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South Korea and the five Central Asian republics held their first heads-of-state summit in Seoul on Wednesday, adopting a 30-year cooperation framework targeting critical minerals, energy, supply chains and emerging technologies against the backdrop of a shared Silk Road history. The declaration established a leaders’ summit that brings together South Korea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan every two years, and a new mechanism that brings together the six countries’ industry ministers. “The ‘Silk Road spirit’ of Central Asia that connected people, technologies and cultures of the East and West as one is needed more than ever,” South Korean President…
Italian startup Exein, which specialises in cybersecurity for industrial devices and machinery, has joined the ranks of digital unicorns after closing a 270-million-dollar funding round. The deal, led by global fund Headline and backed by institutional investors including the European Investment Bank (EIB), which Exein announced on Tuesday, gives the company an overall valuation of 1.7 billion dollars. In just two years the company’s value has increased thirtyfold, making it Europe’s highest-valued hardware cybersecurity firm. “Devices are no longer just connected; they are becoming intelligent. They run models, make decisions and act in the physical world,” reads Exein’s website. “The…
Published on 16/09/2026 – 15:45 GMT+2 If the Jackboot fits… On 6 September, Donald Trump bulk-posted a series of AI-generated images, in which he renamed New Mexico as “New America”, declared the Moon as US territory, and portayed himself as the Green Lantern. During this AI slop rampage, Trump proposed new uniforms for the United States Space Force – which was established in 2019 during Trump’s first term in office. The image Trump posted was a design mockup for a new “service dress uniform” that was “inspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper Uniform.” Many were quick…
Hegseth identified no specific threats and underlined that President Donald Trump’s main mission was “American manufacturing, American made, American jobs.” For now, Germany’s rearmament drive dovetails with that vision. Pistorius said: “Germany is investing and buying in the U.S., adding up to about $50 billion, creating growth and jobs in the United States of America.” But Germany is using its own resources and teaming up with other European countries on defense projects. Berlin is also increasingly frustrated that the U.S. is favoring its own needs — boosting production of Tomahawk missiles to rebuild its own stocks depleted by the war…
The European Union is increasingly worried about whether nations will actually implement existing climate targets as it prepares for the United Nations’ climate summit, COP31, according to a Council document seen by Euronews. “(The Council highlights with concern) that current ambition and implementation remain insufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C,” read the draft Council conclusions dated 14 September, referring to the Paris Agreement. Similar concerns were recently shared by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), which warned the world is set to cross the 1.5°C global warming threshold, but can still limit, adapt to and return from higher temperatures. Early…
As artificial intelligence and advanced scanning systems transform border controls, customs services still rely on one of their oldest detection tools: trained dogs. AI can analyse images and data, identify patterns and help customs officers decide which shipments or containers warrant closer inspection. But customs officials, dog handlers, and other specialists from more than 50 countries gathered at the World Customs Organisation’s 7th Global Canine Forum in Tashkent argued that this does not remove the need for dogs trained to detect scents. Antonio Lo Parco, head of the WCO’s Regional Office for Capacity Building for Europe, told Euronews that dogs…
Published on 16/09/2026 – 16:00 GMT+2 In Spain, earning a good salary does not necessarily make it easy to buy a home. An analysis by iAhorro reveals wide disparities between regions: while salaries vary by around 10,000 euros a year across Spain, the price of a 90-square-metre home can differ by almost 383,000 euros. The biggest hurdle is the money that has to be saved before applying for a mortgage. To buy a 90-square-metre home, the buyer has to put down around 30% of the price for the deposit and other costs. In the Balearic Islands, that comes to about…
Some voices you recognise in a split second. Catherine Ringer’s was one of them. A voice that could laugh, rasp, scream, sing of love, desire or madness. A voice that never wanted to be put in a box. The announcement of her death has triggered a wave of emotional reactions. Among them, French President Emmanuel Macron, who paid tribute to a personality he called “unclassifiable, irreverent, profoundly French”. On X, the president accompanied his message with a clip from 2024 in which the artist sang ‘La Marseillaise’ during a ceremony marking the enshrining of the right to abortion in the…
That’s not deterring Novo, however. The Danish pharma giant said it would use the American artificial intelligence company’s models and Claude Science to advance its research as it aims to become “the world’s most AI-driven healthcare company.” “Joining forces with Anthropic will supercharge our R&D organisation and help us on our mission to bring new, transformative health solutions to people living with chronic diseases,” Mike Doustdar, CEO of Novo, which has shortened its name from Novo Nordisk, said in a statement. “AI tools can also offer completely new scientific opportunities and aid reasoning and understanding of human biology and drug…
Published on 16/09/2026 – 15:48 GMT+2 Ottawa and Brussels are in talks for Canada to join the Erasmus+ exchange programme, which would let students from both sides study at each other’s universities. EU-Canada relations have rarely been closer, as Prime Minister Mark Carney has sought to build a tighter relationship with the European bloc following the aggressive trade agenda and erratic foreign policy of the second Trump administration. On Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen invited Canada to become the first “associate member” of the EU, an unprecedented arrangement short of full membership, which remains off the table…