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Germany Relaunches Zero-Emission Bus Funding: Up to 80% Covered for Hydrogen and Electric Fleets
Hydrogen Fuel News
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July 10, 2025
Germany fires up zero-emission bus funding again for 2025 Germany is back in the game when it comes to zero-emission tech. Starting July 2025, the country is rolling out a revamped zero-emission bus funding program, giving public transit operators...
Is Europe ready for autonomous vehicles?
Just Auto
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July 10, 2025
For decades, flying cars and self-driving vehicles have fuelled our collective imagination—amplified by books and films that painted a boundless technological future brimming with promise. Today, that future feels closer than ever. The electric...
EU and Israel reach Gaza aid deal, Kallas says
EurActiv
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July 10, 2025
The EU and Israel have reached an agreement to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, with deliveries to take place in the "coming days", the bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas announced on Thursday. The breakthrough comes after months of back and...
My Enemy’s Enemy — Taiwan and Eastern Europe
CEPA
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July 10, 2025
My work has been rooted in Eastern European security — in Latvia, NATO, Ukraine, and digital and cyber defense. The Indo-Pacific felt like someone else’s front line. But as the discussions in Taipei unfolded, I was struck by how familiar it all...
The Science of Beauty and the Beauty of Science
Patheos
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July 10, 2025
Science is exploring the big questions that theology is ignoring. Have you ever heard a sermon on awe, consciousness, interconnection, mind beyond brain, or transcendence? Me, neither. Last week, I spent ten days cruising around Svalbard, an...
‘Magical thinking’ to believe UK’s AI boom won’t derail climate goals, report warns
The Next Web
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July 10, 2025
A new report from the University of Cambridge has warned that the UK’s push to lead in AI risks derailing its climate targets — unless urgent action is taken. According to the University’s Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, the...
GE’s New Heat Pump Water Heater Takes The Technology To New Heights
CleanTechnica
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July 10, 2025
General Electric (GE) is launching a brand new heat pump water heater (HPWH) that elevates the technology to a whole new level. GE was one of the first to bring a HPWH to market in 2008. The company spent the last several years closely studying...
EU unveils $700 million Ukraine support package for energy and infrastructure
The Kyiv Independent
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July 10, 2025
Editor's note: The story is being updated. The European Investment Bank Group (EIB) and the European Commission announced nearly 600 million euros ($700 million) in new financing for Ukraine's critical infrastructure and businesses at the Ukraine...
Brits heading on Spain and Portugal holidays this summer face huge price hikes
The Mirror
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July 10, 2025
Families have seen some holiday prices to top hotspots rocket by nearly quarter this summer, research has revealed. The jump means travellers looking forward to their break abroad risk having to shell out hundreds of pounds more than last year....
Scientists Are Building a Quantum Computer With Chips Made out of Glass
ZME Science
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July 10, 2025
Ephos makes glass chips at a manufacturing facility in Milan. Credit: Ephos Giulia Acconcia grew up in the picturesque, historic town of Spoleto, nestled in the foothills of Italy’s Apennine Mountains. Already in secondary school, she became...
Spain considers making carpooling mandatory in busy areas
Murcia Today
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Date Published: 10/07/2025 The headline proposal from the traffic authorities is enforcing a two-person minimum per car in big cities, taking a page from European HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lane policies that have worked elsewhere. But that's...
Pakistan signs €20mn grant deal with EU to boost governance, business environment
Business Recorder
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July 10, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union (EU) on Thursday signed a €20 million grant agreement to launch the “Better Governance and Business Environment” initiative, aimed at strengthening governance and improving competitiveness of the private...
EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to China
RTL Today
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An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had launched an investigation into TikTok over the transfer of European users' personal data to servers in China. TikTok was fined 530 million euros ($620 million) in...
Germany's SEFE agrees 3-year LNG supply deal with ADNOC
Zawya
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Germany's SEFE has agreed a three-year deal to receive about 700,000 metric tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United Arab Emirates' ADNOC, with deliveries due to begin in summer of 2025, both companies said on Thursday. State-owned...
EU pledges €2.3 billion for Ukraine's recovery
BGNES
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July 10, 2025
The European Union will mobilize €2.3 billion for Ukraine's recovery, including the creation of a special fund to mobilize private capital, the European Commission announced. "With agreements signed worth €2.3 billion, our goal is to provide up to...
EU Commission talking to X about Grok’s antisemitic comments
Euronews
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Published on 10/07/2025 - 13:39 GMT+2 The European Commission is in touch with Elon Musk’s social media platform X following the antisemitic comments its AI system Grok made this week, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday. In a series of posts on...
Zelensky urges EU release frozen Russian funds to rebuild Ukraine
Mint
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July 10, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky kicked off the Ukraine Recovery Conference, and in a pointed message, pushed for a bold move to redirect frozen Russian assets toward Ukraine’s recovery. “Europe should clearly agree that frozen Russian...
EU waiting for companies to sign delayed AI Code
Euronews
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Published on 10/07/2025 - 12:31 GMT+2 AI providers can soon sign up to the European Commission’s Code of Practice for General Purpose AI (GPAI), a voluntary set of rules aiming to help providers of AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini, comply with...
Europe launches first geostationary atmospheric sounder to boost extreme weather forecasts
SpaceMart
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Europe launches first geostationary atmospheric sounder to boost extreme weather forecasts by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2025 Europe has advanced its ability to track extreme weather with the launch of the Meteosat Third...
Wizz Air suspends key European routes from the UAE
What's On
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July 10, 2025
If you were planning a getaway to Serbia or Bosnia this summer, there’s a major update: Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has suspended ticket sales and will end flights to Belgrade on July 19 and Sarajevo on August 31. The airline is scaling back several...