Today is The Bard’s 461st birthday and Sotheby’s auction house has announced the sale of a set of First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios.
Category: 3. Europe
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Set of first editions of Shakespeare's plays could fetch more than €5 million at auction
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US intensifying bid to end Ukraine war
ReutersThe pace of diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine is quickening.
Talks are taking place in London between officials from the UK, Germany, France, Ukraine and the United States. Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Moscow for his fourth meeting with President…
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One in three Europeans ready to quit over U.S.-style work trends
Another 83% also said they are worried that high-profile leaders under the Trump administration, such as Elon Musk, will have a negative influence on workplace culture in their country.
Leaving U.S. corporate culture
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Volvo Group posts lower sales and declining profits as tariff uncertainty hits
The Swedish truck maker’s first-quarter earnings declined sharply due to its sales falling in all regions and in almost all segments, as increased uncertainty surrounding tariffs and their effect on global trade persists.
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Some 90% of the global population will live in cities by 2080, urbanist Greg Clark says
According to global urbanist Greg Clark, 55 years from now, the world’s population will have peaked, and nearly all of it will be living in cities. But what challenges will this bring? And what are the possible solutions?
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MEPs oppose Commission's overhaul of EU budget after 2027
Members of the European Parliament called for a budget of more than 1% of the EU’s GDP and rejected the Commission’s idea of single national plans under the EU’s next long-term budget (2028-34).
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UK government to ban use of ‘slave labour’ solar panels by new state-owned energy company
Solar panels made with slave labour in China won’t be used by the UK’s new state-owned energy company, the government announced today.
GB Energy was launched by Labour in July, in a bid to boost renewables and lower energy bills, and will be formally established when the Great…
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Russia’s GRU Behind Airport Parcel Bombing Plot, European Intelligence Believes
European intelligence agencies believe that Russia’s GRU military intelligence service was behind a series of cargo package explosions at airports in Germany, Poland and Britain last summer, German media reported Wednesday.
The…
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Freddie Mercury's sister spent £3million buying back brother's possessions
Kashmira Bulsara spent a fortune on the biggest auction of the Queen star’s belongings.
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