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Published on 11/08/2026 – 16:57 GMT+2 Luxury hotel perks have long been a bit of a complex game. You’ve traditionally had to have to be a member of the right loyalty scheme, hold a certain credit card or jump through all numbers of hoops. Now, though, a new booking platform is promising to make VIP treatment much easier to access. Travel Habit is launching with access to more than 2,300 luxury hotels, bundling perks including room upgrades, breakfast, hotel credits and late check-outs into a single membership. The platform will unite some of the world’s best and strongest hospitality status…

TikTok and Meta have agreed to join a voluntary coordination mechanism chaired by the European Commission with fact-checkers, following the spread of disinformation online that fuelled the mass crossings in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, in which around 100 people died. On Monday, Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, announced that TikTok and Meta had activated a crisis protocol to set up a cooperation mechanism with fact-checkers after tens of thousands of migrants illegally crossed the Spanish border. “The EU Commission, Europol and platforms are exchanging daily and we have increased our coordination,”…

At the confluence with the Ticino, boats now sit in shallow, muddy water surrounded by sand, algae and exposed gravel banks. The Po River Basin Authority says flows are well below seasonal averages, with levels at several monitoring stations approaching or exceeding records set during the severe drought of 2022. The Po is vital to northern Italy’s agricultural heartland, including the Food Valley around Parma, where fruit, vegetables and rice depend on its water. Exceptionally low levels are also affecting supplies, with Ansa reporting tanker deliveries to more than 100 municipalities in Piedmont and Lombardy. Around Pavia, the river has…

The photo of the Wehrmacht motorbike recovered in Budapest is travelling around the world: from “Times of India” and “Vietnam.VN” via British media such as the “Daily Mirror” through to US platforms like Yahoo Autos, media are reporting on the spectacular find. According to Hungary’s Institute and Museum of Military History, the recovered motorbike is a DKW NZ 350-1. Among motorcyclists at the time, the DKW NZ 250 and NZ 350 models were considered particularly tough and reliable. In 1944, therefore, the NZ 350-1 was introduced as a version developed specifically for wartime use. The Hungarian museum recovered the machine…

Published on 11/08/2026 – 15:40 GMT+2 Europe’s prolongued drought is putting immense pressure on Hungary’s Villány wine region, where scorching temperatures are taking a heavy toll on grape production. Due to the lack of rainfall, berries are smaller, while vines struggle to survive in the relentless heat. Beyond a lack of rainfall, there is also not enough moisture in the air. Gergely Nagy, secretary of the Villány Wine Region Hill Community Council, told Euronews that they are slowly getting used to these severe drought conditions, which is not only affecting the wine region, but the entire country. Expertise remains vital…

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Published on 11/08/2026 – 15:22 GMT+2•Updated 15:24 US President Donald Trump has publicly expressed his support for his friend Gianni Infantino, as the embattled FIFA chief continues to fight mounting criticism and calls for him to step down. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said football world governing body FIFA “would be making a terrible mistake” if it decided to part ways with Infantino. “He is fantastic, having just presided over the most successful World Cup, by four times, ever presented,” Trump wrote, adding: “If he is gone, it will never be as successful or profitable again.” Infantino has…

Published on 11/08/2026 – 13:46 GMT+2 A US appeals court has ruled that lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms, Google and TikTok, along with other social media companies, of designing addictive platforms can proceed, particularly over claims involving younger users. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, based in San Francisco, rejected the companies’ attempt to overturn a lower court’s ruling allowing more than 3,000 lawsuits to move forward in federal court. The Ninth Circuit found that the companies had appealed too early, since such challenges typically only follow a final ruling or verdict, not while the case is still…

The photo of the Wehrmacht motorcycle recovered in Budapest is going around the world: from “Times of India” and “Vietnam.VN” via British media such as the “Daily Mirror” to US platforms like Yahoo Autos, outlets are reporting on the spectacular find. According to the Hungarian Institute and Museum of Military History, the recovered motorcycle is a DKW NZ 350-1. The DKW NZ 250 and NZ 350 models were regarded by motorcyclists at the time as particularly robust and reliable. In 1944, DKW therefore introduced the NZ 350-1, a version developed specifically for wartime use. The Hungarian museum recovered the machine…

Qatar has seen positive signs in talks between Oman and Iran over reopening the Strait of Hormuz, according to its foreign ministry, despite concerns that demands for compensation could delay an agreement. “We have heard positive statements from both capitals in the recent couple of days,” Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dr Majed Al Ansari told reporters in Doha on Tuesday. “We look to this quite positively, and we are waiting to see what transpires at the end.” According to Al Ansari, Oman and Iran have indicated that the talks have reached the technical stage, with Tehran saying it was preparing…