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The Belarusian leader accused the West of inflating facts to pressure EU and NATO and called for unconditional negotiations. Following reports of North Korean troops deployed in Russia, Belarus’ leader said no one had seen any Pyongyang soldiers on the frontline with Ukraine, accusing the West of “inflating the fact”, which may lead to escalation. “They are inflating it for what? To finally put pressure on the European Union and introduce NATO troops into (the war in Ukraine),” President Alexander Lukashenko said at the Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. All sides of the conflict should “sit down at the negotiation table without…
From drought that killed a quarter of a million in the Horn of Africa and heatwaves in Europe that cost some 90,000 lives to what may be the deadliest floods in Spain’s modern history – new analyses draw a direct link between ever more frequent extreme weather and climate change. With the death toll close to 100 after a year’s worth of rain fell in a day in parts of eastern and southern Spain this week, rapid analysis by climate scientists suggests global heating made the event twice as likely to happen and the downpours considerably more intense.“No doubt about…
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Authorities in Kharkiv said about 36 others sustained injuries following the 500-kilogramme Russian glided bomb attack on the residential building, causing massive damage. A 12-year-old was among at least three people killed after a Russian strike in Kharkiv late on Wednesday, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.Authorities in Ukraine’s second-largest city said about 36 people sustained injuries following the 500-kilogramme Russian glided bomb attack on the residential building, causing massive damage.“(The 12-year-old boy) was freed from under the rubble with severe head injuries and fractures. Doctors performed resuscitation measures for more than half an hour. Unfortunately, it was not possible…
U.S. officials sequenced the genome of the virus found in poultry on the farm in Oregon and did not identify any changes to the virus that indicate it’s more transmissible to humans. The risk to the public remains low, they said on Wednesday. The swine livestock shared water sources, housing and equipment with infected poultry on the farm, officials said. The farm is a noncommercial operation and there is no threat to the U.S. pork supply, they added. The site has been quarantined and the pigs culled. Other animals, including sheep and goats, remain under surveillance.
Police in Germany say the search is ongoing but that the identity of the suspect and circumstances behind the incident are unknown. German police are searching for a man who abandoned a bag of explosives at a train station in Berlin and fled after being stopped by officers.Police said they had attempted to stop the man for a routine ID check at the Neukölln station in the German capital on Wednesday afternoon. He ran away and explosives were found in the backpack he left behind, Berlin’s police force said in a post on X.The explosive material was taken to a…
Artists and rights holders organisations have sent an open letter to the EU Commission following the adoption of this year’s AI Act. This August, the European Commission’s AI Act first came into force, creating a regulatory system based on the perceived risk of AI on different levels of industry. As this AI Act has begun to be implemented across the EU’s member states, a conglomeration of creators and rights holders organisations in Europe called the European Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) have published an open letter to the Commission “calling for meaningful implementation”. Among the signatories are The European Audiovisual…
“There is a suspicion that not enough is done, not in an effective way to really prevent the dissemination of illegal products,” a Commission official said, briefing reporters ahead of the announcement. “We have reasons to believe that Temu didn’t properly analyze the addictive nature” of some of its features, they added. Under the DSA, firms can face fines of up to 6 percent of their annual global revenue if the in-depth investigation, which is not bound by any timeline, confirms major infringements. Temu, with 92 million monthly users in the EU, was designated as a very large online platform…
The US elections will greatly impact Europe: but how? Two MEPs take sides and offer pitches for the two candidates. Europe awaits the outcome and impact of next week’s US election, and Euronews spoke to two MEPs advocating for the competiting candidates for the White House, asking why they think Donald Trump’s or Kamala Harris’ election would be a better choice for Europe.The European Parliament’s leftist political groups – Socialists and democrats, Greens/EFA, The Left – plus Renew Europe clearly endorse Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. But there are also supporters of Donald Trump in Brussels, such as the members of the…
Siemens will buy American software firm, Altair Engineering, in a deal valued at more than $10bn (€9.2bn). The German technology conglomerate said that the deal would strengthen its leadership in industrial software and AI. Altair Engineering is a leading provider of software in the industrial simulation and analysis market and offers its products to the aviation, automotive and financial services sectors. According to the agreement signed by Siemens, Altair shareholders will receive $113 (€103.97) per share, representing and enterprise value of approximately $10bn (€9.2bn).The German multi-national said that the acquisition would strengthen its position as a technology company and also…