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EU AI Act likely not a hassle for most use cases
Accounting Today
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August 19, 2025
While the EU AI Act—which officially went into force about a year ago—creates a number of new obligations regarding AI, its more stringent mandates apply only to the minority of organizations involved with high-risk use cases, with the rest able...
How European Leaders Flew To Washington For Trump’s Ukraine War Summit
Live and Let's Fly - California
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August 19, 2025
Here’s what we know about which aircraft European leaders, including President Zelenskyy, used to fly to Washington for yesterday’s summit with President Trump on Russia and the Ukraine War. Leaders from across Europe descended upon Joint Base...
How Europe learnt to speak so Trump would listen
The Straits Times
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August 20, 2025
BERLIN – By mid-day Aug 15 in Europe, a question was bouncing among the government offices and vacation villas of the continent’s most influential leaders. The Ukrainian president was headed to the White House for a crucial meeting with President...
Canada's Jesse Marsch focused on final days of European transfer window
The New York Times
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August 19, 2025
With less than 10 months to go before the most important tournament in Canadian soccer history, this European season will be crucial for Jesse Marsch’s players to establish themselves as difference-makers ahead of a World Cup their homeland is...
Health Monitoring, Exercise Science Keep Station Crew Busy
NASA
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August 19, 2025
Immunity and exercise science continued aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday giving doctors insight into how the human body adjusts to weightlessness. The Expedition 73 crew is also packing a cargo craft before the end of its...
PIA cleared for takeoff as EU lifts ban, flights to Paris set to resume
Profit by Pakistan Today
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August 19, 2025
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry told the Senate on Tuesday that the European Union (EU) has lifted its ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), opening the way for the national carrier to restart flights to Paris...
US drug pricing shake-up threatens access to medicines in Europe
Politico Europe
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August 19, 2025
For European drugmakers there are still many unknowns about how the MFN scheme — and overall tariffs on pharmaceuticals — will play out. “It’s too early to understand what is in scope, or the wider implication on Europe or member states,” branded...
Researchers sound the alarm after finding health impact of global phenomenon grossly underestimated: 'Can affect populations far away'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 20, 2025
Even short-term exposure to wildfire smoke is far more deadly than previously understood, with death tolls due to particulate matter having been underestimated by 93%, found the authors of a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health....
Health Ministry engages EU, GIZ on PharmaVax Ghana Programme
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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August 19, 2025
The Ministry of Health has welcomed a high-level delegation from the European Union (EU) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as part of ongoing engagements to boost Ghana’s pharmaceutical industry. The delegation...
Carl Williams' daughter doesn't look like this anymore! Infamous baby-face killer's only child Dhakota is unrecognisable as she enjoys European holiday
Daily Mail
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August 20, 2025
By MARY MRAD, ASSISTANT SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA Published: 20:21 EDT, 19 August 2025 | Updated: 02:06 EDT, 20 August 2025 Dhakota Williams, the daughter of notorious underworld figure Carl Williams, is currently enjoying a fun summer...
Around 10 European allies willing to send troops to Ukraine, talks accelerate on security guarantees, Bloomberg reports
The Kyiv Independent
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August 19, 2025
A package of security guarantees for Ukraine could be finalized as soon as this week, with European leaders moving quickly after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled support for the plan, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 19. The initiative envisions the...
Europe’s Quantum Pathway to 2030: Closing the Private Investment Gap
Investing
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August 19, 2025
From lab to market – time for Europe’s quantum leap Introduction The European Commission’s Quantum Strategy, released in July 2025, delineates a comprehensive plan to establish Europe as a global quantum technology leader by 2030. It aims to...
EU lifts ban on PIA flights, services to Paris to resume: Senate told
The Nation
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August 19, 2025
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Tuesday informed the Senate that the European Union (EU) had lifted its ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), paving the way for the resumption of flights to Paris and other...
Reigniting UH’s free-electron laser: Scientists restore tool for breakthrough research
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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August 19, 2025
Reading time: 2 minutesAssistant Professors Siqi Li and Niels Bidault installing a cathode in the electron gun and checking its alignment. What once sat dormant for nearly a decade—a powerful, highly specialized instrument known as a Free-Electron...
New Zealand government “considering” recognition of Palestine, as it continues to back Gaza genocide
World Socialist Web Site
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August 20, 2025
New Zealand’s right-wing coalition government announced last week that it is “considering” formally recognising the state of Palestine at next month’s United Nations General Assembly meeting. The Australian, British, Canadian and French...
Government says it is “on the ground” to assess damages and support the population.
Portugal Pulse
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August 19, 2025
In a joint statement, the Ministry of Economy and Territorial Cohesion and the Ministry of Agriculture and Sea report that assessments are being conducted by the Regional Coordination and Development Commissions (CCDR) of the Center and North, the...
Chinese games bring culture to global market
China Daily
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Visitors attend the 22nd China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference, or ChinaJoy, in Shanghai on Aug 2. XU PEIQIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese electronic games are continuously thriving in global markets, and are increasingly becoming carriers of...
European leaders mull new sanctions on Putin: UK
BDNews24
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, European Commission's President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Georgia...
The culture wars are the only thing that matters
The Spectator Australia
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August 19, 2025
How many times have conservatives been told ‘not to fight the culture wars’? Worse, how many elected members of the Coalition believed the Left-wing deception that culture wars are a fabrication of social media and beneath their dignity? Most of...
The European Union invests EUR 9 million in Climate information services in the Pacific
Pacific News Service
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A five-year EUR 9 million(US$10.2 million) project aimed at strengthening the production, availability, delivery and application of science-based information, supporting decision-makers was today launched at the Pacific Climate Change Centre in...