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Judge asks for investigation into Spanish PM's wife to be suspended
Madrid Provincial Prosecutor's Office has asked for the investigation against the wife of the Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez to be closed, Spanish media report. Begoña Gómez stands accused of alleged offences of influence peddling and corruption. On Wednesday, a Spanish judge agreed to open an investigation into allegations of corruption made by a private group that, according to the Associated Press, has a history of filing lawsuits mainly for right-wing causes. Due to the accusations against his partner, Sánchez immediately announced the decision to suspend his duties until next week i...
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Police rumble gang stealing antique books across Europe
European authorities say they have rounded up a criminal gang who stole rare antique books worth €2.5 million from libraries across Europe. In a press release, Europol announced they had arrested four Georgian nationals in Georgia and Lithuania who are thought to have collaborated in the plot, in which at least 170 books were stolen. "In 2022 and 2023, the criminal group managed to steal rare books from national and historical libraries in Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Switzerland," Europol explained in its account of the arrests. "The thieves would ...
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Over 281 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza, UN says
More than 281 million people in 59 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity, requiring urgent assistance, according to a UN report. The Global Report on Food Crises released on Wednesday found that war-torn Gaza was the territory with the largest number of people facing famine. There were 24 million more people facing an acute lack of food than in 2022, the report said. This was due to the sharp deterioration in food security, especially in the Gaza Strip and Sudan. Máximo Torero, chief economist for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, said 705,000 people in five countries ...
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We should not make the same mistake with autonomous driving as we did with electric vehicles
Incredible technological advancements have been made in autonomous vehicles, from the integration of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology to advancements in AI and machine learning, that promise a transformative impact for the automotive industry. Yet, despite their clear benefits — greater cost-efficiency, less traffic congestion, and lower carbon emissions — widespread adoption of autonomous technology remains elusive. If history is our guide, we risk repeating the same missteps with autonomous driving as with electric transportation. For a century, the technology for electric vehi...
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MEPs agree to give European clean tech manufacturing a boost
Companies operating in Europe renewable energy and other clean tech sectors are set to enjoy streamlined permitting and public procurement procedures and other policy support in line with the EU’s climate and environmental targets, following a decisive vote today (April 25) in the European Parliament. MEPs backed the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) in the last plenary session in Strasbourg before the EU elections by 361 votes to 121, paving the way for an acceleration of the green industrialisation of the bloc. The new legal framework is intended to boost the domestic production of technologies n...
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Russian actress who hosted 'almost naked' party fined for calling for peace in Ukraine
A Moscow court on Thursday imposed a 50,000-rouble (€505) fine on a TV presenter and actress who gained notoriety for hosting an "almost naked" party, saying her social media posts calling for peace discredited the military. Anastasia Ivleeva sparked an explosion of public indignation in the increasingly traditionalist country last December when she hosted a party encouraging guests to wear almost nothing. Ivleeva did not appear in court on Thursday for the non-criminal case, in which she was fined for two social media posts in the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine that called for pea...
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‘A good start’: Germany, Spain and France propose billionaire tax to help tackle climate crisis
Leaders from Germany and Spain are calling for a global tax on billionaires to help tackle the costs of the climate crisis. Brazil, which chairs the G20 group of the world’s largest economies, first proposed a tax on the super-rich at a meeting of finance ministers in February. Now, finance chiefs from Germany, Spain and South Africa have joined Brazil in fleshing out the proposal which could see the world’s 3,000 billionaires made to pay a minimum 2 per cent levy on their wealth. “It is time that the international community gets serious about tackling inequality and financing global public go...
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EU ship destroys Houthi rebel drone in Red Sea fired from Yemen
A drone launched from an area in Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels was intercepted by the EU's mission in the Red Sea on Thursday morning, according to a top military officer. The unmanned aerial device was shot down by a frigate that’s part of an EU mission in the Middle Eastern waterway to protect merchant shipping. Austrian General Robert Brieger, who is chair of the EU’s military committee, said it was crucial for the bloc to “conserve resources” in the long run because the threat posed by Houthi attacks “will not disappear” due to its connection to the Israel-Hamas war. “The task given to...
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Record approval of farming reform raises legal, climate concerns
It took only 40 days for the European Parliament to give its final nod to a legal package simplifying farm subsidies – a record for reforming a such major policy area. The plan was presented to EU lawmakers in mid-March by the European Commission, in a bid to cut red tape and reduce certain green conditions in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Officials hoped that would appease farmers who have protested across Europe since the end of last year, complaining about red tape and poor incomes. A majority of the parliament backed the package in a vote in Strasbourg on Wednesday (24 April), duri...
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Alcohol sales disrupted in Sweden after reported ransomware attack
Wine and spirit distribution in Sweden has been disrupted after a logistics company was reportedly the victim of a ransomware attack. The company, Skanlog, works with Sweden’s alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget and the incident has disrupted supplies. All alcoholic beverages risk being affected by the attack throughout the country, which means consumers may have a smaller selection to choose from for a short period, Systembolaget wrote in a press release. For customers who have ordered items impacted by the supply disruption, the orders are being cancelled. “It affects about 15% of our sale...
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