courts. The conservative justice argued in a solo opinion concurring with the
The impasse over the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap is deepening as Senate Republicans and House moderates from high-tax blue states remain at a loggerheads, a stalled state-of-play that is threatening to thwart leadership’s goal of enacting the party’s “big,
The move came shortly after a British warship crossed the strait, an act welcomed by Taiwan but condemned by Beijing as provocative.
With representatives from over 30 countries and 20 international organisations, the Eco Expo Central Asia 2025 served as a platform showcasing technologies and setting new policy directions.
Chile's Universidad San Sebastián (USS) has joined the National Oceanographic Committee (CONA), a public organization coordinated by the Navy's Hydrographic Service (SHOA), bringing together 30 institutions to advance marine science research.
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The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 400 Palestinians have been killed in this way since late May.
The rap legend denies the allegations.
President Hichilema says Zambia cannot mourn indefinitely as a row with his predecessor's family escalates.
The new quantum system developed by researchers at the Japanese National Research and Development Agency, RIKEN, in collaboration with the Japanese IT giant, Fujitsu, has 256 qubits. However, experts say, ensuring the quality of qubits is as important as the quantity of qubits.
This year’s Romanian Days selection at the Transilvania Film Festival sees national filmmakers split largely into two thematic categories: piercing documentaries looking at the Romania of today and films grappling with the country of yesteryear. Igor Cobileanski’s “Comatogen,”
Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Friday to an assault charge over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub two years ago. According to the BBC, Brown denied the charge of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm relating to a February 2023 incident in which he allegedly
European restaurants make up three of the Top 5 spots on this year's World's 50 Best Restaurants list. However, Spain's Disfrutar, in Barcelona, has been dethroned as the highest ranked restaurant in the world...
Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), under house arrest for a conviction in the Vialidad corruption case, has been fitted with an electronic anklet to monitor her location, as ordered by Oral Federal Criminal Court No. 2 (TOF 2)
Players will train in Dakar instead "in a sovereign and conducive setting", says the prime minister.
Here's a closer look at Israel's missile defence system as Iran's missiles continue to get through.
[Ashden] On World Refugee Day, climate solutions charity Ashden has announced grants totalling £270,000 (US$365,000) for refugee entrepreneurs bringing affordable, low carbon technologies to their communities in three countries in Africa.
Facundo Jones Huala, leader of the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM), is being held under extremely severe conditions following his June 8 arrest in the Argentine Patagonia city of El Bolsón for encouraging acts of violence, a group of lawyers representing him claimed Thursday.
Argentina's unemployment rate rose to 7.9% in Q1 2025, the highest since Q3 2021, up 0.2% from Q1 2024 and 1.5% from Q4 2024, according to a report from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) released Thursday in Buenos Aires.