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Uzbekistan’s private airline Qanot Sharq added a Airbus A321neo XLR to their fleet, becoming the first operator of the aircraft type in Central Asia. Jahongir Rustamov, Director of the Flight Safety Department at Qanot Sharq, described the delivery as a landmark moment not only for the airline. “This aircraft is unique not just in our country, but across all [Central Asian] states,” he said. Efficiency of the aircraft The new Airbus A321neo XLR arrived in Tashkent following a direct delivery flight from Hamburg, Germany and is the longest-range single-aisle aircraft currently in operation, capable of flying up to 8,700 kilometres.…
Winter is in full swing, and so is Europe’s ski season. Alpine resorts have opened, and skiers across the continent are hitting the slopes over the holiday break – if they can afford it. Lift pass prices continue to rise, making ski holidays unaffordable for many. But not everywhere. There is one ski resort in the French Alps that – out of necessity rather than choice – is offering skiing entirely free of charge this winter. Yes, you read it correctly: free skiing for everyone. We’re talking about Saint-Colomban-des-Villards, a small village in Savoie, located at 1,100 metres above sea…
Published on 23/12/2025 – 9:16 GMT+1 The world’s most famous and elusive street artist Banksy has confirmed that he is responsible for a new mural that appeared in London yesterday. Painted above a garage and depicting two stargazing children lying down and in winter gear, the artwork appeared on the side of a building in Bayswater, west London. Banksy posted two photos of the artwork on his official Instagram account. An identical image also appeared at the foot of the Centre Point tower in Tottenham Court Road, central London, but the graffiti artist did not post that version on his…
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By Euronews Published on 23/12/2025 – 10:16 GMT+1 Four people were injured, three of them critically, in a hydrogen explosion at the Elkem Silicones site in Saint-Fons, south of Lyon, on Monday afternoon. The blast occurred around 2:30 pm in an experimental workshop at the silicone materials production facility, a high-threshold Seveso-classified site in France’s “chemical valley”. The explosion ignited a fire in a 600-square-metre building, which was brought under control by early evening. Around 100 firefighters and 30 emergency vehicles were deployed to tackle the blaze. All four injured were Elkem Silicones employees. Two are in critical condition, whilst a…
Published on 23/12/2025 – 9:56 GMT+1 •Updated 10:20 After hosts Morocco opened the tournament with a 2-0 win over Comoros, attention in Group A turned to Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca, where Mali met Zambia in the day’s first fixture. Mali were awarded a first-half penalty but failed to convert, before finally breaking the deadlock just after the hour mark through Lassine Sinayoko. Zambia refused to fold, and Patson Daka struck deep into stoppage time with a powerful header to seal a 1-1 draw. Fans enthusiasm “I think it was a very good game because football is, above all, a…
By Euronews Published on 23/12/2025 – 9:46 GMT+1 The world of gaming is paying tribute to Vince Zampella, co-creator of Call of Duty, who’s died in a car crash in California. He was 55. Video game company Electronic Arts says Zampella died on Sunday. According to local reports he died while driving his Ferrari north of Los Angeles. A passenger, who also fell victim to fatal injuries after being ejected from the vehicle, has not been named. The cause of the crash is under investigation. In 2010, Zampella founded Respawn Entertainment, a subsidiary of EA, and he also was the former…
The government’s intention is to instead break any AI-related legislation up into smaller chunks. Nudification apps, for example, will be banned as part of the government’s new Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, AI chatbots are being looked at through a review of the Online Safety Act, while there will also need to be legislation for AI Growth Labs — testbeds where companies can experiment with their products before going to market. Asked about an AI bill by MPs on Dec. 3, Kendall said: “There are measures we will need to take to make sure we get the most on growth and deal with regulatory issues. If there are measures we need to do to protect…
A motorbike caravan of government supporters took to the streets of Caracas on Monday during a National Assembly debate on a proposed antipiracy bill. Some protesters wore pirate costumes and carried posters, staging a symbolic demonstration as lawmakers discussed legislation related to freedom of navigation and trade. The rally coincided with the arrival of senior officials at the assembly building. The bill, approved in a first reading, is set for a second legislative debate before potentially becoming law, while public demonstrations continued outside the chamber.
“We need a fundamental discussion on the Europeanization of customs,” Cavazzini told POLITICO. As chair of the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO), the lawmaker from the German Greens has been pushing the Council, the EU’s intergovernmental branch, to allow the customs reform to make the bloc’s single market more of a unified reality. European lawmaker Anna Cavazzini. | Martin Bertrand and Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images EU capitals worry — as always — about handing over too much power to the eurocrats in Brussels. But the main outstanding issue where negotiators disagree is more prosaic: it’s…