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Europe was the second most significant hotspot for Islamophobic incidents in 2024, according to the latest annual Islamophobia report of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Islamophobia often takes the form of online hate, which is relatively high in Europe compared to other regions across the globe. “August and September witnessed a steady increase in Islamophobic manifestations, particularly in the United Kingdom, where debates over immigration policy intensified, and in Germany, where far-right demonstrations targeting Muslim communities gained momentum,” the OIC report said. Muslims represent the second-largest religious group in the EU, with around 26 million living in the bloc.…
Typhoon Kalmaegi has torn through the Philippines, leaving at least 140 people dead and over 120 missing. Torrential rains caused flash floods in more than 100 areas, submerging homes and vehicles, particularly in Cebu province. Nearly two million residents were affected, and more than half a million took shelter in evacuation centers. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr declared a national state of calamity as emergency teams cleared debris and restored power. Another typhoon is forming in the Pacific, bringing new concerns for northern regions.
As Uzbekistan marks the 120th anniversary of its trade union movement, attention has turned from commemoration to consolidation. The country’s unions, once seen as ceremonial institutions, are increasingly becoming active players in shaping labour policy, supporting workplace reform, and helping balance the country’s rapid economic transformation with social stability. At a congress of the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan (FTUU), delegates from across the country joined international observers to assess progress in strengthening worker rights and social dialogue. All participants underlined that Uzbekistan’s labour landscape is experiencing a profound transformation, driven by a wave of legal and institutional reforms…
Published on 06/11/2025 – 16:17 GMT+1 The French competition authority has issued a more than €4.6 million fine against health tech company Doctolib for “abusing its dominant position” in the telehealth and online medical appointment booking sectors. Doctolib is one of French tech’s shining stars, with annual revenues hitting a reported €348 million last year and operations across France, Italy, and Germany. The Autorité de la Concurrence said in a statementthat Doctolib “deliberately implemented several anticompetitive practices … as part of an overall, structured, and coherent anticompetitive strategy”. At the heart of the case are two of the company’s digital…
“First and foremost, I thought it was nice to meet the American ambassador. We’ve been waiting for him for a long time, and it’s good that he’s here. It’s important that we have a representative from Trump’s administration,” Rasmussen added. Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring Greenland — and refused to rule out using either military or economic coercion to get it — saying he needed the Arctic island for national security purposes. Denmark has maintained that Greenland is not for sale. Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, and its residents are EU citizens. A…
Published on 06/11/2025 – 16:40 GMT+1 •Updated 16:47 The European Union will pay a “huge” geopolitical cost and “lose credibility” if it fails to enlarge, Montenegro’s Deputy Prime Minister Filip Ivanović has told Euronews. Speaking in a one-on-one interview during Euronews’ enlargement summit in Brussels on Tuesday, Ivanović said: “If enlargement does not happen — not just with Montenegro but also with other candidate countries — then the very concept of the European Union loses its credibility: It’s not European, and it’s not a union anymore.” “For us, it will be a devastating situation (…) and it would be a…
Published on 06/11/2025 – 17:19 GMT+1 US actress Angelina Jolie visited Kherson and Mykolaiv on Thursday, meeting medical staff, families and volunteers in some of the most dangerous regions in Ukraine. According to the Legacy of War Foundation, Jolie was shown how medical and educational institutions in Ukraine’s frontline regions have been relocated into reinforced underground spaces to continue their operations. The Kherson region is partially occupied by Russian forces on the left bank of the Dnipro River. Kherson city — on the opposite bank of the river — is constantly targeted by Russian forces due to its proximity to…
Europe’s summers are getting hotter, longer and deadlier, but a new AI system could soon give scientists up to seven weeks’ notice before extreme heatwaves hit. Researchers from the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC) have developed a machine learning model they say can predict severe heat events more accurately and more efficiently than current methods. Their findings, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, could transform how Europe prepares for one of its most dangerous climate threats. “[Machine learning] will become a fundamental part of how we study climate variability,” says study author Dr McAdam. “This study has…
Published on 06/11/2025 – 16:52 GMT+1 All it takes is a few simple prompts to bypass most guardrails in artificial intelligence (AI) tools, a new report has found. Technology company Cisco evaluated the large language models (LLMs) behind popular AI chatbots from OpenAI, Mistral, Meta, Google, Alibaba, Deepseek, and Microsoft to see how many questions it took for the models to divulge unsafe or criminal information. They did this in 499 conversations through a technique called “multi-turn attacks,” where nefarious users ask AI tools multiple questions to bypass safety measures. Each conversation had between five and 10 interactions. The researchers…
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