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The European Commission is preparing to reshape the European Union’s renewable-energy rulebook after 2030, signaling a major shift from less regulation to greater focus on investment, grids and storage, according to a draft impact assessment seen by Euronews. The internal document states that the existing renewable energy law is no longer enough to deliver the EU’s 2040 climate ambition to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% compared to 1990 levels, which EU lawmakers agreed last November. A new EU proposal to revamp the bloc’s renewable energy framework is due by the end of the year to ensure the post-2030…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 13:18 GMT+2•Updated 13:55 At least 20 people were killed and five were missing after an international cargo ship docked in eastern China caught fire, state media reported on Thursday. A photo released by China’s official Xinhua news agency identified the ship as the Ocean Melody, which sails under a Liberian flag, according to the public vessel-tracking website VesselFinder. A total of 42 people had been on the vessel, and 17 of them were safely evacuated, including five who were injured, Xinhua reported. The ship was docked for repairs at the Beihai Shipbuilding Co. at the port…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 12:13 GMT+2 Seat’s future is once again at the heart of the debate over the transformation of Spain’s automotive industry. The government has closed ranks in defence of the historic brand after the Volkswagen group acknowledged that its continued existence beyond 2030 is under review. First Vice-President and Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said this week that the government will make “every effort necessary” to keep Seat, a brand he described as “traditionally Spanish”. The government’s stance comes after SEAT S.A. clarified its future plans in response to reports of a possible disappearance of the brand. The…
Published on 19/08/2026 – 11:45 GMT+2•Updated 17:18 Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios revealed on Wednesday he tested positive for cocaine and was provisionally suspended from tennis. The 31-year-old Australian was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the 2022 singles final. He’s now ranked 919th after a series of injuries. Kyrgios posted details of the case on social media. “I recently failed a drug test in Mallorca after testing positive for cocaine,” he wrote, citing a lower level tournament in June. “I made a huge mistake and take full responsibility for it.” Cocaine is banned as a doping substance during competitions, with…
Javelins are about to get smart. TDK Corporation will fit throws with sensor technology at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, recording and analysing the physics behind every throw in real time. As an official global supporter of the event, running in the Hungarian capital from 11 to 13 September, TDK will fit javelins with its sensors for a special demonstration featuring leading athletes. The technology captures data invisible in a conventional result, where distance remains the only metric that counts. TDK’s sensors track the javelin’s release angle, rotation, speed, height and flight path. TDK’s software analyses that data…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 12:05 GMT+2 Just weeks after her death, it has been confirmed that Dolly Parton’s new hotel and museum will officially open on 29 September in downtown Nashville. Located steps from Lower Broadway and a host of venues in “Music City”, Dolly Parton’s SongTeller Hotel and Dolly’s Life of Many Colors Museum will celebrate the country music star’s life and career in the heart of Tennessee’s capital. The 245-room SongTeller Hotel has been described as Parton’s “love letter” to Nashville, with her songwriting career and iconic style woven throughout its rooms, suites and public spaces. Music plays…
By Tokunbo Salako & Euronews Brussels Published on 08/09/2026 – 10:04 GMT+2•Updated 09/09/2026 – 6:45 GMT+2 A major manhunt is underway around the southern French Mediterranean resort of Cagnes-sur-Mer after thieves broke into the Renoir Museum and stole four artworks but abandoned two while they escaped. A group of “well-equipped” and “well-informed” thieves entered the building via the garden, the town’s mayor, Bryan Masson, told reporters at the scene. They sliced through a fence with an electric knife or saw, entered the museum through the ground floor, and then cut the clips securing the artwork frames, Masson said in remarks carried by local…
Snabe will serve in the unpaid role until the end of March 2027 and is expected to produce a report on issues including AI infrastructure, frontier AI technologies and industrial AI adoption. But the appointment came under fire because of Siemens’ recent role in lobbying to loosen the AI rules now shaping Europe’s industrial strategy. Siemens was one of the main proponents of exempting products covered by the EU’s machinery rules from the bloc’s flagship AI law — a tweak EU legislators agreed to in the summer and which is now part of the law. Siemens is also part of…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 12:17 GMT+2 Brussels has finally obtained access to Anthropic’s most powerful model, whose availability had been restricted due to its advanced hacking capabilities. But the request took over three months to bear fruit. “Following our constructive engagement with Anthropic, we can confirm that the EU’s cybersecurity agency ENISA has been granted access to Mythos 5 and is testing it now,” said the European Commission’s spokesperson for tech sovereignty, Thomas Regnier. In April, the leading AI lab launched a preview of Mythos 5, a model capable of identifying and exploiting cyber vulnerabilities with unprecedented speed, making it…
Six months after the war between the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran erupted, the economic fallout inside Iran has reached a severe and unprecedented intensity. While ordinary citizens previously weathered decades of international sanctions, the combination of ongoing war and a reinstated US naval blockade has paralysed everyday life, plunging the national currency into a historic tailspin and forcing families into drastic household austerity. On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump reiterated Washington’s stance while boarding Air Force One for a trip to Dallas. “They’re in very bad shape. Their country is destroyed now,” Trump told reporters. “As you…