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Pulling his face away from an immersive 3D headset looking deep inside a patient’s lung, doctor Sasha Stamenković recounted the final steps of an operation using robots to remove a tumour. “We’ve done some very, very intricate operating today,” said the 60-year-old consultant thoracic surgeon. “We’ve saved a lot of lung, we’ve gone around some really, really small vessels and really small airways.” He was addressing three surgeons from another English hospital observing Stamenković using the new da Vinci 5 robotic-assisted surgical system, made by US company Intuitive. The equipment will arrive in their operating theatre later this year, part…
Published on 04/08/2026 – 9:35 GMT+2 Banyan Tree has announced the opening of its newest luxury property – a mountainside resort in China’s Sichuan province. Nestled in the heart of one of China’s most significant landscapes, the new Banyan Tree Mount Emei serves as a gateway to the Mount Emei Scenic Area, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed for “both its cultural and natural significance and known for its rich biodiversity”. “Mount Emei holds a distinctive place in China’s cultural and natural heritage,” said Philip Ding, Senior Vice President, Head of Hotel Operations, Northeast Asia and Business Development,…
Published on 04/08/2026 – 9:17 GMT+2 Beloved Filipino actress Mary Egida Rivera, who is best known for having portrayed Lola, the grandmother of Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon) in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, has died aged 82. According to an obituary online, Rivera “passed away peacefully on 15 April 2026, in Honolulu.” Rivera’s death was reported by TMZ yesterday, with the family telling the outlet the actress was placed on life support after suffering a stroke. Rivera’s obituary notes that “she was very proud” after she was cast in the Marvel blockbuster, in which she shared a scene with Batalon,…
Published on 04/08/2026 – 7:42 GMT+2 Firefighters are rushing to contain a forest blaze in the southeast of the Netherlands that spread overnight to engulf 100 hectares on Tuesday, authorities said. It was the latest in a string of wildfires to hit western Europe, following deadly heatwaves that have dried up riverbeds and vegetation, extreme weather events scientists have linked to human-made climate change. The fire started around Monday afternoon in a nature reserve near the village of Oostrum in Limburg province, close to the border with Germany. The blaze spread to 100 hectares as of early Tuesday and was…
Published on 04/08/2026 – 9:12 GMT+2 A man from El Salvador has died at an immigration prison in New Jersey that has been the target of months of protests over living conditions for people detained there, federal officials said late on Monday. Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, had been held at Delaney Hall in Newark after being arrested 18 June, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Lopez-Cornejo, whom the government accused of entering the US illegally, died on Saturday, the agency said. His official cause of death will be released following further medical examination, according to ICE. Democratic politicians and civil…
Published on 04/08/2026 – 8:09 GMT+2 In addition to earnings reports this week, investors were also still weighing the impact from last week’s joint US-Japan currency intervention, analysts said. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.3% to 63,585.58, as the US dollar inched up to 157.51 Japanese yen from 157.18 yen. The euro cost $1.1511, little changed from $1.1514. The dollar was trading at 160-yen levels before regulators stepped in to boost the yen’s value after it fell to nearly 40-year lows. Some analysts said the effectiveness of such an intervention remains uncertain as it doesn’t address the fundamental economic reasons…
“Let’s be honest, Palantir’s product is very good and addictive, it’s pretty much like the sugar in Coca-Cola,” said French digital sovereignty advocate, Philippe Latombe. “Palantir can treat massive amounts of data with great precision and with their experience, they had time to improve their algorithms with many clients and adapt them to many use cases.” Still, the drive to break free from Palantir is sweeping around the continent, from Madrid, where the government of Pedro Sánchez has instructed state-backed companies to block Palantir from future public procurement contracts, to France’s domestic intelligence services (DGSI) selecting French company ChapsVision over…
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The conflict, now in its sixth month, halted most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that previously served as a delivery route for a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas. With global supplies constrained, prices for Brent crude, the international standard, soared from about $70 (€60.20) to above $100 (€86.00) a barrel for much of March, April and May, and at one point reached $126 (€108.36). The money that oil companies accrued between the beginning of April and the end of June could receive extra scrutiny this year. Petrol, diesel and jet fuel prices climbed…
By Egle Markeviciute, EU Tech Loop with Euronews Published on 04/08/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The EU has recently announced three new AI projects — Floods and droughts, Eunomia.AI and EuropAI — that aim to support the uptake of Generative AI in public administrations across the EU. The total funding for the projects comes to €36.8 million, of which €18.4 million is provided directly by the EU. The final outcomes of these projects are expected by 2029-2030. While testing and scaling GenAI solutions across EU member states does indeed require flexibility, the future influx of funding for GenAI and ApplyAI solutions in…