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Class action against Booking.com by 10,000 European hotels
Tornos News
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July 30, 2025
More than 10,000 European hotels join class action against Booking.com | Registration deadline extended until 29 August 2025 The pan-European class action against Booking.com continues to gain momentum with more than 10,000 hotels from across...
TikTok Launches Pro Positive Charity App in Europe for Boosted Donations
WebProNews
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July 31, 2025
In a strategic pivot amid regulatory scrutiny and market expansion efforts, TikTok has unveiled TikTok Pro Positive, a specialized version of its app tailored for charitable initiatives, launching exclusively in select European markets. This move...
China emerges as green energy leader, offering opportunities for Europe
Daily Finland
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China has taken the lead in global green energy development, and Europe stands to benefit from closer and deeper cooperation with the country amid rising demand for clean technologies, reported Xinhua, quoting a Finnish language business daily...
UK May Require Built-In Alcolocks And Black Boxes In New Cars Under Proposed EU-Aligned Safety Rules
Tech Times
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July 31, 2025
The Labour government is reportedly considering aligning UK vehicle safety laws with the EU's General Safety Regulation 2 (GSR2), which could require new cars sold in Britain to be fitted with built‑in alcohol locks (alcolocks) and event data...
Emmanuel Macron rips into EU in extraordinary rant - 'we need to be feared'
Daily Express
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July 30, 2025
Emmanuel Macron has ripped into the European Union in an extraordinary rant. The French President fumed at Brussels for failing to agree a better trade tariffs deal with US President Donald Trump.He said Europe "does not see itself sufficiently"...
Serbia-China Joint Military Drills Spark EU Concerns
Oil Price
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July 30, 2025
A Serbian military special operations brigade has completed joint training with a Chinese brigade in China despite strong objections from the European Union and the United States. The joint training ran from July 19-28 and took place in Hebei...
Sanctioned top Putin ally allowed to fly over EU to attend conference in Geneva, Bloomberg reports
The Kyiv Independent
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July 30, 2025
Valentina Matviyenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and one of Russia’s most senior officials, traveled to Switzerland this week through European airspace despite being under international sanctions over her role in the...
Von der Leyen’s deputy pushes president for more EU action on Israel and Gaza
Politico Europe
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July 30, 2025
“The Commission is a reflection of national sensibilities,” Ribera said in an interview on Spain’s Cadena Ser radio network. “Institutionally it shouldn’t be so, it is supposed to be independent and represent the interests of the EU, but the truth...
Pak-EU share a historical legacy of relations
Pakistan Observer
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July 30, 2025
RECENTLY, both EU and Pakistan held 10th round of political dialogue in Brussels. The EU and Pakistan enjoy a positive and growing relationship, characterized by strong development cooperation, expanding trade, energy, counter-terrorism and...
International Court of Justice publishes landmark opinion regarding climate change accountability
Energy Knowledge - Energy Institute
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Representatives of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change at the International Court of Justice Photo: SPC/Ray Campbell Recognising the ‘urgent’ threat facing the world, the ICJ – in a unique unanimous statement by 15 judges – concluded...
In Marketing We Trust Secures Food Deliver Platform Grab & OCBC Bank Wins, Makes Three Senior Hires
B&T
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July 30, 2025
Indie digital marketing agency In Marketing We Trust has secured seven client wins and a wave of senior hires across media, SEO and data. Recent appointments include Southeast Asian ride-share and food-delivery platform Grab, OCBC banking, and...
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court strikes down St. Lucia laws criminalizing gay sex
The Advocate
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July 30, 2025
The top court in the Caribbean has struck down St. Lucia’s laws criminalizing gay sex. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the laws against “gross indecency” and “buggery” were unconstitutional, Reuters reports. Keep up with the...
Silver, Tatum Meet With UK PM, Possible Investors About European League
Hoops Rumors
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July 30, 2025
United Kingdom prime minister Keir Starmer held a meeting on Wednesday with NBA commissioner Adam Silver and deputy commissioner Mark Tatum regarding a potential NBA Europe league, sources inform insider Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Twitter...
Elon Musk's X loses high court challenge over online safety rules
The Irish Post
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July 30, 2025
X, formerly known as Twitter and owned by Elon Musk, has lost a High Court challenge against Ireland’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, over new online safety rules that came into force earlier this month. The court’s decision marks a...
EBA’s draft regulatory technical standards elaborate on requirements for EU branches of non-EU banks under CRD VI
JD Supra - California
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July 30, 2025
Directive 2024/1619 (CRD VI) will (among other things) establish a new and more prescriptive EU regulatory regime for EU branches of non-EU banks. New harmonised licencing, authorisation, capital, liquidity, booking, and internal governance and...
Ireland tells X to follow rules as High Court dismisses Online Safety Code challenge
Biometric Update
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July 30, 2025
Just as the social platform known as X has struggled to convince people to stop calling it Twitter, it has likewise struggled to convince Ireland’s High Court that the country’s regulators are out of line in making it follow the rules. The...
“I stand before you and this Parliament as just an ordinary woman trying to do an extraordinary job with an extraordinary privilege…
The National Tribune
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July 31, 2025
NSW Nationals “To work hard, listen, care, and deliver for my constituents and the people of Australia.” That’s the promise Alison Penfold – The Nationals’ Member for Lyne – has made in her maiden speech in the House of Representatives. Her speech...
Anti-Migrant Sentiments in Central Europe Move Beyond Middle East Refugees
Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
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July 30, 2025
Agnieszka Kosowicz, the founder of the Polish Migration Forum Foundation, explains that the suspension of the right to asylum in Poland "has not changed much." "Even before the right to asylum was suspended, it was not respected at the...
A Ukraine without Ukrainians: Putin is erasing Europe’s largest nation
Atlantic Council
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July 31, 2025
When Ukrainian schoolchildren in Russian-occupied regions of the country return to the classroom following the summer holidays, they will no longer be able to receive even minimal instruction in their country’s national language. This blanket ban...
Trustfull secures €6m to fuel European expansion
Biometric Update
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July 30, 2025
Trustfull has closed a €6 million ($6.88 million) funding round led by Seaya Ventures and Elevator Ventures, with participation from existing backer United Ventures. The investment arrives as the global fraud detection and prevention market is...