Have you ever tossed and turned under a full moon and wondered if its glow was keeping you awake? For generations, people have believed that the Moon has the power to stir up sleepless nights and strange behavior – even madness itself. The word “lunacy” comes directly from luna, Latin…
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European industry campaigns to secure photonics’ future
21 Oct 2025
Photonics “big beasts” lead warning that Europe risks falling further behind China and US.
Some of Europe’s biggest industrial names, including Bosch, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Nokia Bell Labs, Zeiss, Trumpf, and…
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Escalate to negotiate: How Europe should respond to Chinese export restrictions
In a series of announcements in early October, the Chinese ministry of commerce codified and tightened export restrictions on “rare earth-related technologies and other items”. The new rules limit exports of all…
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Austria deports first person to Afghanistan since Taliban takeover, sparking outcry
Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker said more deportations would follow, sparking criticism from human rights groups such as Amnesty International.
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Cubans fight for Russia in Ukraine
Russia has been using Cuban mercenaries since 2023, but it has stepped up their use in recent months. Cuban soldiers are familiar with the weapons, trained and paid cheaply, reducing Putin’s political cost to Putin to…
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Elevance Health’s Profits Eclipse $1.1 Billion Despite Rising Costs
Elevance Health Tuesday said third quarter net income rose to nearly $1.2 billion despite rising costs in its government subsidized health insurance plans, the company announced Oct. 21, 2025.
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Elevance Health Tuesday said third quarter net income rose to nearly $1.2 billion despite…
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Brussels U-turns on anti-deforestation law delay
LUXEMBOURG — The European Commission has dropped a plan to delay its flagship anti-deforestation law, just a month after announcing it wanted to pause it for another year.
However, the EU executive has proposed a number of changes to the law to reduce paperwork, Environment Commissioner…
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How European Union Trade Bolsters Russia’s War Chest | International Business News
New Delhi: Despite public declarations of solidarity with Kyiv, Europe’s ongoing trade with Russia, especially in energy, continues to funnel billions of euros into Moscow’s war effort. This raises questions about the duality of Europe’s…
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Parliament approves law to increase defense spending by ₴324.7 billion
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted, both in the first reading and as a whole, draft law No. 14103 amending the State Budget for 2025, which provides for an increase of ₴324.7 billion in defense sector expenditures.
Ukrinform reports the news, citing the live…
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How Russia’s new tactics pose new winter threat to Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – The Russian drone strike was surgically precise and destroyed a giant transformer at a key power station in the Ukrainian capital.
“There’s nothing left to repair,” Mykola Svyrydenko, who lives close to Thermal Station 5, a…
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