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Two women who previously made allegations against Davies, and were granted anonymity to protect their privacy, contacted POLITICO on Friday to object to his statement to Nation Cymru. One, a sitting Labour MP first elected in 2015, said she had entered a formal complaint with the party to raise an allegation of unwanted touching. “Having been touched by Geraint against my wishes, I can say the allegations of sexual harassment are more than hearsay. Whilst I can’t speak for other women’s experiences, I know the way he touched me left me deeply upset and unsettled and I spent most of…
Over a million twinkling bulbs lit up Kew Gardens on Thursday 12 November as the botanical landmark previewed its three-kilometre winter trail, showcasing 24 light displays and six global debuts. This year’s centrepiece is The Electric Light Symphony, a spectacular finale outside the Victorian Palm House, where towering jets of water dance beneath colourful lasers and projections, creating what organisers describe as the UK’s largest water fountain show. Elsewhere, guests can wander through the returning Fire Garden, where real flames dance beside glowing sculptures, and the Star and Snowflake Gobo Walk, where artificial snow drifts over a lit pathway. The…
Teaching, healthcare and IT jobs are among the hardest to fill across Europe, while employers generally find it easier to recruit labourers and food preparation assistants. But the pattern varies by country. Spain, for example, faces a large shortage of food preparation assistants, according to the OECD. These shortages persist even as young people face a tougher job market. The OECD found that the unemployment gap between young graduates and the wider working-age population has widened in the countries it analysed. The European Central Bank (ECB) also found that job prospects for young people in the eurozone have weakened since…
Published on 13 November 2026 – 16:21 GMT+1 The eighth edition of the Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) competition has unveiled its shortlist, selected from a record 15,388 entries submitted by photographers around the world. The images span 11 categories, including Animals, Insects, Arachnids and Underwater, alongside a dedicated category for young photographers. “Close-up photography has a wonderful way of revealing details and perspectives that often go unnoticed,” says competition co-founder Tracy Calder. “This year’s shortlist is a fabulous showcase of imagination, technical expertise, and natural curiosity.” The overall winner and category champions will be announced in January 2027.…
In the most extreme cases, entire applications — even virtual interviews — appeared to have been generated by bots and not human beings, the official added. There is at least one case in which civil servants became so suspicious during a virtual video call that the candidate was not a real person that they terminated the interview early. The official said the civil service plans to move away from personal statements — and for flagship recruitment schemes, leaders are looking at reintroducing compulsory face-to-face interviews. Fewer personal statements The changes are likely to form part of a wider review of…
Azerbaijan is set to increase and diversify its energy supplies to Europe, beyond the current 10 EU member states, Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev announced on Thursday during the 9th European Political Community Summit in Dublin. Aliyev held talks with European Council President Antonio Costa during the EPC summit to discuss the long-term energy contracts “in the context of continuing successful cooperation between Azerbaijan and the European Union in gas supplies,” an Azerbaijani presidency statement said, while Costa declared that “the resumption of negotiations on a new EU-Azerbaijan agreement is good news for our citizens.” The EU-Azerbaijan Strategic Partnership in the…
The EU began the conference wanting any electrification agreement to refer explicitly to “clean” power, generated from renewables or nuclear, a position enshrined in the negotiating mandate agreed by its 27 member governments last month. But Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, who will co-lead negotiations for the EU from Monday, suggested in an interview that the bloc could drop that condition. “The world needs much more radical, much faster electrification. Ideally, that comes for the overwhelming part from solar, from wind, and from nuclear sources,” he told POLITICO and other media outlets Friday. “But at the same time, let’s also acknowledge…
Recent footage shows cattle wandering through traffic, grazing in public parks and moving between houses, sometimes after dark. Local authorities in the north-eastern municipality of Kriva Palanka say the animals have caused extensive damage to farmland and municipal property, while residents fear unexpected encounters with the large livestock. Mayor Saško Mitovski has asked the government to declare a 30-day state of crisis, warning that the situation has steadily deteriorated. According to the mayor, the number of roaming cattle has risen from around 400 five years ago to more than 1,000 today. Many of the animals previously belonged to a single…
Not long ago, Nvidia was the world’s most valuable company. Now its future is far less certain. Since Nvidia announced Jensen Huang’s resignation on Thursday, Wall Street analysts have been trying to size up what his departure means for the chipmaker and for the AI industry he helped build. Huang, 63, was one of AI’s most visible champions. He fuelled the boom with advanced chips and financing deals across the supply chain. Nvidia invested in customers and suppliers, helping cloud providers and AI labs build out the infrastructure that runs on its chips. Colette Kress, Nvidia’s finance chief since 2013,…
Published on 13 November 2026 – 14:48 GMT+1 China has warned the United States against tightening chip export controls, as a company founded by the woman at the centre of the Nvidia scandal reportedly obtained banned AI chips. Shanghai Longteng Intelligent Computing, set up by Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based data centre firm Megaspeed, ended up with servers containing Nvidia’s H800 chips, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing documents submitted to the Chinese government. The servers were bought from Dell Technologies by Aperia Cloud Services, an official Nvidia partner in Singapore, according to an unnamed source. It is…