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Europe open: Shares fall on weak Wall St, UK inflation jump
The pan-regional Stoxx 600 index was down 0.34% to 555.90 at 0810 BST. Germany’s DAX fell 0.85% and Britain’s FTSE 100 declined 0.22%. Markets closed at a five-month high on Tuesday on the back of hopes that Russia and Ukraine are closing in on a...

Europe’s Green Jobs Crisis: Why Slow Decarbonisation Threatens Employment More Than Climate Action
While the green and digital transitions will inevitably lead to job losses, the real danger lies elsewhere. A lack of investment in green technologies risks seeing new low-carbon industrial jobs created outside Europe, leaving the continent behind...

Europe Struggles With Heat Waves, Wildfires
NFK Editors - August 19, 2025 Heat waves across Europe are bringing record temperatures and dangerous, widespread wildfires. Southern European countries like Spain, Greece, and Portugal are being hit especially hard. But summer heat waves have...

Scientists leverage machine learning and data science to improve...
Scientists in Israel have developed a machine learning tool that combines satellite imagery and weather data to monitor chickpea crop health. The system accurately estimates values such as the Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Leaf Water Potential (LWP)...

European Shares Set To Open Lower After US Tech Selloff
European stocks are seen opening lower on Wednesday as investors fret about overheated tech valuations and U.S. government intervention in Intel. The U.S. government aims to take an equity stake in Intel, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said...

European Shares Edge Lower Following US Tech Selloff
European stocks were subdued on Wednesday after closing at five-month high in the previous session on news of a potential Ukraine-Russia summit. In economic releases, U.K. consumer price inflation accelerated in July on higher transport cost,...

European equities retreat from 5-month high as tech, defence shares drag
European equities slipped on Wednesday, retreating from a five-month closing high in the previous session, after tech stocks tracked dour performances of their Wall Street peers and as the defence sector faced pressure for a second day. The...

Spain faces another critical day as thousands of troops continue battling widespread forest fires
Miguel G. Casallo Castilla y León Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 11:34 Share Spain heads into this 20 August 2025 as another day marked by the forest fire emergency in the north of the country. Although improved weather conditions have reduced the...

Scientists Unlock the Gene That Lets Bearded Dragons Switch Sex
August 19 marks the publication by two different studies presenting the near-complete reference genomes of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps), a widely distributed species of dragon lizard common in central eastern Australia and popular...

Britain Drops Apple ‘Backdoor’ Demand After U.S. Pushback
Britain has abandoned its demand that Apple build a “backdoor” into its encryption systems. The change follows months of quiet talks between London and Washington, Reuters reports. In a statement posted on X, U.S. Director of National Intelligence...

Tech selloff casts gloom over global markets
Global share markets came under pressure on Wednesday after a tech-led selloff on Wall Street, while the dollar gained some ground ahead of a key meeting of central bankers later in the week. Stock futures pointed to a lower opening in Europe and...

Tech stocks take a big hit on the stock market
Tuesday was a strange day on the stock market. European cyclical stocks rose slightly, but the US tech sector took a nosedive. Amidst all this, defence stocks were shaken by the prospect of a positive development in the Russia-Ukraine conflict....
Europe Market Open: Kiwi weakened sharply following a dovish RBNZ rate cut; European equity futures indicate a negative cash open; UK CPI ahead
APAC stocks traded mixed after a lacklustre performance stateside, where mega-cap tech led the declines. RBNZ lowered the OCR by 25bps as expected, cut its OCR forecasts across the projection horizon and voted on the options of either a 25bps or...

European Stinger Missile Production in Germany Reflects US Efforts to Preserve Market Share
Raytheon, a subsidiary of the American group RTX, and the German company Diehl Defence have formalized the signing of a memorandum of understanding to launch the co-production in Europe of key components of the Stinger surface-to-air missile. The...

Britain could burn in 'firewave' as urgent 'very flammable' warning issued
British cities could be ravaged by a new weather phenomenon of multiple urban wildfires as temperatures rise due to climate change, boffins warn. Researchers at Imperial College London fear the "firewaves" could be sparked by extended periods of...

Spain wildfires LIVE: Foreign Office's new advice amid 'very high' fire threat
'Human activity and depopulated villages have played a part' In Galicia, large stretches of unmanaged vegetation and depopulated villages in forested land have led to the buildup of wildfire fuel, said Adrian Regos, an ecologist at the Biological...

Researchers swapped human recruiters for AI agents. AI did the job better, with a few drawbacks.
Researchers pitted AI against human recruiters. The bots came out on top. The experiment involved more than 70,000 applicants vying for entry-level customer service roles. Candidates interviewed by AI were 12% more likely to get offers and more...

Tech View: New printer’s capabilities up to a weighty workflow
COURTESY ROB KAY The Epson EcoTank ET-4950 is loaded with a WWII-era certificate. Note the bottle, at left, to load the ink tank. The idea of a “paperless office” is noble — but paper isn’t going anywhere just yet. And neither are printers. I...

Energy, Mining and Agriculture Regulatory Update: UK Consults on Licencing Exemptions for Commodity Derivatives
The significance of this topic for many clients arises because the UK is home to some of the largest and most significant commodity derivative markets in the world. They serve the risk management needs of a diverse group of market participants,...

France to release official ‘survival guide’ to help people prepare for emergencies
30-page pamphlet outlines how to respond to industrial accidents, terrorist attacks, extreme weather and even the outbreak of war The guide covers three main topics: protest, prepare, and engage ricochet64 / SomYuZu / Shutterstock An official...