Month: July 2024

On July 1, 2024, protests erupted outside Wimbledon, targeting the championship’s partnership with Barclays. Demonstrators demanded that Barclays cease its financial support for arms companies supplying Israel with weapons, used in what they describe a…

BRITAIN-ELECTIONS Polling stations across the United Kingdom are open, with opinion polls suggesting the centre-left Labour party is on course to secure a big majority in the House of Commons and form a new government, after 14 years in opposition. Mov…

FOOTBALLCopa America quarter-final Argentina v Ecuador at 0100 Friday \- Euro 2024 rest day \- All Germany players fit for Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain, moving \- Neuer’s perfect quarter-final record a good omen for Germany? Moved \- Erdogan p…

A rejuvenated Grand Palais, major new exhibitions and a suburb with high hopes for the 2024 Summer Olympics: Paris has been doing itself up for its biggest sporting event in years. This week we’ve shown how Paris is being transformed for the hundreds o…

Italy saw a record number of visitors to its state-run museums in 2023, the Ministry of Culture said in Rome, as tourists flocked to the Mediterranean country’s impressive array of monuments and archaeological sites. Just under 58 million visits to Ita…

A French political adviser detained in Moscow last month is to remain in custody until August 5 for allegedly collecting Russian military information, after a Moscow court denied his appeal on Thursday. The man, who works for the Geneva-based Centre fo…

Myth 1: AI will cause widespread unemploymentOne of the most pervasive myths about AI is that it will decimate the workforce. But the opposite is apt to be true. Fact: AI will likely create far more jobs than it destroys A recent study revealed that AI…

Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart will lose two more key players in striker Serhou Guirassy and Germany defender Waldemar Anton, board member for sport Fabian Wohlgemuth confirmed on Thursday. “Both have informed us that they will leave the club,” Wo…

AI. It’s a technology that’s seemingly everywhere and that everyone’s talking about. So why isn’t AI already widely adopted for work? And how can you engage your workforce to embrace AI in their jobs? Read on for insights from the “2024 HP Work Relatio…

A leading opponent of the proposed Wisbech incinerator is urging people not to lose hope after a decision to deny a legal challenge to the scheme. News that a judge has denied Fenland District Council’s request for a judicial review of the plans by MVV…