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The European Commission announced a €2.9 billion plan to scale up investments in green fuels by 2027 to curb carbon dioxide emissions from aviation and maritime transport, which together account for roughly 26.4% of EU transport-sector emissions. With the EU’s binding climate goal of achieving climate-neutrality by 2050, compared to 1990 levels, slashing emissions in aviation and maritime transport is both essential and challenging for the EU27. Commercial planes and ships are the hardest transports to decarbonise, and to this day they are still powered mainly by fossil fuels, despite EU legislation meant to help the shipping and aviation sectors…
By Nadya Oppenheim Published on 06/11/2025 – 15:26 GMT+1 •Updated 15:54 Germany’s financial watchdog BaFin has fined JPMorgan €45 million after finding shortcomings in the US bank’s money laundering prevention systems. The Frankfurt-based subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. failed to submit suspicious transaction reports on time between October 2021 and September 2022, BaFin said on Thursday. The regulator said the bank “culpably breached its supervisory obligations” regarding internal processes for flagging potentially illicit activity, resulting in a failure to report such transactions “without undue delay”. The fine notice became final on 30 October, according to BaFin’s statement. Under Germany’s Money…
But AfD politicians argue that German mainstream politicians are the true antidemocratic forces and are seeking to suppress the will of the German people through the state apparatus. They have often found a sympathetic ear for that argument in MAGA circles. When Germany’s domestic intelligence agency declared the AfD to be extremist, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the move “tyranny in disguise.” During the Munich Security Conference earlier this year, U.S. Vice President JD Vance urged mainstream politicians in Europe to protect free speech rights of anti-immigration parties and to knock down the “firewalls” that shut out far-right…
Heavy rainstorms led to widespread flooding, fallen trees, and lightning strikes across the region. Emergency services responded to hundreds of incidents, with Barcelona receiving the highest number of emergency calls. At Barcelona’s El Prat airport, dozens of flights were cancelled or delayed, while rail services and major roads also faced interruptions. A regional alert was issued as the storm moved along the coast, and emergency teams responded to numerous incidents across Barcelona and nearby towns.
German lawmakers accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of operating as a “sleeper cell loyal to Russia” during a Bundestag debate on Wednesday. The AfD is accused of submitting numerous inquiries to the federal government regarding the German armed forces and critical infrastructure, with Christian Democratic Union (CDU) MP Marc Heinrichmass saying the AfD parliamentary group had submitted 47 such requests within a year. Henrichmann, a member of the Parliamentary Control Committee overseeing intelligence services, said the AfD was “being led around the ring by the Kremlin on a leash.” The debate followed a request by the CDU/CSU…
The Bank of England (BoE) held its key interest rate at 4% on Thursday, mainly in line with expectations, as the central bank navigates a backdrop of stubborn inflation and sluggish growth. Commenting on the final decision, policymakers said the current economic conditions did not warrant a change. However, the decision was a close call, as four out of nine monetary policy committee members voted for a 25-basis-point cut. Governor Andrew Bailey had the casting vote. _”_It is perhaps no surprise he has taken a more cautious approach, particularly given the UK continues to suffer from higher inflation compared to…
Published on 06/11/2025 – 13:15 GMT+1 Debra Messing, the American actress best known for her role as Grace Adler on the popular sitcom Will & Grace, is facing intense backlash after sharing offensive posts about New York City’s new mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. The Democratic Socialist candidate, 34, won the election after receiving 50.4 per cent of the vote. His win is historic, as Mamdani is Muslim, born in Uganda, and moved to the US as a young boy. He became a US citizen after graduating from college and he will become the youngest mayor of the largest city in the…
Though arrests have been made, the stolen goods have not yet been retrieved. Faced with a “budgetary impasse,” the Louvre must “prioritize” and focus on “investments that are crucial to its future, in particular the upgrading of technical infrastructure, especially safety and security,” the auditors said in Thursday’s report. The 154-page report, based on observations made between 2018 and 2024, notes that the Louvre increased its revenue by nearly 50 percent over that six-year period, but directed most of its new resources toward public-facing projects such as art acquisitions and temporary exhibitions. Meanwhile, the museum fell “considerably behind” on infrastructural…
Published on 06/11/2025 – 12:29 GMT+1 Police in Germany said on Thursday they were investigating the appearance of swastikas painted with human blood and smeared on dozens of cars, some mailboxes and building facades in the central town of Hanau. Police spokesman Thomas Leipold said officers were alerted on Wednesday night when a man reported that he noticed the shape of a swastika applied in a red liquid on the hood of a parked car. A special test quickly revealed that the substance was human blood. Police said that in total, almost 50 cars had been defaced in a similar…