Meta shifts 7,000 workers into AI roles as layoffs, manager cuts loom

Meta is preparing a sweeping workforce overhaul tied to its aggressive artificial intelligence push, including plans to move thousands of employees into AI-focused roles while cutting managers and laying off workers this week. The Facebook parent plans to lay off roughly 10% of its workforce Wednesday as part of a…

EU keeps carbon border tax unchanged despite fertiliser price crisis

Published on 19/05/2026 – 19:28 GMT+2•Updated 19:35 The European Commission kept its carbon border tax unchanged in a fertiliser plan announced on Tuesday meant to support struggling farmers, despite complaints that carbon pricing is also contributing prices amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Fertiliser producers argue that…

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Video. ‘A perfect storm,’ foresees MEP if EU-US trade deal not completed

Updated: 19/05/2026 – 13:12 GMT+2 European People Party MEP Željana Zovko warned that US “ideological fights” and EU “complex process procedures” could inhibit an EU-US deal from being reached at tonight’s high stakes talks in Strasbourg. Zovko also admitted she is “not so confident this morning”. … More

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe out of hospital after heart procedure

Published on 19/05/2026 – 12:07 GMT+2 Denmark’s former monarch, 86-year-old Queen Margrethe, has been released from hospital after undergoing an angioplasty procedure last week, the palace said on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Her Majesty Queen Margrethe was discharged from Rigshospitalet today and is returning to Fredensborg Palace,” it said in a…

A travel guide to all the potential Eurovision 2027 host cities

Bulgarians might still be celebrating their Eurovision win from the weekend – we’re personally big fans of the bus stop displays showing Bangaranga – but work has already begun on getting ready to host the 71st edition of the contest. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Aside from the capital, Sofia, three major cities…

Ukraine is our ‘number one priority’ – top EU military chief

Published on 19/05/2026 – 9:32 GMT+2•Updated 9:58 EU defence chiefs are gathering in Brussels this week to mark 25 years since the creation of the EU Military Committee, originally established in response to the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. But amid the anniversary, the mood has been overshadowed by the…

Which European countries attract the most tourists?

Europe continues to dominate global tourism, attracting hundreds of millions of international travellers each year and cementing its status as the world’s most visited region. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT From Mediterranean beach escapes to culture-packed cities, data reveals where international tourists are spending the most nights across the continent. Figures from the…

Which EU countries dominate passenger rail travel and who lags?

People in the EU took 8.7 billion rail trips in 2024, amounting to a total of 444.5 billion passenger-kilometres, marking the highest level in years, according to the latest Eurostat figures. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Germany and France were the largest overall contributors to rail passenger transport performance, with 109.1 and 107.3…

Suez Canal summit: global tourism holds its breath

By&nbspDavid del Valle Published on 19/05/2026 – 8:43 GMT+2•Updated 9:10 Situated 3,700 kilometres from the epicentre of the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, another of the great strategic arteries of world trade has become the stage where global tourism seeks answers to uncertainty, on the eve of the peak…

Here’s why the majority of people are right-handed, according to study

The world is designed around our right-handedness. From school desks to handshakes, life has adapted to fit the needs of the 90% of people who biologically identify as a “righty.” But the question of why the overwhelming majority of human cultures favor the right hand has long puzzled scientists seeking…

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