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Iranian women took part in a military training course organised by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at a volunteer camp in Tehran on Tuesday, November 10. The training, held at Azadi Square and named “Janfada”, meaning “Sacrifice for the Homeland”, included handling firearms, aiming with sniper rifles, rappelling down ropes and using a zipline. Footage showed women lining up with weapons and taking part in various military-style exercises during the course.
Published on 11 November 2026 – 9:11 GMT+1 According to documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI told investors that its adjusted operating margin improved to -109% from -150% in the previous quarter. The company’s operating losses, however, widened to $10.9 billion (€9.72bn) from $10.1 billion (€9.01bn), the WSJ reported on Tuesday. The disclosure comes as investors closely scrutinise the finances of AI companies, including rival Anthropic, which is preparing for an IPO that could value it at around $1.4 trillion (€1.25trn). The stock market debut will be the first by one of the leading AI model developers and…
New data has found that 76% of Europeans plan to take an overnight trip between October 2026 and March 2027 – a 3% increase compared to last year. According to the latest Monitoring Sentiment for Intra-European Travel Autumn and Winter 2026/2027 report, issued by the European Travel Commission (ETC), city breaks, culture trips and festive getaways are driving the demand. Based on an online survey of 6,000 respondents from Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Poland and Austria, who had taken at least two overnight trips during the last three years, travel intentions are expected to peak…
Rents have also risen across the country, with urban regions and tourist hotspots seeing some of the biggest rent hikes over the past 10 years. Academics trace the roots of Spain’s housing crisis to the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis: while ordinary homebuyers struggled to get mortgages, large-scale investors began buying up property, speculating and driving up prices. “The cash didn’t disappear from the market; it just ended up in the hands of investors,” said Spanish National Research Council housing expert Javier Gil. “What we see in Spain is a new cycle led by speculative, non-residential demand.” Combine that…
Published on 11 November 2026 – 7:30 GMT+1 Val Thorens has once again been named the world’s best ski resort at the World Ski Awards. The French Alpine resort took the title for the 11th time, with Deer Valley in Utah, US, and Austria’s Kitzbühel rounding out the top three for 2026. All three resorts also won their respective national titles. In the awards’ 14th edition, ski industry professionals and the public cast votes, with the most-voted nominee in each category taking the title. Europe’s highest ski resort At 2,300 metres, Val Thorens is Europe’s highest ski resort. It forms…
“Greece has explicitly stated … that in the event of any escalation, it will request sanctions and support from the European Union,” Greece’s Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said last week in an interview with local TV. Despite being NATO allies, Greece and Turkey have quarreled over maritime boundaries and overlapping claims to their continental shelves. Athens fears Ankara could invoke the Libya deal to challenge offshore exploration south of Crete and the EU-funded undersea electricity cable linking Greece and Cyprus, turning both projects into flashpoints. Turkey signed the agreement in 2019 with Libya’s U.N.-backed government in Tripoli, and it was…
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After last week’s rout, fuelled by fears that Democrats would ramp up regulation of artificial intelligence, beaten-down tech stocks have bounced this week on bargain-buying and a feeling that their fears may have been overdone. Sentiment was also given a boost by earnings from data centre operator CoreWeave, which said sales would come in at $13-13.3 billion (€11.6-11.9bn) this year, beating estimates. The news soothed worries about the company’s health after it suffered heavy selling last month amid speculation that it could struggle to finance its vast debt pile as borrowing costs continued to rise. That sparked a period of…
The European Parliament has figured out how to pass controversial legislation … just bypass the full vote of all 720 MEPs. Today on the show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart discuss how cross-party leaders are worried that the plenary’s shifting alliances — particularly with the rise of the far right — could blow up legislation that expert lawmakers have already negotiated at the committee stage. The bypass method could come in handy for the EU’s next long-term budget. Next, NATO allies are considering the biggest overhaul of their military planning in at least two decades — by prioritizing Russia and…
Published on 11 November 2026 – 6:25 GMT+1•Updated 6:29 The stock market debut will be the first by one of the leading AI model developers and is being seen as a gauge of how long the AI spending boom lifting the US economy can last. The maker of the Claude AI models said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it aims to sell 825 million shares at between $70 and $78 each. The shares will trade under the ticker “ANT.” Seven tech companies including Google, Nvidia, AMD and Microsoft have also agreed to buy $26…