Wed 31 January 2024: Farmers across Europe continued Tuesday to protest the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and environmental rules. Farmers carrying Italian flags and banners blocked motorways with their tractors in numerous locations in central and northern Italy as well as Sardinia, as reported by public broadcaster, Rai News. In Belgium, public broadcaster VRT […]
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Tue 30 January 2024: Canada said on Monday that it has dropped export controls to Turkiye for certain types of weapons, including drone optical technology, according to a notice posted online. The government said that from now on it would review all exports on a case-by-case basis. The North American country suspended drone technology sales […]
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Tue 30 January 2024: Elon Musk, a tech tycoon, has claimed that his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human. The billionaire also revealed he hoped the product – called ‘Telepathy’ – will eventually allow users with disabilities like Stephen Hawking to “communicate faster than an auctioneer”. “Initial […]
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Mon 29 January 2024: The European Ports Alliance Public Private Partnership was introduced by the European Commission on last week Wednesday with the goal of uniting all parties involved in defending ports against drug trafficking and criminal infiltration, Xinhua reported. The alliance was established in cooperation with the EU Anti-Crime Agency, member states, ports authorities, […]
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Mon 29 January 2024: Five Western nations urged Kosovo on Sunday to suspend its decision to replace the local currency, the Serbian dinar, with the euro as of Feb. 1, fearing tensions between Pristina and Belgrade. The embassies of the Quint countries (the US, France, Italy, Germany and the UK) published a joint statement regarding […]
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Mon 29 January 2024: As part of a national initiative to reduce youth vaping, ministers plan to outlaw disposable vaping devices. Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health, the Prime Minister has announced today [Monday 29 January] […]
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Sun 28 January 2024: Nokia, the Finnish telecoms company, reported sales for 2023 of 22.3 billion euros (24.2 billion U.S. dollars), an 8 percent year-over-year fall. According to the company, net revenues in the fourth quarter (Q4) decreased by 21% year over year to 5.7 billion euros. Although profitability exceeded analysts’ expectations, Nokia’s stock rose […]
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Sun 28 January 2024: How worried should European citizens be in countries that have come to expect unprecedented levels of security and safety? If the many warnings currently circulating are to be believed, then the answer looks grim. Leaked documents from Germany’s defence ministry suggest that Berlin is expecting Russia to extend the war that […]
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Sun 28 January 2024: Ukrainian authorities unearthed embezzlement of 1.5 billion Ukrainian hryvnia (approximately $39.6 million) in the arms purchase and identified some serving and retired high-ranking officials, including those from the Defense Ministry, as being involved in the fraudulent ammunition procurement deal, according to the country’s security service. One of the suspects was apprehended […]
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Sun 28 January 2024: Two protesters on Sunday hurled soup at the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” in Paris, demanding the right to “healthy and sustainable food”, an AFP journalist said. It is the latest attack on the masterpiece in the French capital’s Louvre museum, after someone threw a custard pie at it […]
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