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Published on 26/10/2026 – 11:18 GMT+1•Updated 11:23 Oil prices tumbled on Monday morning as diplomatic efforts to calm the Iran war gathered pace and US President Donald Trump said he was weighing a deal with Tehran. Brent, the global oil benchmark, fell more than 6% from about $117.4 per barrel at Friday’s close to around $110 at the time of writing, while US benchmark West Texas Intermediate dropped about 2% to $101.5 per barrel. Friday’s close was Brent’s highest since 19 March and only about 2% below the $119.5 peak hit in early March, at the start of the Iran…
Published on 26/10/2026 – 12:52 GMT+1 A Japanese internet infrastructure company is compensating customers affected by unauthorised transactions following a cyberattack on its cloud service. GMO Internet announced on Saturday that it would cover losses from unauthorised trading linked to the attack and issue a ¥5,000 (€28) goodwill payment to all customers currently using the affected service, regardless of whether they had suffered financial losses. The attack targeted Onamae.com Desktop Cloud, a virtual private server service used by customers to access remote desktop environments. GMO said customer information had been taken and some users had reported transactions in their trading…
At the rally in the U.S. state of Georgia, Trump announced Audi plans to invest around $4 billion to build a new factory and begin producing cars in the U.S. for the first time. Döllner joined Trump on stage and thanked him for his support. The announcement comes as Volkswagen faces a deep crisis amid a major restructuring in Germany, with factory closures and mass layoffs expected. MEP Dennis Radtke from the center-right Christian Democratic Union party also lambasted Döllner’s appearance at the Republican campaign rally. “Donald Trump’s policies are massively damaging German industry, including the automotive industry,” he told…
Israelis head to the polls on Tuesday in the country’s first national election since Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, a vote that is shaping up as a verdict on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yet for a country that has spent three years fighting on several fronts, the campaign has been strikingly quiet on how those wars were fought. Israel’s conduct in Gaza, which led to an international arrest warrant for Netanyahu, has barely been debated. Nor have its occupation of much of southern Lebanon and parts of Syria, or the two wars it launched against Iran. All enjoy broad support…
Published on 26/10/2026 – 12:28 GMT+1 Galp issued a statement on Monday confirming that, after several months of negotiations, “it was not possible to reach an agreement” on the proposed combination of its downstream, refining and distribution activities with those of the Spanish company Moeve, whose shareholders are Mubadala Investment Company (Abu Dhabi) and the US group Carlyle. The Portuguese oil and gas company stressed, however, that this outcome has no impact on its operations or on confidence in the company. “Galp holds an exceptionally strong position, with one of the most attractive upstream growth profiles in the sector, robust…
November can sometimes be an awkward month for travel. The days are shorter, the weather is less predictable, and much of Europe is firmly between autumn and winter. However, that all tends to equal fewer crowds, plenty of cultural events and, by the end of the month, the first signs of Christmas appearing across European cities. From early festive markets in Vienna to food and wine in Portugal, a major marathon in Athens and winter sun in Fuerteventura, there are still plenty of reasons to get away. Here’s Euronews Travel’s guide for where to go, what to see and where…
The 2023 Nobel Physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton is renowned for his words of wisdom regarding computer science having led groundbreaking research on artificial intelligence. He’s widely regarded as one of the godfathers of AI for his pioneering work on developing artificial neural networks which laid the foundations for many AI systems now used everyday by millions of people. But in more recent years, Hinton’s added his voice to others who’ve spoken out against the potential catastrophic consquences of leaving AI technology unchecked. Euronews Culture spoke to the award-winning computer scientist at the Starmus Festival celebrating science and the arts about…
Officials in the Trump administration are advocating the nomination of former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán for the post of UN secretary-general, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reports that Orbán could be a joint American, Russian and Chinese candidate, and that sources in all three countries have confirmed the Trump administration is backing his bid. Orbán lost power in Hungary’s parliamentary election in April, when Péter Magyar’s Tisza party defeated him after 16 years of governing with an absolute majority. His hard-right, fiercely anti-migration and eurosceptic policies, together with the rule of law backsliding…
Published on 26/10/2026 – 11:50 GMT+1 Private technology companies are taking longer to go public, with the median age at listing rising from 6.9 years in 2014 to 11 years in 2025, according to figures cited by Revolut in an announcement released on Monday. This means more of their growth takes place before shares become available on public markets and can be accessed by retail investors. “With Revolut Ventures, we’re aiming to dismantle one of the final barriers in wealth management: retail investor exclusion from non-listed companies,” Rolandas Juteika, Head of Revolut Wealth and Trading (EEA) at Revolut stated. “Value…
Published on 26/10/2026 – 10:37 GMT+1 Anthopic, the company behind AI assistant Claude, is being sued by Elvis Presley rightsholders over alleged copyright infringement of 274 of the King’s songs. They have launched legal action against AI company, accusing it of using Elvis’ songs to train its models without permission. The lawsuit was filed on Friday (23 October) in the US District Court for the Northern District of California by a subsidiary of Authentic Brands Group, the company that controls much of Presley’s intellectual property and trademark rights. The suit states 274 songs, including ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’, ‘Don’t…