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What will luxury travel look like when more no longer necessarily means more? In 2027, travellers could place a greater emphasis on what money can’t buy, like quiet surroundings and experiences that are truly worth the journey. From swapping airport rushes for a private lounge away from the terminal to slower rail holidays, wellness escapes and allocating when to spend, luxury is becoming less about excess and more about being intentional. “Luxury today is completely different than what it was,” Marie-France Perrel, Head of Business Development, Hotels at Michelin Guide, said during the Euronews Travel & Tourism Summit 2026 in…
The French government and security forces are on high alert ahead of major protests scheduled across France on 17 October. Unions and citizens branding themselves as “yellow vests” will take to the streets to denounce the cost-of-living crisis and rising fuel prices, with large numbers of student protestors also expected to join. According to a source close to France’s Interior Ministry, 500 actions are planned across the country on Saturday, alongside 90 estimated protests. The protests follow four weeks of student demonstrations over a range of issues, including teacher absences, overcrowded classrooms and outdated facilities. Most student protests have been…
By Roselyne Min with AP Published on 17/10/2026 – 7:58 GMT+2 Pandora has opened what it calls the world’s largest fine jewellery crafting facility in Vietnam, expanding production while seeking to reduce its environmental footprint. The factory in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to employ 7,000 people when fully operational. It will produce up to 60 million pieces of jewellery a year, increasing the Danish company’s manufacturing capacity by 50%, according to its opening announcement. The site is Pandora’s fourth factory globally and its first outside Thailand. “This gives us flexibility to craft all our collections, our assortments in all our materials…
Published on 17/10/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Data centres in Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East have become crucial targets in conflict that can temporarily bring down a country’s economy and public facilities such as banks and hospitals. Russia has struck data centres in Kyiv and Ukrainian drones hit back at multiple data centres in Russia in recent weeks, in attacks Kyiv has described as aimed at places that provide revenue streams for Moscow’s war machine. The military targeting of data centres should prompt Europe to rethink where it builds its AI infrastructure, said Mehdi Paryavi, an adviser to the United…
Published on 16/10/2026 – 12:34 GMT+2•Updated 14:25 A “Switzerland plus” deal is an option for the UK if it decides to go further in deepening its ties with the European Union, a senior member of the European Parliament has said. Speaking in London on Thursday, Bernd Lange, a German politician who heads the Parliament’s International Trade Committee, said the EU’s “doors are open” to Britain. “At the moment, my feeling is Switzerland plus,” he said during a panel discussion at Europe House, suggesting this could involve “some kind of political cooperation” as well as agreements on areas such as trade,…
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Building homes on Mars remains a major challenge, but researchers in Hong Kong are developing a potential solution: 3D-printable building blocks made from materials that could be sourced on the Red Planet. Inspired by freeze-dried fruit, the team is creating a mixture of sand, gelatine and genetically engineered yeast that produces adhesive proteins to strengthen the material. The researchers are testing the blocks under simulated Martian conditions, although transporting equipment and supplying enough energy remain major obstacles. Watch the video to find out more.
The European Union’s carbon market emerged as one of the most contested topics at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday and Friday – just days after high-level political talks between EU environment ministers revealed deep splits on the issue. In lengthy debates that dragged late into the night on Thursday, the leaders of the three Nordic members faced off against the four-nation Visegrad group – Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland –over the future of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). Italy and Greece also backed the Visegrad four as the bloc’s carbon market has emerged…
US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to negotiate with Russia over diesel supplies, saying he prefers making deals to criticising foreign leaders. “I have to make deals with people, so I don’t go around calling them names. I’m a dealmaker,” Trump said on October 13, responding to a question about Republican Senator Dan Sullivan’s criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin and opposition to the agreement. Sullivan has described Putin as a dictator and authoritarian leader, highlighting divisions within the Republican Party over Trump’s approach to Moscow. Trump blamed former US President Joe Biden for the war in Ukraine,…
Published on 16/10/2026 – 12:58 GMT+2 Russian attacks on nine regions of Ukraine caused emergency power outages for hundreds of thousands of households and damaged numerous homes, wounding at least 15 people, officials said on Friday, as civilian casualties from Moscow’s full-scale invasion climb steeply. The latest aerial strikes on civilian targets came as fears mount that a sharp deterioration in relations between Kyiv and Washington this week could leave Ukraine further exposed to Russia’s escalating aerial attacks as the bitter winter approaches. Russia’s heavy bombardment of the power grid before winter sets in has been an annual feature of…