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  • Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 01:55 UTC

    The future of gaming, megatrends, and innovations in 2025

    AI is set to play a pivotal role in the future of gaming

    As we peer into 2025, the gaming landscape continues to evolve at a breakneck pace. Technologies that seemed like science fiction only a few years ago are becoming integral parts of the experience, from immersive virtual worlds to revolutionary AI.

  • Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 00:31 UTC

    Live entertainment on 1xBet: What you need to know

    In the fast-paced world of sports betting, live betting has revolutionized the way bettors engage with their favorite events. Unlike traditional pre-match wagers, live betting allows players to place bets during the course of a game, taking advantage of real-time developments, changing odds, and in-game momentum shifts. 1xBet, one of the most renowned names in the online sportsbook industry, offers a robust live betting platform that caters to a diverse range of sports and events. From football and basketball to tennis and esports, 1xBet provides a dynamic environment where you can place wagers as the action unfolds.

  • Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    EU/Mercosur trade deal: How detrimental for Mercosur and how beneficial for EU farmers?

    EC President Ursula von del Leyen with Mercosur leaders, Argentina’s Javier Milei; Uruguay’s Luis Lacalle Pou; Lula da Silva, Brazil and Paraguay’s Santiago Peña. 

    A few days after European Commission President Ursula von del Leyen signed a long-pending trade agreement with four South American nations, French farmers were back on the streets dumping manure. This time they parked the tractors near the tunnel in Calais that goes through the English Channel, according to a report from German political and business analyst Uwe Hessler.

  • Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 07:44 UTC

    Denmark releases anti-whaling activist Paul Watson; pledges to continue battling Japan’s illegal operations

    Paul Watson was detained in Nuuk, Greenland last July but the Danish Justice Department rejected the Tokyo extradition request.

    The Canadian-American anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was released from a Greenland jail after a five-month detention, where he was detained on an international arrest warrant by Interpol on request from the Japanese government.

  • Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 07:21 UTC

    New Mauritius government questions the Chagos archipelago agreement, “not enough benefits for our country”

    The US/UK base of Diego Garcia in the Chagos archipelago of is a strategic outpost in the Indian Ocean

    British media is reporting that the Republic of Mauritius has submitted changes to a proposed deal over the future of the Chagos Islands, with the country's new PM arguing the original agreement did not benefit his country enough.

  • Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 07:20 UTC

    Falklands Sports Council Team Kit for the Orkney Games in July 2025

    Jackets with hoods and the Falklands Tartan

    In preparation for the Falkland Islands' attendance at the 20th Island Games, to be held in Orkney in July 2025, the Falkland Islands National Sports Council presented the Team Kit design. Pictured are just some of the items.

  • Tuesday, December 17th 2024 - 21:19 UTC

    EU: Venezuelan opposition leaders granted Sakharov Prize

    In addition to this award, Machado received this year's Vaclav Havel Human Rights Award from the European Council

    Venezuelan opposition leaders Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado were awarded Tuesday the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament given their “efforts to restore freedom and democracy” in the South American country.

  • Tuesday, December 17th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Moody's downgrades politically shaken France's credit rating

    The Chairman of the centrist Democratic Movement (MoDem) became Macron's fourth prime minister this year

    A politically shaken France has been downgraded by Moody's Investors Service from “Aa2” to “Aa3” and the country's long-term outlook went from “stable” to “negative” amid the ongoing “fragmentation” following the appointment of Prime Minister François Bayrou.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Milei: “Taxes are theft”

    Milei insisted Meloni was a very courageous woman

    Argentine President Javier Milei said this weekend in an interview with the Italian TV Quarta Repubblica to be aired Monday that taxes “are theft.” The South American leader also insisted that “public spending cuts are not an unpopular measure.” Milei spent the weekend in Rome where he had a meeting with Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and participated in other business and political engagements.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 07:00 UTC

    Two tough low growth years ahead for Germany, indicates the Bundesbank

    “The German economy is not only battling with persistent economic headwinds, but also with structural problems,” explained Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel  (Pic FT)

    The German central bank, Bundesbank, drastically trimmed the economic forecast for Germany in the next two years, 2025 and 2026, given structural issues, including German industry facing significant economic obstacles and with grim prospects for the country’s exports.