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Published on 23/09/2026 – 18:00 GMT+2 The Norwegian government says it is aiming to have a plan in place to develop mining facilities at Europe’s largest known rare-earths deposit by the year 2028 at the latest. The Fen Complex, around 150 km southwest of Oslo, is estimated to contain 15.9 million tonnes of rare-earth oxides, including neodymium and praseodymium, which are used in powerful magnets for electric vehicles, renewable energy technology and defence equipment. Environmental concerns have long delayed the project. Surveys in the area identified 78 endangered animal and plant species, including rare beetles, trees, mosses and fungi. Rare…
Grynspan topped the latest informal Security Council poll, while Argentina’s Rafael Grossi, Senegal’s Macky Sall and Uganda’s Olara Otunnu are also in the field. All nine previous U.N. secretaries-general have been men. Ribera’s intervention echoes that of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who said on American comedian Jon Stewart’s podcast Wednesday that “after 80 years of this multilateral order, I think it’s important, it’s fair that we choose a woman, the first woman, leading the U.N. as secretary-general.” Sánchez also called himself a “feminist politician.” The race is unfolding as U.S. President Donald Trump pressures the U.N. to overhaul its…
Moroccans went to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new parliament in an election shaped by mounting issues but also hopes for better opportunities generated by the country’s thriving economy. The next government will oversee preparations for the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will co-host with Spain and Portugal, while facing pressure to address everyday worries about unemployment and low wages, as well as issues with housing, schools and hospitals. Voting centres across the North African kingdom are due to close at 7 pm local time (9 pm CEST), allowing nearly 16 million registered voters to cast ballots for…
As Europe looks for ways to retain tech talent and build global businesses, an Italian company has quietly grown into one of the continent’s biggest tech success stories. You may not know the company’s name, but you have likely used one of its products. Founded in Milan in 2013, Bending Spoons has acquired a string of familiar digital brands, including Evernote, WeTransfer, Vimeo and Eventbrite in recent years. Its annual revenue rose from $387 million (€338 mn) in 2023 to $1.31 billion (€1.14 bn) in 2025. In July, the company went public on New York’s Nasdaq stock exchange. So how…
There’s not long now until the world’s longest flight between Sydney and London takes off with passengers for the first time in October next year. And now travellers have yet another ultra-long-haul route to look forward to, with Qantas confirming it is set to launch non-stop services between Sydney and New York in mid-2028. The Australian airline has said that the flights will cut more than three hours off the total travel time compared with one-stop services today. Tickets for the inaugural flight will go on sale from August 2027. Dubbed “Project Sunrise”, flights will be operated by specially configured…
When it is time to draw a card, Cristian M. Amores does not look at anything: he brings his iPhone up to an NFC tag stuck on the card sleeve and waits for VoiceOver to tell him what he has just drawn. He is blind and, since the end of 2020, has been adapting, card by card, the way he plays “Magic: The Gathering”, the collectible card game created by mathematician and PhD Richard Garfield in 1993. Amores shares the whole process under the name Magic Accesible on social network X, and his case is far from unique: from controllers…
Prêts, appels aux dons, levées de fonds : les équipes des candidats à la présidentielle s’activent pour trouver les moyens de financer leurs campagnes. Qui s’en sort bien ? Qui est à la peine ? Marine Le Pen peut-elle cette année décrocher un prêt auprès d’une banque française alors que l’initiative de Matignon pour offrir une garantie publique aux candidats est tombée à l’eau ? Anthony Lattier en discute Paul de Villepin et Jason Wiels, journalistes à POLITICO, auteurs de la newsletter Paris Influence. N’hésitez pas à vous abonner et à laisser vos commentaires.
Published on 23/09/2026 – 16:06 GMT+2 The European Commission is working towards closing the books on Albania’s accession process by December 2027 — a timeline Tirana has long touted, and that is now set to receive formal recognition in the EU’s upcoming enlargement roadmaps, EU officials told Euronews. The Commission is preparing a roadmap to confirm Albania’s stated goal of closing all negotiating chapters by the end of next year, and to lay out priority deliverables to plug the remaining accession gaps. Albania has set the end of 2027 as its target for completing accession negotiations, a timetable Prime Minister…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed in front of the UN General Assembly Wednesday that the Golan Heights region will remain Syrian despite Israel’s claims over the strategically important territory. “Any attempts that violate our sovereignty, violate international law, will be stopped. Golan will remain Syrian territories,” al-Sharaa said at the UN meeting of world leaders in New York. The US had been the only country to recognise Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights in 1981, which it captured from Syria in 1967, until Colombia’s new hard-right government in August recognised Israel’s claim. The UN maintains that the plateau is Syrian…
Published on 23/09/2026 – 16:22 GMT+2 Since the start of the Iran war, higher road fuel prices have cost the EU an estimated €53 billion, according to a report published on Wednesday by Brussels-based environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E). Most of that extra cost — €40 billion — came from diesel. T&E estimates that higher road fuel prices have added an average of €270 million a day to transport costs, including €203 million a day for diesel. The remaining €67 million a day is attributable to petrol. The estimates compare costs during the war with the same period last…