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Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant may be forced to shut down after water levels in the Danube fell to a record low. The plant, which has an output of 2,000 MW, supplies nearly half of the country’s electricity. Speaking at a news conference in Budapest alongside his Bavarian counterpart, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said the low water levels meant Paks may face a gradual, scheduled shutdown. “It seems, at this point, that the complete shutdown of the Paks power plant could take place today, or perhaps tomorrow,” Magyar said. He added that the Dunamenti Power Plant, another energy provider, had…
Published on 30/07/2026 – 19:51 GMT+2 Authorities have called off a search for a British surfer who disappeared off the coast of Portugal earlier this week after failing to locate the missing man. Arran Strong, who had competed in the World Surf League since 2016, went missing off of Arrifana beach in Portugal’s southwestern Aljezur region on Monday. According to Portugal’s Autoridade Marítima Nacional (AMN), the 28-year-old had reportedly got into difficulty in the water while paddleboarding with a friend from Monte Clérigo beach to Carrapateira. The friend, who has been identified as his coach José Maria Pyrrait, was rescued…
“The World Cup cannot be treated as an investment product,” said UEFA in a statement. “No part of it should ever be surrendered to private investors. The World Cup is not for sale.” The proposal would require the backing of a majority of FIFA’s 211 member associations, but it has been met with strong scrutiny across Europe. Although UEFA only consists of 55 member associations, it has won the majority of men’s World Cups since 1930. “The FIFA World Cup belongs to football. It always will. And so long as Europe has a voice, it will never be for sale,”…
By Jesús Maturana & Euronews Published on 30/07/2026 – 19:24 GMT+2 Spain and Morocco have reached an agreement for the urgent return of migrants who crossed the border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Thursday. Thousands of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday, swimming or using inflatable devices to reach Tarajal beach and overwhelming Civil Guard officers. Left behind on the sand are the remains of the crossing: flippers, flotation devices and wetsuits. Most of those arriving are young men, although women and children have also been among those to have made the crossing in recent days. Ceuta’s president, Juan Jesús…
The Argentinian government has amended the country’s Migration Law by decree, allowing authorities to expel foreign nationals who promote messages of hatred against Argentina or its national symbols, whether spoken or written. The reform also allows authorities to refuse entry to foreign citizens who have engaged in similar conduct. According to a statement released on Thursday by the office of Argentine President Javier Milei, the new rules will not affect political, ideological or academic criticism, as these areas are considered to be protected under the right to freedom of expression. The government said the changes were a response to what…
By Euronews Roma Published on 30/07/2026 – 18:50 GMT+2•Updated 18:53 In the archives of the historic San Marco Pharmacy, in Florence, a mid-19th-century slip of paper has been found containing the recipe for an “Elixir vinoso ricostituente”, described as a drink capable of easing physical and mental fatigue and weakness caused by age or exertion. The person who found the recipe was Father Manuel Russo, rector of the San Marco convent. “I stumbled across the old advert for this elixir while I was consulting our archive. I began delving deeper into the documentation kept in the convent and discovered that it…
Sánchez took to X on Thursday to announce he was working with Moroccan authorities to restore normality as soon as possible and promised an immediate response. The chaos at the border comes just weeks after a Spanish Supreme Court decision preventing arrivals by sea from being directly deported. Sánchez’s political opponents took to social media to attack him, including far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal, who called the situation an “invasion,” and center-right People’s Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo. The news also provoked a response from anti-immigration voices across Europe, including co-chair of the far-right Alternative for Germany party Alice…
“We as Europeans, we as Italians, we want to be strong partners of the United States in this race,” astronaut Luca Parmitano told Euronews, talking about the current frontier in space exploration: returning to the Moon. Parmitano, an Italian astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA), was selected by NASA to take part in the Artemis III mission, designed to be a test mission for NASA’s Moon landing programme. Set to launch in 2027, Artemis III will send three NASA astronauts and Parmitano to low-Earth orbit on the Orion spacecraft to dock with two lunar landers produced respectively by Elon…
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Published on 30/07/2026 – 17:24 GMT+2 If you thought a few keystrokes would turn you into Agatha Christie, Stephen King or Ernest Hemingway, ChatGPT has some bad news. OpenAI has quietly reprogrammed the chatbot to reject direct requests to replicate or mimic a named author’s voice, whether they are still alive to object or have been dead for decades. Ars Technica was first to spot the change, running its own prompts through ChatGPT to confirm the pattern. Engadget followed up with its own tests and got the same result, noting that a study by publication No Latency had found ChatGPT…