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Von der Leyen survives no-confidence vote in European Parliament
BGNES
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July 10, 2025
The European Parliament (EP) rejected a no-confidence vote against EC President Ursula von der Leyen, initiated by the far right over her work on COVID-19 vaccine contracts. Von der Leyen survived the vote by a large margin, with 360 MEPs voting...
EUs top court adviser sides with Italy in Meta Platforms dispute
Mint
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July 10, 2025
By Bart H. Meijer and Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, July 10 (Reuters) - EU member states have the right to impose their own measures to strengthen the position of publishers in their dealings with large online platforms as long as these do not undermine...
Prime Video Italy Adds NBA As It Unveils Packed 2025 Slate Featuring ‘The Traitors Italia’ & Slew Of Romcom Movies
Deadline
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July 10, 2025
Prime Video Italy unveiled its upcoming 2025 slate in Rome on Thursday, in an event attended by a host of local stars such as Michela Andreozzi, Stefano Cipani, Christian De Sica and Diana Del Bufalo as well as best-selling writer Felicia Kingsley...
‘Brothers in Arms’ remembered in Salem
Morning Journal - Ohio
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Author and Historian Kevin Callahan, right, presented a medal to honor the sacrifices made by the Trimmer brothers during World War II and the Korean War and by their mother Anna Trimmer White to White’s granddaughter Karen Griggy, left, during a...
Beautiful Book Towns of France
France Today
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July 10, 2025
The beautiful French countryside has inspired writers and artists through the ages and has several ‘Cités du Livre’, quiet little book towns that are delightful to visit. While the concept of a ‘Book Village’ was envisaged in Hay-on-Wye in Wales,...
Simon Gronowski: a remarkable story of courage, friendship and humanity
Belga News Agency
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July 15, 2025
Among those awarded medals of honour by Flanders to mark the region’s holiday this year were two remarkable men: Simon Gronowski and Koenraad Tinel. Their unlikely friendship – one man a Holocaust survivor, the other the son of a Nazi family – has...
'I binged The Salt Path book series and now I can't help but feel conned'
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 10, 2025
Bestselling memoir The Salt Path is making headlines this week after major accusations have been made against its author, Raynor Winn. An investigation by the Observer, published last week, accused Winn of embezzling 'around £64,00' from a former...
Endocrine Society experts call for more widespread screening of primary aldosteronism
Medical News
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July 14, 2025
Endocrine Society experts encouraged more widespread screening for a common hormonal cause of high blood pressure known as primary aldosteronism in a new Clinical Practice Guideline released today. "Primary Aldosteronism: An Endocrine Society...
You can now book a Smurf mushroom house on Airbnb
Time Out
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Airbnb is obviously a great platform for booking somewhere to stay on your holiday, but it offers some seriously cool experiences to get involved with too – and a particularly smurf-tastic one will soon be available to book. This summer, two...
Germany is ‘importing’ antisemitism, our leaders claim. Irony is not their strong point
The Guardian
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July 8, 2025
It could have been a Mitchell and Webb sketch – a man with a very German accent and a distinguished Nazi grandfather complaining: “These foreigners, coming over here, importing their antisemitism.” Only this was not a comedy. The man was Germany’s...
Book Review | Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters
The London School of Economics and Political Science
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July 6, 2025
Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters is a wide-ranging discussion between economist Thomas Piketty and philosopher Michael J. Sandel on ways to think about and achieve real equality. Though its coverage of race, gender and stigmatised groups...
EU Slaps Google With Antitrust Complaint Over AI Overviews
CNET
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July 7, 2025
A group of publishers has filed an EU antitrust complaint against Google over its use of AI Overviews, according to a report from Reuters last week. AI Overviews are AI-generated results trained on content across the internet that appears at the...
Tuesday briefing: What Trump’s ‘massive’ weapons deal for Ukraine means for the war – and for Putin
The Guardian
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July 15, 2025
Good morning. It looks like the bromance between Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is over. Maybe for good. Last night an exasperated Trump said he had finally had enough of “tough guy” Putin’s refusal to give him what he...
X ordered its Grok chatbot to ‘tell like it is.’ Then the Nazi tirade began.
New Hampshire Union Leader
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July 13, 2025
A tech company employee who went on an antisemitic tirade like X’s Grok chatbot did this week would soon be out of a job. Spewing hate speech to millions of people and invoking Adolf Hitler is not something a CEO can brush aside as a worker’s bad...
New book examines impact of paramilitary violence on Border Protestants
IMPARTIAL REPORTER
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The Northern Ireland Conflict on the 'Margins of History: A Protestant Memory on the Border' was launched recently at the Archdale Hall in Lisnaskea. Authored by Kenneth Funston and Cillian McGrattan, the book “presents a compelling case study for...
The question at the heart of Downtown debate: What’s Universal Music Group’s actual distribution market share in Europe?
Music Business Worldwide
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July 9, 2025
Arguments both for and against Universal Music Group‘s proposed $775 million acquisition of Downtown are getting louder. On the ‘against’ side, the thorny subject of UMG’s market share in Europe has reared its head twice in recent weeks. Two...
European Parliamentarians pay Tribute to the Victims of the Srebrenica Genocide
Sarajevo Times
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July 7, 2025
Thirty years after the Srebrenica genocide, the European Parliament is dedicating a special session to one of the darkest pages of European history. The topic is how to preserve memory and prevent the repetition of the crime. The European...
Prorata: The generative AI player planning to share revenue with publishers
Press Gazette
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July 10, 2025
Prorata’s chief business officer has set out four things the AI start-up needs to prove to publishers as it builds up to a wider launch of its products. Prorata, which has received investment from Mail owner DMG Media and signed almost 100...
School launches important book celebrating community's rich cultural diversity
The Bolton News
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'This Is Us 2' was showcased to an audience of parents, teachers, and staff at Ladybridge High School last week. Year Seven pupils, who contributed to the book, read excerpts from their stories to the audience. English teacher, Megan King, says...
Fancy snooping around The Witcher 3 palace from Blood and Wine? Well, this mod gives it a book-accurate interior
Rock Paper Shotgun
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July 10, 2025
It's been years, Gerry from the Riviera, but you can finally stop knocking on a certain Duchess' door in the hopes she'll let you see whether some Elven staircases are as spirally as you remember. A Witcher 3 modder has used REDKit to open those...