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By&nbspHERNÁN MUÑOZ and SUMAN NAISHADHAM&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 23/07/2025 – 9:23 GMT+2 Ana García rents a shack at a beach just north of Barcelona every year, spending two months there in the summer with her daughter. But she fears summers by the sea in Montgat, about a 30-minute drive from central Barcelona, could eventually be numbered. Storms and sea level rise driven by climate change are eroding the man-made beaches in metropolitan Barcelona, with the sea swallowing swathes of coastline every year, authorities say. Compared to natural coastlines, man-made beaches erode faster. Montgat’s coastline has eroded especially fast, locals and authorities…

The world’s biggest economy, the US, and the fourth-largest, Japan, have agreed on a trade deal causing Asian shares to surge, with carmakers leading the way on the prospects of lower tariffs. The US and Japan agreed to put a 15% import duty on goods imported from Japan, apart from certain products such as steel and aluminium that are subject to much higher tariffs. That’s down from the 25% that Trump had said would take effect on 1 August if a deal was not reached. This boosted investors’ sentiment, resulting in Tokyo’s Nikkei stock index rising by nearly 3.9% in…

Published on 23/07/2025 – 7:45 GMT+2 A video has been shared on social media with captions alleging that it shows a group of Palestinian refugees arriving in Sweden by plane, supposedly fleeing the war in Gaza. The posts tend to contain anti-immigrant and anti-Palestinian rhetoric. Some claim that the people in the video are wearing western attire, and that while they may appear willing to assimilate western customs, they will soon cast this attitude aside. “Once their stomachs are full, they will wear knitted caps, build mosques and say ‘this country belongs to our forefathers’,” one of the most viral…

A week before the new rules on general purpose artificial intelligence (GPAI) enter into force – affecting tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini – a clearer picture is emerging on where companies stand when it comes to signing up to the EU’s voluntary Code of Practice on GPAI.  US Big Tech giant Meta said last week that it will not sign, having slammed the rules for stifling innovation. The Code, which the European Commission released last week, is a voluntary set of rules that touches on transparency, copyright, and safety and security issues, aiming to help providers of GPAI models comply with the…

Frankreichs Präsident Emmanuel Macron ist zu Gast in Berlin, doch die Stimmung wird angespannt sein.Beim Treffen mit Kanzler Friedrich Merz geht es um eine ganze Reihe von Konflikten: der Streit um mit EU-Geld subventionierte Atomkraftwerke, das europäische Kampfjetprojekt FCAS und das blockierte Mercosur-Abkommen. Hans von der Burchard analysiert die Knackpunkte der aktuellen deutsch-französischen Beziehungen. Außerdem: Arbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas (SPD) treibt zwei Großprojekte voran – die Reform des Bürgergelds und das neue Gesetz zur Tariftreue, das für mehr Bürokratie sorgen könnte. Rasmus Buchsteiner berichtet über die Pläne des Arbeitsministeriums und die möglichen Hürden. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: CDU-Generalsekretär Carsten Linnemann. Er war als…

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 23/07/2025 – 5:34 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump announced a new trade framework with Japan on Tuesday that will impose a 15% tariff on Japanese imports, easing back from a previously threatened 25% levy.  Under the new agreement, Trump said Japan would invest $550 billion in the US “at my direction” and “open” its economy to US rice and cars.  “This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs – There has never been anything like it,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that the United States “will continue to always have a great relationship with the…

“The summit is likely to underscore that both as far as the economic relationship goes and as far as China’s support for Russia goes, there has been very little progress between Brussels and Beijing.” As she tries to smooth ties with Washington, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s tone toward Beijing has turned increasingly hawkish. In reply, China has warned against sealing any transatlantic trade deal that would harm its interests.  The elephant in the room, in addition to the long-running trade disputes: Russia’s war on Ukraine. And, right on cue before the summit, the EU listed two Chinese…

Paris thinks the same. “The Franco-German reflex has been rediscovered,” an Elysée official said. But despite the good vibes and increased cooperation on policy areas involving deregulation and migration, the leaders are finding it increasingly difficult to conceal an uncomfortable reality: The promised restart of the Franco-German engine that long powered the European Union is already sputtering, as Merz and Macron confront a series of intractable divisions on everything from defense to trade. One of the key differences between the current German chancellor and his predecessor is that Scholz recognized how difficult it would be to resolve the key Franco-German…

Dans un entretien accordé à POLITICO, la directrice générale de la DGCCRF, Sarah Lacoche, revient sur la procédure lancée contre l’enseigne asiatique en 2023, et les pistes envisagées pour améliorer les contrôles en ligne. Jul 5 4 mins read

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