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Wikipedia, AI Start‑ups and the Quest for Truth
Wikipedia’s battle against bias is now being fought with the same legal artillery Europe is using to rein in AI start‑ups. Within weeks the EU’s AI Act will force high‑risk…
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Southern Europe’s Migration & Political Shifts: From Dutch Asylum Returns to Portugal’s Election
The Netherlands’ decision to ship rejected asylum seekers back to Greece has collided head‑on with Portugal’s first presidential runoff in four decades, turning migration from a bureaucratic footnote into a…
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Renault’s Premium Push Amid a Wave of European M&A
Renault’s £2 billion gamble on a premium electric SUV arrives as Europe’s deal‑making engine roars back to life, but the French carmaker is betting on a single product rather than a…
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Trump’s Greenland Tariff Threat: Europe on Edge
Trump has turned a quixotic bid for Greenland into a full‑blown trade war, slapping an extra 10 % duty on eight NATO allies that will swell to 25 % by June. The…
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Billion‑Euro Bust: France Seizes Russian Oligarch Assets
French magistrates have frozen almost a billion euros of Russian‑linked wealth in just four years – a figure that now reads €973 million, with more than half immobilised beyond French borders. The…
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AI Titans Clash: OpenAI Sues Microsoft Over Funding Dispute
OpenAI’s lawsuit against Microsoft – filed on 10 January 2024 in a U.S. federal court – sent shockwaves through the tech world, not least because it pits the world’s leading foundation‑model developer…
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Europe’s Farmers on the Edge: Three Unions, Three Strategies
The EU signed the Mercosur free‑trade pact on 17 January despite a continent‑wide wave of farmer protests that shut roads, ports and even a French oil terminal. Brussels now faces a…
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Europe Says ‘No More Party Rentals’: New EU Rules Cap Short‑Term Lets
The EU has finally put a lid on the short‑term‑rental boom, capping the number of nights a property can be let and forcing hosts onto a new EU‑wide register. From…
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Greenland Tug‑of‑War: Denmark, the US and Europe Clash Over the Arctic Frontier
President Donald Trump has dusted off a long‑standing American fantasy – the outright purchase of Greenland – and the move has ignited a diplomatic blaze that now stretches from Washington…
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Brexit Backlash: UK Voters Question EU Ties as Discontent Grows
Britons are finally waking up to the fact that Brexit has delivered far less than promised – 56 % now say the 2016 vote was wrong and a staggering 61 % call…