2025-02-05

Business

Vodafone EU chief: Telecoms barriers can't just be blamed on Brussels

The EU is failing to support large telecoms firms, says one of Vodafone's senior directors, adding that Brussels isn't the prime target for blame.

05/02/2025

Markets

Alphabet shares fall as growth in the AI-backed cloud business slows

Alphabet has reported fourth quarter earnings that missed analysts' estimates in revenue as growth in Google Cloud slowed.

05/02/2025

Europe News

Is the EU ready to set up 'return hubs' to stem migration?

At the end of February, the European Commission is expected to publish a new EU law on return of asylum claimants.

05/02/2025

Lifestyle

Why is this twenty-year-old podcast number 1 in the UK charts?

The 2005 podcast by British comedy trio Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington is being rereleased on Apple weekly.

05/02/2025

Earth News

Campaign groups urge French President and EU to end bottom trawling

There is growing public support for marine protection across Europe as 73 per cent of people support a ban on bottom trawling.

05/02/2025

Health news

Consumer groups launch petition to ban aspartame in Europe

This follows the classification of aspartame, a common sweetener, as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” by the World Health Organization.

05/02/2025

Economy

Investment banks warn: Trump tariffs could derail Europe's 2025 growth

Trump's tariffs could derail Europe's 2025 growth, say top Wall Street analysts. Goldman Sachs sees eurozone GDP at 0.7%, well below latest ECB projections. Key sectors such as cars and pharmaceuticals face risks, while a weaker euro may offer only limited relief.

05/02/2025

Health news

Microplastics are increasingly making their way into the human brain

Between 2016 and 2024, the level of microplastics in analysed brain samples increased by 50 per cent.

05/02/2025

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05/02/2025

Europe News

Italy: Clean up efforts underway in Messina after floods

Local officials reported a month's worth of rain fell in just four hours.

05/02/2025

USA

US: First military flight carrying migrants lands in Guantanamo

President Donald Trump wants to use the facility as a holding centre and said it has the capacity to hold as many as 30,000.

05/02/2025

Europe News

Mayor of Santorini says recent earthquakes part of 'seismic swarm"

Residents have been warned to avoid indoor gatherings, check escape routes, stay away from cliffs and to drain swimming pools to reduce potential structural damage to buildings in the event of a large earthquake.

05/02/2025

Europe News

UN atomic watchdog to visit Moscow amid Ukraine nuclear fallout fears

Russia's war in Ukraine has brought fears of a nuclear catastrophe as Zaporizhzhia has repeatedly been caught in the crossfire of fighting.

05/02/2025

USA

The United States should 'take over' Gaza, Trump says

The US President said he wouldn't rule out deploying his troops to support the reconstruction of Gaza after permanently resettling displaced Palestinians outside the war-torn territory.

05/02/2025

Portugal

The Aga Khan has died at age 88

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and was the 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.

05/02/2025

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Protesters rally against Musk's government control

Protesters gathered at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to oppose Musk's actions, citing threats to government integrity and racial divisions in the workplace.

05/02/2025

West Bank

Two IDF soldiers killed at military checkpoint in West Bank

The attack comes as Israel enters the second week of military operations in the West Bank.

05/02/2025