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Published on 28 October 2026 – 17:06 GMT+1 The European Commission has approved €319 million in Austrian state aid for semiconductor giant Infineon Technologies to help fund a €1.1 billion upgrade of its factory in Villach. The investment will enable the company to ramp up production and establish what it says will be the world’s first high-volume manufacturing facility for next-generation gallium nitride power semiconductors on 300-millimetre wafers. The Commission said in its announcement on Wednesday 28 October that the measure, under the EU’s Chips Act, will help “strengthen the EU’s position and autonomy in the semiconductor value chain”. The…
Around 200 passengers who paid to live on a cruise ship while travelling the world were abruptly left in a Cambodian port after the company ran out of money, an official said on Wednesday. US-based operator Villa Vie Residences said it had “suspended operations in Cambodia”, citing an “extraordinary” rise in fuel costs since the Iran war began that had made its current operating model “extremely challenging”. “Since the conflict began in late February, we have taken significant steps to reduce fuel consumption, including slowing the itinerary and spending more time in port,” the company said. “Those measures have not…
Published on 28 October 2026 – 11:09 GMT+1 Could the woman who rapped “maybe it’s time to put this pussy on your sideburns” and “You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe (repeat ad nauseam)” soon become the new White House Press Secretary? Nicki Minaj, the rapper who has fallen from grace following her switch from Barbz to MAGA princesss, has once again shared her support for Donald Trump. The ‘Super Bass’ and ‘Anaconda’ singer joined him at a campaign rally last weekend in Michigan, where the president gave her a shout-out for attending the event. Trump also…
But before this cycle, Brin had been a sporadic donor, gone dark for many years. His last disclosed political donation in California was in 2010 — for $200,000 to join other Silicon Valley leaders in opposing an ultimately defeated ballot measure that would’ve suspended a state climate law. Some of the billionaire donors — Slootman, Roblox CEO David Baszucki, Robinhood co-founders Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev, Figma CEO Dylan Field, fintech executive Max Levchin and software founder Andrew Karam — have no history of spending on California politics before this year, according to state campaign records. Tenev said in a…
Footage released by Spain’s Military Emergency Unit shows rescue personnel searching the debris, while Civil Guard officers and firefighters assist at the scene. Around 100 UME personnel were deployed, with sniffer dogs and specialist units working through twisted metal. The injured were taken to hospitals in Toledo, where ambulances arrived throughout the morning and police cordoned off entrances. Regional officials said 58 people required hospital treatment, about 50 of them seriously. King Felipe VI sent condolences to the victims and their families, while Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed his solidarity and support. The crash occurred shortly before 9am on the…
Published on 28 October 2026 – 16:33 GMT+1 The price of Europe’s benchmark natural gas contract broke above €100 per megawatt-hour on Wednesday afternoon, a level last seen in December 2022 at the height of the energy crisis that followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The milestone came only hours after the EU’s energy chief, Dan Jørgensen, said the bloc was facing a new energy crisis and a tough winter. The front-month Dutch TTF contract, the benchmark for gas prices in Europe, traded at €100.37 per megawatt-hour at 16:00 CET, up over 4% on the day. It stood at around…
Building a satellite usually takes years, specialist facilities and substantial funding. But at an airfield outside Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, young engineers from 15 countries faced a different challenge: building a miniature satellite model small enough to fit inside a drinks can, then sending it into the sky. Their creations, known as CanSats, carried sensors, electronics and communications systems designed to collect measurements during flight. Launched aboard rockets and released to descend by parachute, they offered students a chance to put their engineering skills to the test without ever leaving Earth’s atmosphere. Unlike conventional satellites, CanSats do not enter orbit. Instead,…
The endless “Yankification” of the world is something I’m generally against. We don’t need to visit pumpkin patches, create elaborate “elf on the shelf” scenarios, or do gender reveals, and we certainly don’t need half-time shows at sports matches. Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in Europe, but that hasn’t stopped brands on the continent offering Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Travel Tuesday sales. Seems rather silly, given we don’t mark the fourth Thursday of November in any way, shape or form… Anyway, I digress. Yankification in this one case is a good thing for travellers, particularly at a time when people are…
A group of countries including Germany, Italy, Greece and France all objected to mentioning associate membership in a joint EU-Canada statement. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
The first aerial images have emerged from the scene of a major train crash near Urda, in Spain’s Toledo province, where two high-speed trains collided on Wednesday morning. Footage released by Spain’s Civil Guard shows the damaged trains and derailed carriages, some of which came to rest down an embankment. Emergency services, including firefighters, police, medical teams and helicopters, have been deployed to assist those affected. Authorities have activated the regional emergency plan, while rescue operations and efforts to assess the full scale of the crash continue.