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Europe risks falling into a technology “dependency trap” as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes global trade and economic power, according to a new report. The report from insurance company Allianz argues that the world’s economy is reorganising around tech industries such as cloud computing, data centres and semiconductors, where Europe is weaker compared to the United States and Asia. Asia dominates the export of AI-related goods with 65% of this part of the world economy and seven of the world’s top 10 AI exporters, in an industry that has exploded from $1 trillion (€880bn) in 2014 to $3.8 trillion (€3.3tn) in…
Published on 25/05/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Forget stealing the hotel toiletries; now you can take the whole aesthetic home. Marriott Bonvoy has launched a new, online design shop packed with hotel-inspired furniture, art and décor, letting travellers recreate the look of luxury stays, from W Hotels’ bold glamour to Westin’s sleep-focused calm – without ever checking in. Standout pieces in the collections include a custom headboard and platform bed in various colourways, an upholstered bench, and a floral rug, alongside glass vases, dual-finish nightstands and bookends. “Hospitality doesn’t end at check-out anymore. [The] design shop reflects how we’re expanding the…
Decades later in Afghanistan, U.S. officials marveled at their own ingenuity — special forces on horseback, precision bombs and a regime toppled in mere weeks. Yet it was only days before the bombing started that Bush asked “who will run the country” once the Taliban was toppled — a fair question no one thought to ask before fueling the B-52s. The men on horseback were brilliant, but there was no theory as to what came next. Moreover, al Qaeda’s longtime leader Osama bin Laden remained at large. Then came Iraq, with the war’s architects predicting a cakewalk in which U.S.…
Europe is still reeling from the recent drone incursions into Baltic airspace. In a show of solidarity, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius are in Lithuania today following last week’s drone scare. Today on the Brussels Playbook Podcast, we unpack the latest developments, including discussions about Baltic companies teaming up with Ukrainian firms to tap into their expertise in bomb-shelter construction. Also on the pod: Calls are growing for Europe to appoint its own negotiator in Ukraine-Russia peace talks, now that the U.S. has stepped back. Even Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Europe to take a…
Zum wiederholten Mal wird einem Mitarbeiter der AfD-Fraktion der Hausausweis sowie der Zugang zu den internen IT-Systemen des Parlaments verweigert. Pauline von Pezold spricht mit Gordon Repinski über die Recherchen zu diesem Fall. Wer kontrolliert eigentlich, wer sich frei im Herzen unserer Demokratie bewegen darf, und warum lässt die dringend notwendige Reform des Abgeordnetengesetzes so lange auf sich warten? Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Bundestagsvizepräsident Bodo Ramelow (Die Linke). Der frühere thüringische Ministerpräsident führt durch die strukturellen Prozesse des Parlaments und erklärt, warum die rechtlichen Hürden für eine solche Aussperrung extrem hoch sind und wie der Bundestag mit den schwierigen parlamentarischen Verhältnissen umgehen…
The US military said Monday that it carried out “self-defence” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations were “proceeding nicely”. According to a statement from the US Central Command, the strikes were carried out “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces”, but the military was “using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire”. Further details were not immediately available, including more specifics on the threats from Iran and what this means for negotiations. Earlier, Trump said any agreement to end the Iran…
While Bardella has enjoyed success courting the titans of industry — especially those executives belonging to CAC40, the index of France’s largest listed companies — Le Pen’s more recent attempts at engagement with business have been rockier. Politicians from rival parties are wasting no time in seeking to score points from the ideological schism at the heart of the nationalist, anti-immigration National Rally. “There’s the new generation National Rally that’s courting CAC40 executives, companies and business leaders … and the old guard that is pro-spending, pro-nanny state,” Édouard Philippe, the conservative main challenger to the far right, said this month.…
By Euronews with AP Published on 25/05/2026 – 17:26 GMT+2 The head of the World Health Organization has raised the alarm over the speed of the current Ebola outbreak in central Africa, which has so far claimed at least 220 lives. “We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us,” Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, telling an online meeting of the African Union that health workers are “playing catch-up” as the number of suspected cases tops 900. Tedros will tomorrow travel to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in whose Ituri province the current outbreak is…
Spain’s National Police found jewellery and watches in the safe in former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s office during a search ordered by the National Court as part of the Plus Ultra case. Officers from the UDEF financial crimes unit went to the office, located opposite PSOE headquarters on Ferraz Street, accompanied by the Technical Intervention Operations Group (GOIT), specialised in opening safes and hidden access points. During the inspection of the office, hard drives, folders and various documents were also seized. Inside the safe they found necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets and several watches, some of them bearing inscriptions.…
Published on 25/05/2026 – 17:35 GMT+2 The repatriated remains of 20th-century Ukrainian military leader Andrii Melnyk and his wife Sofiia Fedak-Melnyk were reburied at the National Military Memorial Cemetery near Kyiv on Monday. The ceremony was attended by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials. The ashes of the key leader of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and his spouse were exhumed last week in Luxembourg and then transported to Ukraine. “Today we all see that the Ukrainian idea can overcome what once seemed absolutely insurmountable,” Zelenskyy said at the ceremony on Monday. “Now, when we are on Ukrainian…