However, traditional tourism players have steered a concerning drift toward an increasingly ‘hotel only’ model that has weakened Europe’s tourism offering and affordable travel options: soaring accommodation prices with fewer, wealthier visitors going to the same places and a…
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Apple delivers strong results despite global trade war and AI rivalry
Apple delivered largely better-than-expected financial results for the three months that ended in September, despite being caught in the midst of a global trade war, and scrambling to catch up to its Big Tech peers in the artificial intelligence race.
The performance announced on Thursday was…
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: How much packaging waste do EU citizens produce?
More than 79 million tonnes of packaging waste were generated in the EU in 2023, according to the latest figures from Eurostat.
While this marks a reduction of 8.7kg per capita compared with 2022, the figure remains 21.2kg higher than in 2013.
In 26 EU countries, paper and cardboard made up…
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Should we expect more monster storms like Hurricane Melissa as the planet warms?
Experts estimate that Melissa was about 10 per cent stronger because of climate change.
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Here’s how to use AI at work to avoid hallucinations and mistakes
Judges around the world are dealing with a growing problem: legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and submitted with errors such as citations to cases that don’t exist, according to attorneys and court documents.
The trend serves as a cautionary tale…
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Russia’s new nuclear weapons – do they work or is it Putin bluster?
On Wednesday, over tea and cakes with veterans of the Ukraine war, President Vladimir Putin announced Russia had tested a new weapon.
“There is nothing like this,” the Russian leader said of the Poseidon – a nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable underwater drone that can be fired like a torpedo and…
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Amazon shares surge 13% on strong AI-driven cloud growth
By AP with Doloresz Katanich
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Amazon posted higher fiscal third-quarter profit and sales compared with a year ago, fuelled by accelerating growth in…
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Jewish heirs sue Met Museum and Greek foundation over Nazi-looted van Gogh painting
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The heirs of a Jewish couple who fled Germany in the 1930s are suing the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and a Greek art foundation over a van Gogh…
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US Commerce Secretary Lutnick invited to Brussels for trade talks – POLITICO
The invitation, which has been in the works for months, comes as Brussels and Washington are still going through the implementation of commitments struck in Scotland in July between U.S. President Donald Trump and the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. European Commission…
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Did Trump invite the AfD's Alice Weidel to the White House? Not exactly
Social media is awash with claims that Donald Trump invited Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel to Washington. He didn’t, but a Republican congresswoman did.
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