The US tech company Palantir is causing a stir with an unusual merchandise product. The company, best known for surveillance technologies, data analysis and military software, launched a so-called “chore jacket” – inspired by 19th century French worker jackets. The jacket cost 239 US dollars, or around 185 francs. It sold out after just five […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 07/05/2026 – 16:12 GMT+2 The European Commission has stepped up its coordination with member states to respond to the hantavirus outbreak on board MV Hondius, a Dutch luxury cruise sailing to Spain, while insisting the risks to the general population remain “low”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A meeting of the so-called Health Security Committee, which […]
Continue ReadingDeutschland und die EU diskutieren über Regulierung, während die Weltspitze bei der Künstlichen Intelligenz davoneilt. Während ChatGPT und Co. die Schlagzeilen beherrschen, entscheidet sich die Zukunft des Standorts Deutschland in den Fabrikhallen. Siemens-Chef Roland Busch steuert das wertvollste Unternehmen des Landes durch diese Transformation und findet im Gespräch mit POLITICO Executive Editor Gordon Repinski deutliche […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 07/05/2026 – 15:53 GMT+2 One person has died and 43 were rescued when a migrant boat got into difficulties in the Aegean Sea, Turkish authorities said on Thursday, while an NGO accused the Greek coastguard of endangering the vessel. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The migrants were around 30 kilometers from the Greek island of Lesbos […]
Continue ReadingTimmy the humpback whale in the Baltic Sea.Image: Sea Shepherd May 7, 2026, 3:53 p.mMay 7, 2026, 3:53 p.m Because there is still a lack of information about the location and condition of the humpback whale transported from the Baltic Sea coast, the Environment Ministry of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is demanding clarity […]
Continue ReadingExperts say covert transfers at sea are used to obscure the origins of oil that left Iranian ports and the Gulf of Oman before the blockade was imposed.
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The European Union is set to ban artificial intelligence tools that generate child sexual abuse material and non-consensual explicit images of adults. Negotiators from the European Parliament and Council […]
Continue ReadingRussian soldiers in Moscow at the dress rehearsal on the march to Red Square.Image: keystone May 7, 2026, 3:42 p.mMay 7, 2026, 3:42 p.m Ahead of the traditional Victory Day in Moscow, Russia and Ukraine continued their drone war with unabated intensity. Ukraine abandoned a unilaterally declared ceasefire after a day and responded to continued […]
Continue ReadingA 69-year-old woman who later died in South Africa is among those who left MV Hondius at St Helena.
Continue ReadingBut briefing the media on Thursday following a cabinet meeting, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said, without specifying which footage she was talking about, that “the fake videos and images are not only fake, but they are intended to undermine the good reputation of South Africa internationally and undermine the country’s pursuit of a […]
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