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Published on 26/08/2025 – 13:05 GMT+2 Popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots give inconsistent answers to queries about suicide, a new study has found. AI chatbots from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google all have effective guardrails against high-risk questions related to suicide, but users can get around them by asking medium-risk queries instead, researchers from the nonprofit RAND Corporation found. The chatbots all refused to directly answer very high-risk questions that might encourage self-harm. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude provided appropriate responses to very low-risk questions – such as information on suicide rates by region – 100 per cent of the…
A new night bus network is launching in Europe this autumn, with routes connecting some of the continent’s key tourist destinations. Run by Swiss transportation company Twiliner, the service aims to close “the comfort gap in long-distance travel”. The sleeper bus will begin operations in November 2025, with stops planned across Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. It will give eco-conscious travellers another long-distance transport alternative to short-haul flights. Twiliner claims journeys on their coaches are as sustainable as going by train and save 85 per cent of CO2e emissions compared to flying. It adds that vehicles will run…
Oslo-based Lithuanian chef Airis Zapašnikas has become the first Lithuanian to be awarded the title of best sushi master in the world. He beat 14 other finalists vying for this prestigious accolade. “For me, as a sushi master and also the first Lithuanian with such an achievement, this is of great significance. It is a direct confirmation of my skills. I will say more – for me it is more valuable than awarding my restaurant a Michelin star,” – Zapašnikas said in an interview with the LRT.lt portal. Zapašnikas, who runs a Michelin-starred restaurant in Norway, talked about the immense…
The institution’s board chair is Balázs Orbán, who serves as political director to the Hungarian prime minister. (While the two share a last name, they are not related.) POLITICO reported in 2023 that MCC Brussels Executive Director Frank Füredi got the role after a chance meeting with Balázs Orbán in London and has vowed to use the platform to challenge the “EU mainstream,” including on climate change. MCC Brussels, which describes itself as an autonomous think tank working on issues like migration, foreign policy, culture and environmental policy, has seven staff members who hold passes allowing them to access the…
Published on 01/09/2025 – 17:24 GMT+2 Uncertainty is hanging over the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a joint project between France, Germany and Spain, that aims to develop a sixth-generation fighter aircraft supported by interconnected drones within a combat cloud. The idea, launched in 2017 and costing at least €100 billion, aims to strengthen European defence. Last week, Reuters reported that the German Defence Ministry accused French fighter jet manufacturer Dassault of blocking the project after its CEO, Eric Trappier, called for greater decision making powers in the project’s next phase. Jacob Ross, a researcher at the German Council on…
Published on 04/09/2025 – 10:24 GMT+2 •Updated 10:32 Now that the United Nations officially recognised the sexual crimes committed by Hamas on and after October 7 and placed Hamas on the UN blacklist of armed groups responsible for systematic rape and sexual violence in conflict, the next logical step is prosecution, a notable Israeli expert writes in an exclusive op-ed for Euronews. “This recognition is not only a diplomatic achievement; it is a direct rebuke to all those who tried to deny, minimise, or obscure these atrocities,” explains Dr Cochav Elkayam-Levy, the founder and chair of the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against…
Foldable phones aren’t a new invention. Google, Samsung and Honor have all had handsets on the market for several years and in 2024, foldables were estimated to have an 11% share in the high-end Android market. But with Apple set to join the gang next year, 2026 is poised to be a turning point in the mobile phone industry. Right now, foldables sit firmly in the premium sector of the market. Though premium is defined as handsets costing over €800, the vast majority of the best foldables will set you back at least €1,300. In 2024, foldables accounted for around…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 18/06/2025 – 7:54 GMT+2 It’s Day 5 in Budapest at the OTP Bank World Judo Championships and the action rolls on. At -70kg, Lara CVJETKO is no stranger to World finals, but this time she was out for gold. The Croatian judoka returned to the big stage with more experience, greater composure, and a renewed hunger to stand on the top of the podium. CVJETKO looked like an athlete on a mission – ready to turn silver into gold. Her opponent was Shiho TANAKA – a world bronze medallist herself. She had confidently worked her way through…
If scorching temperatures have you losing your cool, you’re not alone. New research suggests that our warming world could be behind your bad mood. Using social media, scientists from MIT and institutions across the world tracked people’s emotions and mapped them in relation to days of extreme heat. They analysed more than 1 billion social media posts from more than 150 countries. Their findings? Heat doesn’t just make us sweat, it makes us sour. The study, published in the journal One Earth, revealed that when temperatures soar above 35°C, our collective mood takes a dive – especially in lower-income countries.…
SpaceX pulled off a successful launch of its mega rocket Starship on Tuesday, deploying its first batch of eight dummy satellites in space. Starship blasted off from SpaceX’s launch site in South Texas, known as Starbase, just after 6:30PM. After cruising in space for just over an hour, the rocket splashed down into the Indian Ocean, as planned. The spacecraft’s Super Heavy Booster separated from the Starship upper stage three minutes after launch and also successfully returned for a pre-planned splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico in the Atlantic. No crew were on board of the demo launch, but Musk’s…