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But the court found that TotalEnergies had engaged in “misleading commercial practices” by disseminating claims on its website which made the company’s operations appear greener than they were — a practice known as greenwashing. According to the court, these claims were “likely to mislead consumers about the scope of the Group’s environmental commitments.” The court ordered TotalEnergies to stop spreading the misleading claims “within one month” or face a €10,000 fine per day of delay. The case against the oil major was brought in 2022 by a group of green NGOs including Friends of the Earth France and Greenpeace France…
By Tokunbo Salako & Euronews Italia with AP Published on 23/10/2025 – 14:22 GMT+2 King Charles III has become the first head of the Anglican church to pray in public with a Pope in a move aimed at forging closer ties between the Church of England and the Catholic Church. The historic meeting is highly significant and symbolic as it comes almost half a century since the Reformation – the Church of England’s split from the Vatican. For centuries the two Christian churches have been divided over many issues, but this trip is thought unlikely to lead to a meeting of minds on matters such…
Counter Terrorism Policing London Commander Dominic Murphy said: “We’re seeing an increasing number of who we would describe as ‘proxies’ being recruited by foreign intelligence services and these arrests are directly related to our ongoing to efforts to disrupt this type of activity. “Anyone who might be contacted by and tempted into carrying out criminal activity on behalf of a foreign state here in the U.K. should think again.” Murphy added: “This kind of activity will be investigated and anyone found to be involved can expect to be prosecuted and there are potentially very serious consequences for those who are convicted.” …
French politician Louis Boyard, member of the left-wing France Unbowed party, has found himself at the heart of an online frenzy. Social media users and right-wing politicians have alleged that Boyard purposefully removed his supposedly luxury watch, ahead of an interview with French broadcaster BFMTV, in which he criticised the “ultra-rich”. Even Argentina’s radical right-wing President Javier Milei has jumped on the bandwagon, resharing the viral clip as evidence of what he branded left-wing “hypocrisy”, in an X post which has been viewed more than 7 million times. Assessing the online claims Journalists from BFMTV were wrapping up an interview…
KYIV — Moscow was going through a whirlwind of emotions Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump finally brought the hammer down on top Russian oil giants. Trump’s sanctions triggered a wave of reactions from President Vladimir Putin’s allies, who suggested, in turn, that: the measures were evidence the White House is a warmonger not a peacemaker; the sanctions don’t hurt anyway, honest; and don’t forget about the sweet, sweet economic deals discussed on the Washington-Moscow leaders’ call last week. The deniers included foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova — a top Kremlin propagandist — who said the sanctions on energy majors…
This year’s festival features more than 100,000 pumpkins in 500 varieties from around the world, alongside fifteen towering pumpkin sculptures and an array of pumpkin-based foods — from sweet treats to savoury dishes. Now in its 22nd year, the Klaistow Pumpkin Festival has become one of the largest in Europe, attracting up to 12,000 visitors on weekends and more than 5,000 during weekdays. The event began in 2004, around the same time that Halloween traditions such as pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating began gaining popularity in Germany. Each year, organisers select a different theme, bringing creativity and storytelling to the sprawling…
Published on 23/10/2025 – 12:31 GMT+2 •Updated 12:36 Oil prices surged on Thursday after the US administration announced sweeping sanctions targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil. The international benchmark, Brent crude, rose by 5.24% to around $65.87 per barrel at around midday, building on a 2% gain the previous day. WTI, meanwhile, rose by 5.68% to $61.82. The sanctions freeze all US-based assets of Rosneft and Lukoil and bar American firms and citizens from doing business with them. In addition, authorities warned that foreign banks and firms dealing with these companies may face so-called “secondary sanctions”, which…
By ROD McGUIRK with AP Published on 23/10/2025 – 13:08 GMT+2 Tens of millions of red crabs are making their way to the ocean as part of their annual migration on Christmas Island, where a much smaller human population uses leaf blowers and garden rakes to help them on their way. Christmas Island National Park acting manager Alexia Jankowski said Thursday there were up to 200 million of the endemic crabs, also known as Gecarcoidea natalis, on the tiny Australian island territory in the Indian Ocean. Up to 100 million were expected to make their way from their forest burrows to the shoreline…
“My argument is very simple — if defense is the ultimate European public good, we need European structures and European funding to develop our defense capabilities,” Mitsotakis said in an interview with POLITICO. “There is an elephant in the room. We don’t openly talk about it, but could we envision a scenario where we have a joint European borrowing facility that is targeted to support European defense projects?” he added. “I would most certainly support that, provided there are projects that clearly qualify as European public good … let’s use European money to do things that we may not be…
The U.S. slapped sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, and their subsidiaries in an attempt to pressure Russia to take ceasefire negotiations more seriously. “I just felt it was time,” Trump said less than a week after he announced that he’d be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary and declared that the Russian leader was ready for peace. This was the first time Trump has slapped any sanctions on Russia. The European Union’s 19th package of sanctions against Russia will likely be approved Thursday after Slovakia dropped its opposition late Wednesday. Across the bloc, there…