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Boomers claiming young people nowadays do not want to work may sadly have a point, according to recent studies by institutes like the Chartered Management Institute highlighting that Gen Z could not actually be ready for the workplace after all. Several industry leaders from major companies like Booking Holdings and Whole Foods have highlighted this underpreparedness already. Glenn Fogel, CEO of Booking Holdings said in 2024 that younger employees may be in need of more training and guidance on how workplaces today are structured and what is expected from them. Similarly, a report by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) released…

Die zunehmende Leistungsfähigkeit von KI-Modellen bereitet Wildberger Sorge. „Es verstärkt die Dringlichkeit, hier in ganz besonderem Maße mehr Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu treffen“, sagte er. Die Entwicklung sei „so rasant“, dass Unternehmen vor möglichen Angriffen „nie ganz sicher“ seien. „Funktioniert nur mit Amerika und China“ Die Idee einer internationalen KI-Aufsicht nach dem Vorbild der Atomaufsicht wird seit mehreren Jahren diskutiert. Auch OpenAI-Chef Sam Altman hatte sich dafür bereits mehrfach ausgesprochen. Nach Ansicht des Ministers können Staaten die Risiken fortschrittlicher KI nicht im Alleingang kontrollieren. „Das erfordert aber auch, dass der Dialog grundsätzlich zu diesem Thema global aufgenommen wird – und das funktioniert…

Ukraine and Moldova have finished screening their laws against the EU rulebook. Montenegro has closed 18 of its 33 negotiating chapters, chasing a self-declared “28 by 28” target for membership. Albania hopes to conclude talks by 2027. Each of these candidates is poorer, less institutionally secure, or closer to Russia’s borders than Iceland will ever be, and all want in. Iceland, richer and more stable than most existing EU member states, said no. On 29 August, voters rejected reopening accession talks by 52.8 percent to 47.2 percent. Iceland remains in the European Economic Area and the Schengen Area, tied to…

Published on 03/09/2026 – 6:22 GMT+2 A US federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Wednesday from enforcing a new executive order limiting who qualifies for birthright citizenship. The move thwarts President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to restrict the constitutional right, which comes after the US Supreme Court rejected his previous effort. US District Judge Deborah Boardman of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction following an appeal by rights groups who challenged Trump’s executive order from 6 August targeting what he termed “birth tourism.” “The Supreme Court has spoken: Children in the certified class are ‘citizens at birth’,” Boardman wrote in…

Published on 03/09/2026 – 8:07 GMT+2 New US tariffs of up to 100% took effect on Thursday on drones and certain drone components, as Washington pushes to lower its import reliance in an industry that China dominates. US President Donald Trump signed an order setting out the duties in August, as the White House flagged “the national security threat posed by imports of drones and their components”. The order also aims to boost domestic supply chains. Drones have become a cornerstone of modern warfare and surveillance, as the war in Ukraine has starkly demonstrated, and US officials argue that dependence…

Think of coach trips, and you may conjure up an image of a rather naff way to see the world, favoured by people of retirement age. Now, though, coach trips are having something of a renaissance – and they’re actually a great way to explore countries with ease and in comfort. The Geneva-headquartered International Road Transport Union (IRU) is backing this trend and singing its praises. “Coaches bring visitors from airports, ports and railway stations to historic cities, coastal destinations, mountain villages and cultural landmarks,” an IRU statement said. “They make school trips possible, support business events and conferences, enable…

Ulrich Siegmund, lead candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, took to the stage in the central marketplace of the town of Naumburg and declared there was a new “awakening” in eastern Germany.  Ahead of a vital election in the region of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday — in which Siegmund is within striking distance of becoming the first far-right leader to govern a German state since 1945 — that appeal to an eastern identity struck a chord.  A young man beside me was hollering “Ostdeutschland!” although he was too young to have lived in the communist German Democratic Republic. “It…

Published on 03/09/2026 – 7:17 GMT+2 A Maltese court acquitted tycoon Yorgen Fenech of orchestrating the car-bomb killing of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia on Wednesday, sparking outrage from her family and media freedom advocates. The wealthy businessman had stood accused of masterminding the 2017 assassination of 53-year-old Caruana Galizia, which sparked unprecedented protests and brought down a government. Caruana Galizia’s family said in a statement that Fenech’s acquittal was “denying her the justice she deserves.” Her son Matthew Caruana Galizia said jurors had made a “terrible decision…that our country may never recover from.” The European Centre for Press and…

Published on 03/09/2026 – 6:41 GMT+2 Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, Maduro’s attorneys said a judge was required by law to reject the indictment because it cannot be brought against a foreign leader. “No American court has ever presided over the criminal trial of a foreign leader who was recognised by their own country as the sitting head…

Nearly six in ten Europeans gave money to good causes in 2025, either by directly helping people in need, donating to charity or giving for religious reasons. This is according to the World Giving Report by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). In its latest global report, CAF surveyed 60,443 people in 105 countries between 5 January and 18 February 2026 about giving throughout 2025, with nationally representative country samples generally ranging from 250 to 1,000 adults. According to the findings, the most generous European countries included Ireland and Romania. Looking specifically at charitable giving, Ireland and the Netherlands had the…