TotalEnergies to Supply Power to Data4 from 30 MW Wind and Solar Plants in Spain

TotalEnergies and Data4 have signed an agreement to supply renewable electricity with a stable consumption profile (Clean Firm Power) to Data4’s sites in Spain. This contract will begin in January 2026 for 10 years and will represent a total...

Miss Germany Diana Fast withdraws from the Miss Universe 2025 competition: Here's why

The Miss Universe 2025 pageant — set to dazzle the world from Thailand on November 21 — has hit a wave of unexpected drama just weeks before the crown is contested. Germany’s representative, Diana Fast, has officially withdrawn from the...

Police chiefs warn of crime wave if Government axes short sentences amid double prisoner manhunt

Service bosses are expecting nearly 400,000 extra crimes to be committed if the reforms go ahead Police are bracing for huge surges in crime if the Government goes ahead with plans to cut the number of prison sentences and release criminals early....

Tory Burch Names New President of North America

Tory Burch has named Joëlle Grunberg as its new president of North America. Grunberg, who joins the brand from McKinsey, where she served as a partner in the firm’s retail, fashion and luxury practice for North America, will step into the role on...

Energy is the new political battleground

With three weeks until the Budget, the main political parties have been setting out their economic thinking. Each faces the same bind: anaemic growth, fiscal constraints and uncomfortable exposure to the bond markets. The upshot is that there is...

Zohran Mamdani victory in US fires up Europe’s left against right-wing surge at home

LONDON/BERLIN - The blistering rise of Zohran Mamdani to become mayor of New York City has offered encouragement to left-wing parties across Europe that an unabashedly radical agenda could help turn the tide against right-wing forces at home....

Will America elect a socialist president?

Zohran Mamdani, the victor in the New York mayoral election, opened his speech on Tuesday night by honouring one of America’s late, great socialists. “As Eugene Debs once said,” he told his cheering audience, “I can see the dawn of a better day...

Dark Secrets: How Encrypted Comms Boosted Organised Crime in the Balkans

However, the real turning point was Phantom Secure, which launched a new era of communication tools, explicitly built for criminal use, in 2008. These customized phones were stripped of GPS, microphones and cameras, and equipped with secure,...

‘Death by Lightning’ offers a surprising story about an assassinated president gone too soon

“Death By Lightning,” premiering Thursday on Netflix, introduces itself as “a story about two men the world forgot,” and while it is undoubtedly true that few in 2025 will recognize the name Charles Guiteau, many will know James A. Garfield, given...

Spectacular Paradors of Spain

There was no traffic on the road ahead of us. In the far distance, beyond the rolling hills covered with olive groves, vineyards, and brilliant yellow mustard fields were the snow-covered mountains of the Pyrenees. We stopped on the side of the...

Portugal wants US, European fighter jet makers to compete for future deal

LISBON - Portugal wants to foster competition between makers of US-made F-35s and European advanced fighter jets in the replacement of its ageing fleet of F-16s in order to maximise benefits, Defence Minister Nuno Melo said on Nov 5. His latest...

LNG Freight Rates Surge By 50% As Europe Races To Refill Inventories

A month ago, global exports of liquefied natural gas hit an all-time high. They’re about to grow further, however, as winter in the northern hemisphere draws nearer and demand for heating soars. The first signs are already showing: LNG tanker...

Why is the Government playing chicken on climate with Europe?

Last month, Minister for Climate Darragh O’Brien brushed off warnings from the State’s fiscal and climate watchdogs as “back-of-the-envelope stuff”. Brushing aside a sober, peer-reviewed analysis by the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) and...

Private Sector Forum Calls For Stronger Business-Government Collaboration To Advance Inclusive And Sustainable Social Development

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Nations Global Compact, the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) today convened a Private...

US seeks UN nod to lift sanctions on Syrian President al-Sharaa ahead of White House visit

The United States is asking the UN Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad alSharaa and members of his government ahead of a historic visit to the White House. The United States is seeking UN Security Council approval to...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier calls on Otumfuo at Manhyia Palace 

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Federal Republic of Germany on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. The historic visit, the first of its kind, was to strengthen the relationship...

A Problem-Solving Politician for the Future

“This country will be the same as I grew up. One where I can wear my Star of David out as I did growing up. I want the same for my daughter and every Jewish American,” said Republican Ohio Rep. Max Miller, 36, in response to my question about the...

Tunisia: Rampant violations against refugees and migrants expose EU’s complicity risk

The Tunisian authorities have over the past three years increasingly dismantled protections for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, particularly Black people, with a dangerous shift towards racist policing and widespread human rights violations...

Ribbon’s Q3 public sector sales delayed by government shutdown

IP optical uptick Amidst a challenging quarter for the U.S. public sector market, Ribbon had a strong quarter in IP optical networks and cloud services, with sales rising 11% year-over-year to $91 million. Ribbon saw that IP Optical sales in...

Save me from John Lewis Britain

Watching the new John Lewis Christmas advert, I felt a loathing so visceral that it was almost — almost! — sexual. I could imagine the post-prandial ad-men, smug and sweaty around their Fitzrovia lunch table, brainstorming ideas for the 2025...