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Published on 27/08/2025 – 7:00 GMT+2 Travellers may soon be able to reach key European cities on high-speed trains without the rush and crowds of central London’s St. Pancras International station. To rival Eurostar’s grip on cross-Channel travel, Uber has announced the upcoming launch of Uber Trains. This will allow 10 high-speed trains to offer direct connections to cities like Brussels, Paris and Lille through the Channel Tunnel, from east London’s Stratford International Station The transport giant has partnered with startup Gemini Trains for this project, which could start operating as early as 2029, pending construction and approvals. Gemini Trains…
Dame Anna Wintour ended months of speculation today when she named Chloe Malle her successor as head of editorial content at Vogue – one of the most influential fashion publications. While Wintor, 75, will remain chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director of American Vogue and its 27 editions around the globe, Malle, 39, will now be editor of Vogue.com. Malle is the daughter of actress Candice Bergen and the late French director Louis Malle. She joined Vogue as social editor in 2011, moved on to contributing editor in 2016 and has held her current position since 2023. “Vogue…
“If the question is: Do we have confidence in this government? The answer is no, we don’t,” said Le Pen after meeting with Bayrou Tuesday. Le Pen promised in July to stand in any new elections despite her legal troubles. A National Rally official, who like others quoted in this piece was granted anonymity to candidly discuss the case, told POLITICO that the party is not considering finding a replacement. A Le Pen adviser explained that if new elections were called, she would likely then submit her paperwork to run with election authorities in her constituency, which would undoubtedly be…
Published on 03/09/2025 – 12:28 GMT+2 •Updated 12:57 Estonia is “not much worried” that the reassurance force allies could send to Ukraine as a security guarantee will weaken NATO’s eastern flank but is discussing the issue with the military alliance, the country’s president said on Wednesday. The small Baltic state, which is among the 30 mostly European countries that make up the so-called ‘Coalition of the Willing’, has indicated it is ready to send troops to non-contact areas in Ukraine as part of an international reassurance force following any eventual ceasefire with Russia. Lithuania and Latvia have also said they…
Published on 04/09/2025 – 11:54 GMT+2 The United Arab Emirates warned on Thursday that any Israeli move to annex the occupied West Bank would be a “red line” for Abu Dhabi, without going into further details or specifying any potential impact on the landmark Abraham Accords signed between the two countries in 2020 to normalise ties. Senior Emirati diplomat Anwar Gargash wrote in a post on X that violating the prospects for a two state solution and moving in on the occupied West Bank would “end regional integration.” His post linked to another Emirati official, Lana Nusseibah, who spoke to…
Published on 03/09/2025 – 12:46 GMT+2 Washington has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC’s) authorisation to freely ship essential equipment from the US to China. The removal of the “validated end user” status, effective on 31 December, follows the Trump administration’s recent decision to restrict shipments from Samsung and SK Hynix to China. The move will potentially upend production at TSMC’s key chip-making base in Nanjing, which creates older-generation devices, as future shipments will require export licences. Even so, the manufacturing of TSMC’s most advanced chips takes place in Taiwan and the US, rather than in China. “While we are…
Published on 09/07/2025 – 23:21 GMT+2 A Spanish court has sentenced current Brazil national team and former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti to one year in prison for tax fraud. The Madrid Provincial Court handed down the sentence on Wednesday for the offence committed in 2014 and fined him just over €386,000 which he must pay to the tax authorities. The court has also acquitted him of similar charges relating to the 2015 tax year, due to a lack of evidence of his residence in Spain during that period. Despite the conviction, Spanish law stipulates that sentences of less than…
By Euronews Green with AP Published on 29/08/2025 – 12:29 GMT+2 A brave little snow leopard cub has taken her first steps in her outdoor enclosure at the UK’s Chester Zoo. Proud mum Nubra kept a watchful eye on her little one as she explored their habitat playfully this week. The cub, the first to be born at the zoo in its 94-year history, has been named Bheri, after a river that runs through the Himalayas. The zoo picked the name from thousands of suggestions made by visitors and online followers from all over the world. The inquisitive furball was born 10 weeks…
Published on 03/09/2025 – 6:30 GMT+2 A hearing in the US House of Representatives on EU digital policy on Wednesday is set to reflect the growing divide between the EU and US on how to regulate big tech companies. The grilling in the Judiciary Committee, called “Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation”, is meant to highlight how “European online censorship laws (…) threaten Americans’ right to speak freely online.” EU laws and particularly the AI Act and Digital Markets (DMA) and Services Acts (DSA), have come under fire from the moment Republican President Donald Trump returned to the White House in…
Published on 27/08/2025 – 14:11 GMT+2 Italy has just introduced a new sleeper ‘beer train’ which will take travellers from Rome to Munich, right into Oktoberfest. The Munich Express, also called the Espresso Monaco, is operated by state-owned FS Treni Turistici Italiani. Its special Bavarian-themed night train will take passengers on an epic 16-hour journey, complete with dancing, beers and dining. “Forget the stress of driving and unnecessary stops: with us, the fun begins as soon as you get on board,” FS Treni Turistici Italiani said in a press release. Travellers can enjoy traditional nibbles, fresh draft beer and Bavarian…