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Lobbying spending is concentrated in the hands of tech giants, mainly from the U.S., according to the analysis by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl, two non-profit campaign groups focused on corporate influence. The ten largest technology spenders — which include Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Qualcomm and Google — outspent the top ten firms in pharmaceuticals, finance and the automotive industries combined. Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have “noticeably” ramped up their expenditure since 2023, by more than €4 million for Amazon and €2 million for Microsoft and Meta, the analysis said. The Brussels-based lobby group Digital Europe, which includes many U.S.-based…
From help with mundane admin tasks to seeking out relationship advice, internet users are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for life tips. But can you really use AI for voting advice, and can it be trusted with democracy? The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has said no, warning that AI tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini can be unreliable and prone to bias, ahead of the country’s snap elections scheduled for 29 October. The AP recently published a study in which it fed four chatbots — ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and Le Chat — 200 typical voting profiles per political party…
US President Donald Trump met with South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday in the final leg of his Asian tour, as he seeks to iron out a trade deal with Seoul that appears more elusive. Speaking broadly about international trade in Seoul, Trump suggested a more conciliatory approach than his usual confrontational stance. “The best deals are deals that work for everybody,” he said. Trump praised their “very special relationship” during remarks at a business forum. He said the US and South Korea are “wedded” and that they’re “very close” to a deal. But the disparity between what Trump…
The attack, which took place in May of last year, was not an isolated act of hate. Police quickly identified and arrested three Bulgarian suspects whose trial begins in Paris on Wednesday — a case that investigators and intelligence officials say offers a rare window into Russia’s escalating campaign to destabilize France through covert influence and psychological operations. The vandalism of the Holocaust memorial was one of several symbolic assaults to shake the country over the past two years — featuring pig heads dropped at mosques, Stars of David sprayed on buildings, coffins left next to the Eiffel Tower— each…
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By Euronews Published on 29/10/2025 – 7:01 GMT+1 Nike is launching a powered shoe that will help everyday runners and walkers go further with less effort. Dubbed “Project Amplify,” Nike said in a statement that their shoe is designed to “augment natural lower leg and ankle movement”. The shoe has a light-weight motor, drive belt and a rechargeable cuff battery that fits within a carbon fibre-plated shoe that can be worn with or without the system, the statement said. The shoe will eventually give people an “unparalleled boost” to the future of running, jogging and walking. The shoe is “it’s intended…
Salvini, who is infrastructure minister as well as leader of the far-right League party, has called the project “the most important public work in the world,” and said construction could start in November. If built, the 3.7-kilometer suspension bridge spanning the strait of Messina would be the longest of its kind, connecting the toe of the Italian peninsula to the northeastern tip of Sicily. It would provide the island’s 4.8 million inhabitants, who have until now relied on ferries and planes for access to the outside world, with road and rail lines to the rest of Europe. The firebrand politician…
Serbia’s journey toward the European Union began in January 2001, when pro-European parties won parliamentary elections following the fall of Slobodan Milošević in October 2000. At the time, some observers even speculated that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia — which would cease to exist in 2006 after Montenegro’s withdrawal — could join the EU as early as 2007. Reality soon proved more complicated. Kosovo, under UN administration after the 1999 war, is legally part of Serbia under UN Resolution 1244. It declared independence in 2008, a move that Serbia does not recognise. Long before signing the Stabilisation and Association Agreement…
By Jerry Fisayo-Bambi with AP Published on 29/10/2025 – 6:46 GMT+1 •Updated 7:02 A US federal agent had a daring pitch for Nicolás Maduro’s chief pilot: all he had to do was surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where US authorities could nab the strongman, according to media reports published on Wednesday. According to the AP report, the agent told the pilot in a secret meeting that the aviator would be made a very rich man. The conversation was tense, and the pilot left noncommittal, though he provided the agent, Edwin Lopez, with his cell number—a sign he might be…
Friedrich Merz reist als Kanzler in die Türkei. Es wird ein Besuch zwischen Realpolitik und Risiko. In Ankara trifft er Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, um über Sicherheit und Migration zu sprechen. Ein Gespräch, das Kooperation und Konflikt zugleich bedeutet; über Waffenlieferungen, Rechtsstaat und das Verhältnis zu Russland. Die Analyse dazu von Gordon Repinski. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht Ines Schwerdtner, Parteichefin der Linkspartei, über rote Linien und den Umgang mit der CDU. Sie erklärt, warum die Linke trotz inhaltlicher Differenzen bei zentralen Reformen wie der Schuldenbremse mitreden will und wo sie sich klar von Friedrich Merz abgrenzt.Zum Schluss analysiert Hans von der Burchard…