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Published on 12/08/2026 – 16:50 GMT+2 Two of the most influential voices in energy markets set out opposing readings of the year on Wednesday. The IEA now expects the world to burn less oil in 2026 than it did in 2025, its first such call since Covid-19 ground the global economy to a near-halt, while OPEC still pencils in growth, leaving them more than two million barrels a day apart. The Paris-based IEA now expects global oil demand to fall by 1.6 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2026, a downgrade of 510,000 b/d from July. “The ongoing closure of…
Last February, Sophie Adenot made history by becoming the second French woman to travel into space, after Claudie Haigneré. Six months on, she is about to take another leap forward as she becomes the first French woman to carry out a spacewalk. On Instagram and X, the astronaut shared the news with her followers. On 18 August, she will perform her very first spacewalk from the ISS to help repair the station’s transmission system. She will be joined by American astronaut Anil Menon, who has already taken part in a spacewalk to work on a high-bandwidth antenna used for communications…
“Note: Poland is not included in the Europe region above. Accounts registered in Poland are treated as Poland-only for home-country use,” reads Starlink’s current guidance. Polish Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski also went after Musk, accusing Starlink’s parent company SpaceX of treating Poles as second-class customers and demanding it spell out the regulatory basis for the change. “Poland is not a second-tier market. Polish customers are not second-tier customers,” Gawkowski wrote on X. If SpaceX blames “local regulatory requirements,” Warsaw expects it to point to the specific rules rather than offer “general explanations,” he added. The new rules have applied…
The next European Parliament majority may not be a centrist coalition, according to new data. The three parties — the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), the centrist Renew Europe, and the centre-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D) — which have formed a parliamentary majority since its creation would fail to secure one for the first time. The seat projection was published on Wednesday by Europe Elects, an election data platform, which drew on voting intentions from each EU member state and modelled seat allocations based on each country’s electoral law. In recent years, Europe’s mainstream political forces have been on a…
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Lucy Davis, best known for roles in British television series The Office, and films including ‘Shaun of the Dead’, ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’, shared the news in a lengthy Instagram post. The 53-year-old actor said the cancer had spread to her bones, including her spine, right hip and ribs, and that it was too late for chemotherapy. She said the first sign was not an obvious lump, but a very small hard spot that she almost decided not to have checked. Davis also said she is not afraid of what comes next and feels at peace with…
The complaint, which alleges the sale breaches Germany’s Telecommunications, Digital Services and Data Protection Act, was filed against Meta, Ray-Ban and Oakley — eyewear brands that have partnered with Meta to design the glasses — and several retailers. Meta spokesperson Matthew Pollard said the smart glasses were approved by Germany’s regulator BNetzA in 2022, and “were built with privacy safeguards from the ground up that go beyond what any smartphone offers.” Those include an LED light that turns on when the glasses are recording, as well as technology to stop anyone from tampering with the light. HateAid said that smart…
By Gavin Blackburn & Serge Duchêne Published on 12/08/2026 – 16:09 GMT+2•Updated 17:29 France recorded a more than 20% shortfall in nuclear power production capacity on Wednesday, a record deficit caused by environmental-related outages linked to drought, extreme heat and a jellyfish invasion. France uses nuclear power to generate around 70% of its electricity. The country has seen nuclear power production disrupted by multiple heatwaves and droughts this year. According to AFP calculations based on data published by energy group EDF since 2015, 20.4% of generating capacity was unavailable. Between 9:45 am and 10:00 am, EDF’s nuclear fleet recorded a new peak in…
Renting an 80-square-metre home in Spain costs an average of 1,131 euros a month, according to July data from Fotocasa’s Property Index. The average price stands at 14.14 euros per square metre, in a market where differences between regions remain very pronounced. Although the report points to a year-on-year fall of 1.6% in July, Fotocasa warns that rents remain at historically high levels and that the recent cooling is still insufficient to offset the steep price rises accumulated in recent years. “Average rent remains well above the financial capacity of a significant share of households,” says María Matos, head of…
Published on 12/08/2026 – 16:58 GMT+2 Queen guitarist Brian May has taken to Instagram to post an AI-generated version of the artwork of the band’s classic 1980 album ‘The Game’. May used Meta AI to make the cover, which resurrects late frontman Freddie Mercury. He did so in order to make a “very serious” point about the environmental impact of AI to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Check out the post below: The original cover sees all four members of Queen standing side-by-side in matching leather jackets. As you can tell by the AI version, there are now apparently five…