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Published on 13/06/2025 – 1:17 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTIstanbul’s jailed opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and his legal team have boycotted a court hearing on Thursday after they claimed that a late change in venue for the proceedings was “unlawful”.The case, one of many criminal allegations Imamoglu is facing, was over comments the Istanbul…
ADVERTISEMENTEmerging priorities such as defence and competitiveness are increasingly drawing resources away from other sectors, raising concerns that health – a key focus of the previous EU mandate – may pay the highest price in the upcoming long-term EU budget.The European Commission is expected to unveil its proposal for the…
ADVERTISEMENTA viral video which shows three different chatbots speaking in their own “secret language” has amassed hundreds of thousands of views across various social media platforms. The clip shows three chatbots engaging in a phone call in English, in which they discuss “an employee’s badge number”.When the machines realise that…
Published on 12/06/2025 – 15:42 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe number of women hired to senior leadership positions has slowed for a third consecutive year, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report published on Thursday. The report, which covers 148 economies, says that despite women representing 41.2% of the global workforce, only…
By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 12/06/2025 – 18:40 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTJudges at the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Italy can’t be held liable for the actions of Libya’s coastguard, rejecting a case brought by a group of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea in a fatal boat sinking in 2017.The court…
Published on 12/06/2025 – 17:56 GMT+2•Updated 17:57ADVERTISEMENTGerman BSH Domestic Appliances group, which owns the Siemens and Bosch brands, has announced the forthcoming closure of a factory in Esquíroz in the north of Spain.More than 650 local jobs are likely to be lost, and production could be relocated to Poland or…
Published on 12/06/2025 – 17:00 GMT+2•Updated 17:05ADVERTISEMENTThe Union of Savings and Investments is “an idea that seeks to create opportunities for people’s savings to be invested with a higher return, especially when we think of long-term savings,” she said.“We will issue a recommendation to the Member States to create a…
ADVERTISEMENTA new study revealed that Denmark, Finland and Sweden are the top three among 16 European countries ranked by their favourability towards women in the workplace and living conditions in 2025.The research from an online gaming company, CasinooftheKings, gathered data from Eurostat, OECD, the International Labour Organisation and the European…
Published on 12/06/2025 – 15:17 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTUkraine and Russia carried out another exchange of prisoners of war on Thursday, based on the Istanbul deal of 2 June.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the latest swap focused on “severely wounded and seriously ill warriors.”Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of the POW…
ADVERTISEMENTRussia has lost more than 1 million troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Thursday.The figure — which reportedly comes out to 1,000,340 — includes killed, wounded or incapacitated Russian troops. According to the report,…
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