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EU R&D budget reaches €127.9 billion in 2024
Cyprus Mail
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August 4, 2025
Total government budget allocations for research and development (GBARD) across the European Union reached an estimated €127.91 billion, equivalent to 0.71 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). Eurostat reported that this represented a 3.4 per...
The Shadow Empire Funding Global Crime
The American Spectator - Virginia
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August 4, 2025
Three separate police raids in Italy recently uncovered nearly €1 billion in narco cash, linked to the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, Colombian cartels, and the Albanian crime groups mafia. Shocking, yes. But not half as shocking as who laundered it. Not...
Over the weekend: Several driving bans issued for drink driving
RTL Today
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August 3, 2025
The authorities report several instances of drink driving between Saturday and early Sunday morning, resulting in temporary driving bans being issued. A first case was recorded at around 12.30am in Esch, where a driver was swerving noticeably. At...
Hamas hostage videos intensify EU calls for Gaza ceasefire
EurActiv
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August 3, 2025
Videos of emaciated Israeli hostages released by Hamas have ignited outrage in Europe and Israel, intensifying EU calls for a ceasefire and immediate release amid Gaza’s deepening humanitarian crisis. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas described...
Opinion: Dying babies. Starving adults. Even Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling it a ‘genocide.’
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Palestinians mourn during the funeral of people who were killed while trying to reach aid trucks entering northern Gaza through the Zikim crossing with Israel, at Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, Saturday, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)...
Hamas hostage videos intensify EU calls for Gaza ceasefire
EurActiv
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August 3, 2025
Videos of emaciated Israeli hostages released by Hamas have ignited outrage in Europe and Israel, intensifying EU calls for a ceasefire and immediate release amid Gaza’s deepening humanitarian crisis. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas described...
These Countries Eat the Least Meat, and Here’s What We Can Learn From Them
Sentient Media
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July 31, 2025
As the environmental costs of industrial meat production become increasingly undeniable, reducing global meat consumption has never been more urgent. But although global meat consumption has been on the rise for over half a century, some countries...
Public discourse still imagines Cyprus as frozen in 1960
Cyprus Mail
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August 3, 2025
But both sides are now multi-cultural and it’s time we realised it Every year, on “national” days of celebration and remembrance, marked separately in the northern and southern Cyprus, politicians regurgitate dusty old speeches that portray the...
Morning Roundup: Trump sets new tariffs, origin of Post cyberattack still unknown and national football league games live on RTL
RTL Today
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August 1, 2025
The Today Radio news team brings you the latest headlines for Friday, 1 August. Luxembourg POST CYBER ATTACK – The Minister of the Economy Lex Delles says it is not yet known who was behind the cyberattack on Luxembourg’s Post network last week,...
Interview with Fatima Rougi: Secure abortion rights, urges Planning Familial president
RTL Today
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July 31, 2025
New Planning Familial president Fatima Rougi appeared on RTL Radio on Thursday, reiterating the need to secure abortion rights before "conservative men" begin questioning them. The Family Planning charity is pushing for the right to abortion to be...
Two Satellites Successfully Launch, Enhancing SES Constellation
West Orlando News - Florida
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August 2, 2025
Two Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites successfully launched, with the goal of enhancing the SES Constellation. Boeing engineers confirmed the 9th and 10th O3b mPOWER satellites, built for leading space solutions company SES, successfully launched...
Northern Ireland striker set to be subject of League One bidding war as multiple sides weigh up offers
Belfast Telegraph
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August 2, 2025
The Belfast Telegraph revealed earlier this week that the former Cliftonville hero was open to a move away from the Scottish Championship side in order to keep his World Cup dreams at international level alive. After scoring 18 times for Ross...
Thomas "Tom" Bowe
Cannon Falls Beacon - Minnesota
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Thomas Francis "Tom" Bowe, 76, unexpectedly died in his sleep on July 30th, 2025 in Red Wing. Tom was born at the Red Wing hospital on September 27, 1949 to Daniel Ralph Bowe and his wife Alice Louise (Ellingson) Nilsson Bowe of Welch. Tom grew up...
Two reasons why UK passport holders may be refused entry to EU
Leicestershire Live
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July 26, 2025
If you are heading on holiday soon - or travelling for business - you will need to sure you can legally travel to one of 29 countries. Whilst UK passport holders may have a passport to hand, it may not be suitable, even if you think it is. When...
Middle East: Canada set to recognize Palestinian state
Deutsche Welle
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July 30, 2025
Skip next section Canada to recognize Palestinian state, says PM Carney 07/30/2025July 30, 2025Canada to recognize Palestinian state, says PM Carney Canada "intends" to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime...
Tobacco tax: How much more cigarettes will cost in the EU
EurActiv
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July 31, 2025
Smokers across the EU could soon face steep price hikes of up to €2 per pack under a proposed EU-wide tobacco tax reform – a public health measure that’s sparking political pushback in some member states. The stakes are particularly high in light...
F1 Qualifying Today: Hungarian Grand Prix 2025 start time, TV channel and FREE live stream
GPFans
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August 2, 2025
F1 returns to Budapest for round 14 of the 2025 season and the Hungarian Grand Prix in the last race before the summer break. The Hungarian GP weekend will be crucial for Lando Norris if he hopes to make gains in the championship over team-mate...
Centre for Equal Treatment: Susanna van Tonder steps down as president
RTL Today
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July 30, 2025
Citing both personal health and institutional challenges, Susanna van Tonder stepped down from her leadership role at Luxembourg’s equality watchdog, the Centre for Equal Treatment. Susanna van Tonder has resigned as president of the Centre for...
Emergency services: Burglar caught in the act, drunken trespasser found on Gare train tracks
RTL Today
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July 27, 2025
Luxembourg police were kept busy on Saturday with interventions in Roedt and the capital. At around 9am, police were notified of two intruders attempting to break into a property in Roedt. The thieves were trying to gain access via a balcony door...
'Gangster granny', 'cruel' fraudsters and violent killers among Essex criminals jailed in July 2025
Essex Live
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August 2, 2025
These are the faces of the Essex criminals jailed in July 2025. We're now seven full months into the year, and there have been a huge number of criminals jailed in the past month. From gangs of dealers to violent men, fraudsters, and "gangster...