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As concerns over sabotage and suspicious Russian activity in European waters intensify, the United Kingdom (UK) is working on legislation that could see those deliberately damaging critical undersea infrastructure jailed for up to 14 years, according to a statement. The proposed penalties also include unlimited fines for interfering with undersea cables and pipelines. If adopted, the changes would update legislation dating back to 1885. The plans would introduce new security obligations for cable operators and give the government greater powers to respond to national security threats. The government points to growing geopolitical tensions as a reason for the changes. “The…
Last week, we covered the basics of airline loyalty programmes, outlining which carriers offer them and the various ways you can earn and spend miles. Our advice was that joining them all is a good idea, but you should try to pick one main airline to fly with, with the most obvious choice being a carrier with a hub near your home. We’re not the experts – there are plenty of specialist blogs and apps dedicated to making the most out of your miles – which is why we didn’t rank them. Luckily, one of these experts, Point.me, has done…
L’ONU a déclaré le mois dernier que, même si les pays réduisaient drastiquement dès maintenant leurs émissions responsables du réchauffement climatique, le meilleur scénario possible serait une hausse des températures mondiales de 1,8°. S’ils déploient également à grande échelle des technologies de capture du carbone pour assainir l’atmosphère, il serait théoriquement possible de revenir à 1,5°, même si ce seuil a été dépassé. En réalité, les émissions de gaz à effet de serre continuent d’augmenter et les technologies de capture du carbone nécessaires pour inverser cette tendance n’ont pas encore fait leurs preuves à grande échelle. Le risque de la…
By Chaima Chihi & يورونيوز Published on 13 November 2026 – 11:11 GMT+1 A scientific review involving about 2.8 million people found that smoking is associated with an increased risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, with the risk rising as the number of cigarettes smoked per day increases. According to the study, which was led by researchers from Curtin University in Australia and published in the journal “eClinicalMedicine”, smokers face a 31% higher risk of developing dementia compared with people who have never smoked. The risk rose to 40% for Alzheimer’s disease and to 52% for vascular dementia. The researchers observed…
Published on 13 November 2026 – 9:31 GMT+1•Updated 9:35 The disruption on Thursday 12 November mainly affected Outlook, but it also hit Teams, Copilot and the rest of the Microsoft 365 tools. According to reports collected by the Downdetector website, the outage was particularly widespread in the Americas. Microsoft explained on X that it had received reports from users who could not access their Exchange Online mailboxes through different connection methods in the Americas, Europe, Africa and the rest of the world. The Redmond-based company later said that part of its infrastructure was carrying a higher than normal load, which…
José Pinhal is a name that, until about a decade ago or a little more, nobody knew. Born in Santa Cruz do Bispo (Matosinhos), he had a career on the circuit of dances and nightclubs in northern Portugal in the 1980s, and died at just 41, in 1993, in a road accident as he was returning from a performance, in almost complete anonymity. It would probably have stayed that way if our century did not have a voracious appetite for stories of nuggets rescued from the past and from oblivion, proof of that is, for example, the story of the…
“The world cannot afford to ignore them again,” wrote Sánchez, who claims to have taken part in the demonstrations. In the article Sánchez was skeptical of ad hoc solutions such as the Coalition of the Willing, a group of 34 countries that have promised enhanced aid to Ukraine, ascribing such initiatives to the ineffectiveness of multilateralism. Instead, pitching himself as a champion of peace and small and mid-sized powers, he called for reform of the United Nations, including the Security Council, which “does not reflect today’s world.” He urged that the veto powers of the Council’s permanent members be strictly…
Nine Chinese humanoid robots performed a synchronised dance routine at Web Summit 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal, drawing cheers from thousands of spectators at the MEO Arena. Developed by Chinese robotics company AgiBot, the machines took centre stage as the technology conference opened on 9 November. For the first time, humanoid robots also appeared as official speakers, joining discussions and demonstrations alongside human presenters. Elsewhere, visitors discovered Galbot’s wheeled, two-armed robot, designed for tasks in shops, pharmacies and factories. The summit attracted around 70,000 participants from 164 countries, with China sending its largest delegation to date, including more than 50 figures…
A rare outbreak of cross-party unity has interrupted months of infighting surrounding Friedrich Merz’s embattled coalition in Berlin. His nomination of Ilse Aigner — a respected conservative from Bavaria — has united his own party and received support from the Social Democrats and the Greens. She is all but certain to become the country’s first female president in January. A largely ceremonial role, the presidency of the Federal Republic represents the country abroad. The significance of a woman taking the highest office in the land has not gone unnoticed in other European capitals. In Berlin this week, Anne McElvoy talks…
Published on 13 November 2026 – 8:41 GMT+1•Updated 9:01 US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ireland this week following a visit to the Kremlin, after which they pushed for Europeans to be present at the negotiating table in future talks. The pair landed at a military base near Dublin on Thursday, where they addressed the media alongside Zelenskyy. Other matters, such as a ceasefire – or any concrete steps towards ending the war – took a back seat as the key point of progress announced by the trio was that European…