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European Shares Seen Opening Up On US-China Trade Truce
RTTNews
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August 12, 2025
European stocks may open higher on Tuesday as the United States and China agreed to extend their tariff truce for another 90 days. The truce extension, now set to last until November 10, will give more time for negotiations about "remedying trade...
How much you can drink under new alcohol rule for drivers
Wales Online
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August 13, 2025
16:18, 13 Aug 2025Updated 16:22, 13 Aug 2025 A reduction of the drink-driving threshold for the first time in more than five decades is among a range of proposed traffic regulation amendments under consideration. Under various proposals reportedly...
(Hypothetical) apocalyptic (eschatological) trends in European AI sustainable packaging design: the next 20 years
Packaging Europe
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Prof. Christo Kaftandjiev, university professor and Ph.D. of packaging design, AI and digital marketing communications and marketing semiotics, outlines his expectations for sustainable European AI packaging design over the next 20 years. In the...
France hit by massive cheese recall over Listeria fears
Monaco Life
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August 12, 2025
French health authorities have issued an urgent nationwide recall of dozens of cheeses sold in supermarkets after fears of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the bacteria responsible for the potentially life-threatening illness...
The Grand Rapids Food Guide: The best breweries of 2025
The Gander - Michigan
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August 13, 2025
Grand Rapids is unofficially officially known as “Beer City USA,” so it’s not a shocker that the city is overflowing with breweries. When you’re wanting a crisp and cool beer on tap, where do you go? Who has the tastiest brews and the coziest of...
EU clears €4.1bn Just Eat takeover but prevents food delivery mega-merger
Euronews
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August 11, 2025
Published on 11/08/2025 - 17:20 GMT+2 The European Commission has approved the €4.1 billion acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET) by Naspers, through its investment arm Prosus, after the technology group agreed to take concrete steps to...
Germany updates: Air conditioner sales rise as heat wave hits
Deutsche Welle
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August 12, 2025
Skip next section German police union calls for improved offices and equipment 08/12/2025August 12, 2025German police union calls for improved offices and equipment Germany's GdP police union on Tuesday called on authorities to allocate more funds...
Post-Summit Briefing
European Policy Centre
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Aileen McLeod Alberto-Horst Neidhardt Alice Berzolla Alison Hunter Almut Möller Amanda Paul Ana Berdzenishvili Andrew Duff Andrew Scott Anna Crawford Annalisa Buscaini Annika Hedberg Arancha González Laya Arnaldo-Javier Mina Mendoza Benedetta...
Ukraine–Latvia agricultural cooperation boosts food security and EU integration
The Odessa Journal
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The Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia have signed a protocol on mutually beneficial cooperation in the fields of agriculture, food security, and rural...
Too Much Sex, Too Little Heroism
Qantara.de
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Love, hate and intrigue are the main ingredients in the recipe for the hugely successful series Muhteşem Yüzyil (the Magnificent Century), which has been holding Turkish television audiences in thrall for 80 episodes and almost two years. A...
Microplastics in crops may threaten food production
Deutsche Welle
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Microplastics are believed to disrupt photosynthesis — the biological process central to life on earth that provides the basis for global food chains as well as the oxygen we breathe. The tiny shreds of plastics — often originating from the...
No racism, safety, halal food... why Gulf tourists feel at home in 'cool' Polish mountain resort of Zakopane
Gulf Today
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August 13, 2025
Saudi photographer Fahad Alayyash gazed over the Alpine-like panorama of the Tatras, Poland's highest mountain range – and a surprising new hotspot for Arab tourists. The 38-year-old is among thousands of Gulf residents spending their summer...
Huckabee: With Palestine state move, UK and France have joined forces with Israel’s enemies
The Times of Israel
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August 13, 2025
Excerpts from this interview were sent out earlier Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. As Israel, since the Hamas...
Dairy farmers warn worker shortages are putting UK food security at risk
Business Matters
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August 13, 2025
A survey by Arla, the UK’s largest dairy co-operative and owner of the Lurpak and Cravendale brands, found that five in six farmers looking to recruit had received very few or no applications from qualified candidates. The finding reflects a...
'It's frightening': Irish woman in Madrid warns of heatstroke risk as temperatures soar in Europe
Irish Examiner
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August 13, 2025
An Irish woman living in Madrid has said the heat this summer has been "unlike anything I've ever experienced", describing how her son ended up in hospital with heatstroke.As wildfires continue to burn across mainland Europe, with temperatures...
Plans to relaunch Rosyth-Europe ferry sail a little closer
The Herald (Scotland)
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August 13, 2025
However, as previously reported by the Dunfermline Press, one of the sticking points has been the use of a Border Control Post (BCP). It is hoped the one at Grangemouth can be used as a new one at Rosyth is considered to be prohibitively costly...
East African migrants drive surge of arrivals in Spain’s Balearic islands
WIBQ - Indiana
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August 13, 2025
PALMA/BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) -More than 30 boats carrying about 600 irregular migrants have arrived in Spain’s Balearic islands since Monday, officials said, as a new migratory route from North Africa gains traction after a crackdown by...
Exclusive — Huckabee: Hamas Blocks Food to Gazans, then Blames Israel
Breitbart
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August 13, 2025
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told Breitbart News on Tuesday that Hamas, not Israel, is to blame for whatever food deprivation is being suffered by Palestinian people in Gaza, because it hoards food aid. Huckabee spoke exclusively to...
There's still time to book! Revealed: The 10 cheapest European places for a quick break on August bank holiday
Cosmopolitan UK
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August 13, 2025
Still need some plans for next week's August Bank Holiday? It's the last one before Christmas and therefore the perfect excuse to book a much needed quick break away. Whether it's just for a long weekend or a chance to use one less day of annual...
Huge recall of infected cheese in EU: ‘Gross negligence’, two dead
Brussels Signal
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August 13, 2025
A major food safety scandal in France has seen more than 40 varieties of cheese taken from supermarket shelves over fears of listeria contamination. The crisis was linked to a single dairy that appeared to have been under suspicion for months....