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By Andrea Giuricin is adj. professor in Transport Economics and Logistic at University Milano Bicocca in Italy Published on 03/08/2026 – 11:09 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. When a train enters a tunnel at high speed, passengers do not think about the signalling equipment, communications networks and control systems guiding it. They simply trust that someone, somewhere, has made sure those systems are safe. That assumption is precisely what makes it dangerous when it turns out to be wrong. As a transport…
Wildfires continued burning out of control in eastern Washington on Sunday, forcing thousands of homes to evacuate near Spokane, the state’s second-largest city. Hundreds of homes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed, though no deaths have been reported. The fires have scorched several square miles and are among dozens of active blazes across the western United States, straining firefighting resources. In neighboring Idaho and Oregon, crews entered their tenth day battling a separate wildfire covering hundreds of square miles.
The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil for October delivery lost 5.16% to $83.39 a barrel, while US crude, or WTI, futures for September delivery declined nearly 6% to $79.66 per barrel. Crude declined after US President Donald Trump said fresh talks with Iran would begin later in the day, easing concerns over potential supply disruptions. Additional downward pressure came after Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other key members of OPEC+ agreed in an online meeting on Sunday to boost oil production by 188,000 barrels a day from September, against a backdrop of disruption caused by the Middle…
Published on 30/07/2026 – 6:15 GMT+2 The multipactor effect has been on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) list of concerns for more than 40 years. It is an avalanche of electrons that occurs in vacuum, inside components such as antennas or waveguides, and can ultimately cause irreversible damage to equipment. For decades, the standard solution has been to coat these parts with Alodine, a chromium-based compound that offers good protection but is harmful to the health of those who handle it and to the environment. European authorities have long been pushing for its ban, although none of the alternatives proposed…
Washington is again ratcheting up the pressure on the European Union with new tariff threats. Brussels’ response is strikingly different from a year ago: Don’t retaliate, don’t put on a show for Donald Trump, and don’t let him dictate the timetable. Trump’s recent threat to “immediately initiate” a trade investigation over the European Commission’s $1 billion fine against Google came on top of new tariffs on the EU and dozens of other trading partners, and continuing pressure from Washington over drug pricing. But rather than sounding alarms and scrambling to respond to this new phase of Trump’s global trade war, the EU has shown public…
For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain, with an even longer encore next summer. It is all the more extraordinary considering Spain’s last full solar eclipse, not counting the Canary Islands, occurred two days before the Titanic sank in 1912. Because that rare hybrid eclipse was a mix between a ring-of-fire and just a few seconds of totality for Spain, some consider 1905 the country’s last pull-out-all-the-stops solar eclipse. Add a crescendoing meteor shower and a six-planet parade on the same day, and the heavens will be overflowing with…
Published on 03/08/2026 – 8:28 GMT+2 American singer-songwriter and Oscar-nominated actress Ariana Grande will “take a step back from visibility” after her ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour, and has withdrawn from her planned West End debut. Grande, 33, is wrapping up the North American leg of her tour and will begin a 10-date residency at London’s O2 Arena later this month. Her representative has confirmed that she will take a break from public appearances after these shows, which end on 1 September. “Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour,” the rep told People.…
Andy Burnham has promised to transform Britain, but can he afford it? This autumn, Chancellor John Healey will deliver the new government’s first Budget, so what might it include? In the first episode of Sam and Anne’s summer box set, they sit down with Sky News’ economics editor Ed Conway to look at the spending choices facing the new prime minister. How will the government tackle the cost of living? What do the bond markets make of Mr Burnham? And how much control does any chancellor really have when conflict in the Middle East and global events are shaping so…
The length of school summer holidays can vary significantly across Europe, according to Eurydice, the European Commission-funded education information network. Italy, Malta, Latvia and Cyprus have the longest school summer holidays in the EU, with Italian students getting 14 weeks off and Maltese, Latvian and Cypriot children getting 13 weeks. On the other hand, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany have the shortest holidays in the bloc, with pupils getting just six weeks off for the summer. However, as heatwaves become more frequent, countries such as France, Spain and Italy are considering ways for schools to adapt to extreme weather events,…
A wildfire on the Greek island of Kefalonia forced evacuations on Sunday, with flames burning dangerously close to homes as aircraft carried out water drops over the Ionian island. In western Attica, near Athens, fire spread toward communities and an industrial district outside Megara, while violent gusts kept firefighting aircraft from collecting water at sea. Nearly 500 firefighters and 23 aircraft were deployed, but gale-force winds drove flames through dry forest, crippling the response. Authorities ordered evacuations in Kandili, Agia Skepi and Toutouli as smoke rose over the mountains, with crews especially concerned about the coastal town of Porto Germeno.