Baku makes its play as Eurasia’s tech crossroads
© Global tech leaders are looking east. In Baku, the INMerge Innovation Summit brought together names from Netflix, Pixar and OpenAI to explore the future of digital economies. Former Netflix…
Brussels mounts pressure on Hungarian EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi over spy probe
European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, Commissioner for Health and animal Welfare, during a first meeting with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen in Brussels Pressure mounts on the Hungarian European…
NATO exercise to start next week with focus on protecting alliance’s nuclear weapons
The bridge of the HNLMS Tromp patrolling the North Sea ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, 19 June, 2025 NATO will hold its major annual nuclear exercise next…
Well-managed solar farms could help boost declining bumblebee populations in the UK, new study finds
Bumblebee on a flower. Photo by Michael Probst. Bumblebees are crucial for ecosystems. They pollinate wild plants and crops, keeping habitats healthy. But many populations in Europe are declining because…
EU’s new Entry/Exit System launches this weekend. Here’s how travellers can prepare
Travellers can expect information campaigns and awareness-raising activities at border crossing points. The EU’s long-delayed Entry/Exit System (EES) for non-EU nationals will be phased in beginning on 12 October –…
Baby giant tortoises thrive in Seychelles after first successful artificial incubation
The hatchlings are the survivors from 18 eggs that were taken from a single nest on Cousin Island by local conservationists. Photograph: Chris Tagg/Nature Seychelles View image in fullscreen The…
DRC says EU’s minerals deal with Rwanda is ‘obvious double standard’
M23 rebels guard a unit of surrendering Congolese police officers in Bukavu, DRC. Photograph: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images View image in fullscreen The Democratic Republic of the Congo has accused…
French court increases sentence to 10 years for man who raped Gisèle Pelicot in landmark case
Husamettin Dogan sits in an appeals court in Nimes, 6 October, 2025 A French appeals court handed a stiffer 10-year sentence to the only man who challenged his conviction for…
Suspected terror cell dismantled in Belgium thought to be planning attack on PM Bart De Wever
Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever speaks at the United Nations in New York, 22 September, 2025 A suspected terrorist cell was dismantled by Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office on Thursday,…
San Francisco struggles with poverty and drugs amid tech-driven wealth
The Golden Gate Bridge and downtown San Francisco are seen from the Marin Headlands near Sausalito, 6 February, 2025 San Francisco has at once become home to some of the…