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Europe Struggles With Heat Waves, Wildfires
NewsForKids.net
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August 19, 2025
NFK Editors - August 19, 2025 Heat waves across Europe are bringing record temperatures and dangerous, widespread wildfires. Southern European countries like Spain, Greece, and Portugal are being hit especially hard. But summer heat waves have...
Vietnam, France’s Dassault Systèmes join hands to boost innovation, semiconductor talent
VietnamPlus
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August 20, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Innovation Centre (NIC) and French multinational software group Dassault Systèmes on August 20 co-hosted the Business Leaders Forum in Hanoi, aiming to promote innovation and strategic technologies in Vietnam. At the...
EU General Data Protection Regulation Policy
TechRepublic
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Organizations that ignore the GDPR are opening themselves up to uncertain liability, substantial risk, and potential financial hardship. Customizable Document — Use it as-is or make minor edits. Boost Your Business — This seven-page document...
Input | Output joins Blockchain for Europe to advance cross-sector collaboration
The Green Sheet - California
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025 — 16:51:07 (UTC) August 20th, 2025 | London / Brussels — Input Output (IO), a blockchain infrastructure and research engineering firm dedicated to advancing the Web3 ecosystem, today announced it has joined Blockchain...
Europe’s Green Jobs Crisis: Why Slow Decarbonisation Threatens Employment More Than Climate Action
Social Europe
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August 20, 2025
While the green and digital transitions will inevitably lead to job losses, the real danger lies elsewhere. A lack of investment in green technologies risks seeing new low-carbon industrial jobs created outside Europe, leaving the continent behind...
Lagarde Urges Europe to Broaden Trade Beyond U.S.
teleSUR
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August 20, 2025
Christine Lagarde. X/ @GlobalNewsRadar August 20, 2025 Hour: 9:20 am On Wednesday, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde urged Europe to tighten trade ties with countries other than the United States, saying the trade deal...
Southend named the best seaside spot in Britain despite being called 'worst place on earth'
Essex Live
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August 20, 2025
Southend-on-Sea doesn't always have the best reputation. Last summer, it was known for a nationally covered machete attack that took place right on the seafront. Back in May, it was named 'the worst city on Earth'. Finally, Southend has some good...
PN says cost of living in Malta remains higher than EU, eurozone average
Malta Today
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The Nationalist Party has expressed concern at new figures showing that Malta’s cost of living in July stood at 2.5%, higher than the average for both the European Union and the eurozone. "This is the harsh daily reality for thousands of Maltese...
Tucker Slams Predatory Buy Now, Pay Later Loans as the Economist Celebrates This New Debt Slavery Device
naked capitalism
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August 20, 2025
We have entered a parallel universe when Tucker Carlson, amplifying the concerns of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, is calling for more financial regulation, here of a relatively new form of extraction called buy now, pay later loans. Due to buy...
Global Diplomacy Intensifies as U.S. and European Leaders Race to Solidify Ukraine Peace Framework Without American Troops
[your]NEWS
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August 20, 2025
High-ranking U.S. and European military officials convened in Washington on Tuesday to outline a potential peace agreement for Ukraine, following President Donald Trump’s refusal to deploy American ground forces but his offer of air support as an...
UK needs 7000 AI chip designers over the next five years says report Business news | August 20, 2025 Yet another report to government is highlighting the need for more AI chip designers in the UK if it is…
eeNews Europe
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August 20, 2025
Business news | August 20, 2025 By Nick Flaherty Yet another report to government is highlighting the need for more AI chip designers in the UK if it is serious about a sovereign semiconductor industry. The latest report by the Centre for Science...
Panic in Spain as Ibiza bar staff living in tents
Daily Express
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August 20, 2025
The island of Ibiza has long been popular amongst partygoers and travellers in pursuit of luxury and relaxation. But away from the bright lights of the tourist-filled restaurants and busy hotels lies an increased use of tents and irregular...
Russian geopolitics and European security
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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August 20, 2025
Trump and Putin held a meeting in Alaska to discuss Ukraine, leaving Europe sidelined and facing the hard reality of Russian geopolitics. With Presidents Trump and Putin meeting bilaterally in Alaska, the message to Europe was clear. © GIS – This...
France and Germany doomed to stay in unhappy fighter jet marriage
EurActiv
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August 20, 2025
Squabbling over the next-generation FCAS fighter jet project has strained Franco-German relations in recent months, casting doubt on the programme's future. Yet despite disagreements, neither Paris nor Berlin would be happier if they pulled out of...
Brazil bolsters economy in response to U.S. tariffs
United Press International (UPI)
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) greets Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa during a meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday. Photo by Andre Borg/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- After Washington imposed 50% tariffs on...
“This is a merger out of distress, not progression” – can ABF-Hovis deal bolster UK bread businesses?
Yahoo Finance
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Leaf through at least the last ten years of Associated British Foods’ annual reports and it’s clear the UK bread market has been no cakewalk for the food, ingredients and retail group. There have been years in which ABF has reported year-on-year...
Macron hits out at ‘abject’ Netanyahu claim of rise in antisemitism in France
The Guardian
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August 20, 2025
Emmanuel Macron has hit out at Benjamin Netanyahu for his “abject” and “erroneous” remarks after Israel’s prime minister claimed that antisemitism had “surged” in France after the country’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state in September....
German minister warns China’s assertiveness threatens European interests
The Sun Daily
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August 20, 2025
JAKARTA: China’s assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea and tensions in the Taiwan Strait threaten international security and European interests, Germany’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. “What happens here in the Indo-Pacific has a...
India, Eurasian Economic Union Sign Terms of Reference to Begin FTA Negotiations
The Impressive Times
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August 20, 2025
The agreement marks a major step towards expanding trade opportunities between India and the EAEU nations, targeting enhanced market access and stronger economic ties. Moscow, August 20 : India and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), comprising...
European Shares Set To Open Lower After US Tech Selloff
RTTNews
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August 20, 2025
European stocks are seen opening lower on Wednesday as investors fret about overheated tech valuations and U.S. government intervention in Intel. The U.S. government aims to take an equity stake in Intel, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said...