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By Veronika Schuerr Published on 03/08/2026 – 19:52 GMT+2 More than a year after authorities took down the darknet marketplace “Archetyp Market,” German prosecutors have charged the alleged operator of the platform, which was reportedly used for the large-scale trading of illegal substances. The 31-year-old suspect is accused of having run the platform since July 2020, facilitating the sale of narcotics and other illegal substances. Prosecutors allege that, from June 2022 onward, he operated the marketplace as part of an organized criminal group involving at least two other people, generating around €20 million in revenue. At the time it was shut…
Published on 21/07/2026 – 14:26 GMT+2 Fabricated animal footage on social media is distorting conservation efforts and could be undermining public support for endangered species, a study has found. Generative AI tools are now capable of producing convincing wildlife videos and photographs that never happened, according to a paper published in Conservation Biology by researchers at the University of Cordoba. The authors, José Guerrero-Casado, Tamara Murillo-Jiménez, Antonio Carpio, Francisco Tortosa and Rocío Serrano-Rodríguez, argue this content is increasingly shaping how the public understands animal behaviour, often incorrectly. One example the researchers highlight is a viral AI video showing various bird…
The governing body of European football, UEFA, has threatened legal action against FIFA President Gianni Infantino, venture capitalist Joshua Kushner — brother of U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — and other individuals involved in the controversial plan to privatize a share of the World Cup’s commercial operations. UEFA is “actively considering legal action, arbitration, and/or regulatory complaints” against Infantino, reads a letter sent to Infantino, seen by the Telegraph. The move follows Infantino’s proposal to transfer FIFA’s commercial rights and tournament operations to a private entity firm — in partnership with Thrive Capital, Kushner’s venture capital company — allowing…
By Marina Neila & Euronews en español Published on 03/08/2026 – 18:42 GMT+2•Updated 19:02 The Ceuta migrant crisis spilled over this weekend into a mass protest in the exclave’s Plaza de los Reyes, with hundreds of residents gathering to demand tighter border controls following the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco last week. The protest, which was organised on social media, featured chants defending the autonomous city and criticism of the Spanish government’s handling of the crisis. Tensions rose at the event with the arrival of far-right activist Vito Quiles, Se Acabó La Fiesta leader Alvise Pérez, and members of…
The resale housing market is showing no sign of easing. The average price in Spain stood in July at 3,154 euros per square metre, 0.7% higher than the previous month and 16.2% above a year ago, according to the Fotocasa Property Index. Converted into a standard 80-square-metre flat, the figure has jumped from 217,214 to 252,308 euros in just twelve months: 35,094 euros more for the same home. “The price of an average home in Spain has now exceeded 250,000 euros for the first time,” sums up María Matos, head of research at Fotocasa, who attributes the rise to an…
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said late Tuesday that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an “unprecedented cyber incident.” “We had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement posted on social media. AI startup Hugging Face said last week that it had detected an intrusion into its data processing systems that it suspected was caused by an AI agent autonomously acting on its own. “We suspected last week’s cyberattack might have come from a frontier lab, given the sophistication of the…
Over the past five days, a plethora of EU leaders and far-right parties have slammed Spain for losing control of one of the bloc’s external borders and effectively bringing the Ceuta crisis upon itself by moving to grant legal status to 1.2 million unauthorized migrants. In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President António Costa and Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, 22 of the bloc’s leaders on Saturday called for EU-level oversight on national policies “that can serve as pull factors.” Ahead of Monday’s meeting of EU ambassadors, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares…
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar is facing the biggest test of his government yet, as an energy crisis triggered by the partial shutdown of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant threatens to disrupt supply during peak summer demand. All but one reactor has been taken offline because of record-low water levels in the Danube, which the plant relies on for cooling. Should water levels fall further, the plant could be forced to shut down entirely for the first time since it opened 42 years ago – raising the prospect of blackouts and electricity restrictions during the high season. For Magyar, who…
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Galicia is deploying artificial intelligence and an expanded satellite and camera network to detect wildfires earlier, after a region long considered one of Europe’s most fire-prone areas suffered its most destructive season in decades last year. The regional government is now implementing its “largest fire prevention plan in its history” with AI, a new app, more resources and a €213 million investment. Wildfires burned more than 118,000 hectares across Galicia in 2025 — an area larger than Berlin, leading to them being referred to as “megafires” — according to figures released by the regional government, with the Larouco fire in…