Bavaria Reports Local West Nile Virus Case

(Vax-Before-Travel News)The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) recently reported that 13 countries in Europe reported about 1,000 locally acquired human cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection with known place of infection....

Powering a sustainable future in today’s digital economy

Over the past half-century, our planet has undergone extraordinary change. Industrialisation and technological advancements have reshaped society, and emerging technologies like AI and hyperscale data centres pose new challenges, such as...

Opinion: Stop grumbling about open RAN not going your way

Okay everybody, stop grumbling about open RAN not going your way. It’s actually motoring along quite nicely if you look at it carefully. Vodafone allowed their vendors to announce the results of the "Spring 6" RFP process recently, and each vendor...

OPINION: The Secrets of Our Success

Ukraine is decorated with bright orange pumpkins – piled in colorful mounds along the highways – as growers try to find buyers for their harvests. We clearly grow far more pumpkins than we can eat, but they will be well exploited during Halloween...

This EU Country Has The Most Overvalued Properties...And It's Not Bulgaria

A recent report by the European Commission highlights Portugal as the EU country with the most overvalued property market, far surpassing other nations, including Bulgaria. The study, “Housing in the European Union: Market developments, main...

ThreatsDay Bulletin: $176M Crypto Fine, Hacking Formula 1, Chromium Vulns, AI Hijack & More

Oct 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News Criminals don’t need to be clever all the time; they just follow the easiest path in: trick users, exploit stale components, or abuse trusted systems like OAuth and package registries. If...

Trump’s oil sanctions raise the stakes for Moscow — and Europe

52The United States has imposed full blocking sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s two largest oil companies, in the most extensive energy action since the start of the war. Washington’s move, made under Executive Order 14024, is coupled with...

Heineken holds firm despite challenging third quarter

Amsterdam brewer Heineken has reported softer volumes but strong premium performance in Asia and Africa in its third-quarter trading update. Heineken reported revenue of €8.7 billion for the third quarter of 2025 and €25.6 billion year to date,...

Plaid Cymru, Reform and Labour: Here's why the 2026 Senedd election will be the most competitive yet

Laura McAllister is a sports-mad academic from Bridgend. She is Professor at Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre and former captain of the Wales women’s international football team. Lindsay Whittle (R), Plaid Cymru candidate for...

HMS Stirling Castle begins sea trials as UK’s first mothership for autonomous mine warfare

HMS Stirling Castle departed Birkenhead on October 23, 2025, beginning her first deployment as a British Royal Navy vessel after her transfer from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The 6,000-tonne ship will operate from Portsmouth as the Navy’s lead...

My two-week Tring to Turkey rail holiday — that even won over my teens

It started innocently enough as a family discussion in which we each suggested places for our summer hols. My daughter wanted Prague and Bran Castle in Romania, my son suggested Budapest and Istanbul, and Mrs 61 added that some beach time in...

Rise of political influencers sparks questions about ad regulation, study shows

Published on 24/10/2025 - 15:53 GMT+2 •Updated 16:00 The rise of political influencers — content creators on social media who sway public opinion by endorsing political causes or candidates — has raised questions about how best to regulate them, a...

Korea’s response to martial law crisis a model of 3 strategies for defending democracy, says Levitsky

Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard University, delivers a keynote lecture over video on “How Democracies Die” at the 2025 Asia Future Forum, held at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul on Oct. 23, 2025. (Baek...

World Steel Association: Global steel output fell 1.6 % yr/yr in September

World crude steel production for the 70 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 141.8 million tonnes (Mt) in September 2025, a 1.6% decrease compared to September 2024. Crude steel production by region Africa produced...

Why Washington should pay attention to Turkey’s presence in Central Asia

Report October 23, 2025 • 9:00 am ET Print this page Why Washington should pay attention to Turkey’s presence in Central Asia By Kiran Baez Table of contents Key findings Turkey has taken significant strides over the last two decades to establish...

Europe’s Property Finance Market Enters a New Phase of Stability

The European real estate debt market is showing clear signs of recovery, supported by stabilized interest rates, competitive lending, and renewed investor confidence. According to AEW’s latest research, the credit financing gap across Europe is...

October 24, 2025 UPDATE (1)

A roundup of local and world news October 24, 2025 UPDATE (1) Newsroom, 24.10.2025, 18:44 SUMMIT – EU leaders convened in Brussels, asking the Commission to analyze, by the next summit in December, ways of financing Ukraine over the next two...

Does France Have Independent Media?

In a recent appearance on France Inter’s morning show—France’s rough equivalent to CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper or MSNBC’s Morning Joe—American progressive thinker Yascha Mounk found himself in the awkward spot of fact-checking two prominent...

100 Auchan suppliers join forces to reduce carbon emissions across the food supply chain

Almost one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions come from agri-food systems Auchan Romania brought together over 100 food producers and suppliers for the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, a conference dedicated to accelerating...

Finland to host December Summit for EU eastern flank nations

Finland will host a summit for leaders of countries on the European Union’s eastern flank to push their common messaging on defence initiatives. The summit on Dec. 16 in Helsinki will include at least Poland, Romania, Bulgaria as well as the...