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Low turnout and an unfair voting system: UK elections ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe
The Conversation
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July 3, 2025
The UK has historically been held up as leading democracy with free and fair elections. However, our new report shows election quality in the UK is now ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe. The Global Electoral Integrity Report...
Arla Foods and DMK Group secure board approval for dairy merger
The Chemical Engineer
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DAIRY cooperatives Arla Foods and DMK Group have had their proposed merger approved by both boards of representatives. The new merged company will continue trading as Arla Foods and will be wholly owned by over 12,000 dairy farmers across northern...
JAO invests in next-generation auction platform to support ambitious EU electricity interconnection targets
Electrical Engineering
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June 10, 2025
Luxembourg, 10th June, 2025: Joint Allocation Office (JAO), which provides a one-stop-shop to support the European electricity capacity market, has announced an investment in its cross border auction platform. The next generation platform,...
In Paris, these extraordinary museums hide unique treasures
The Toronto Star
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Paris is a city of museums, nearly 150 by my unofficial count. Beyond the state-owned grandes dames — the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and Versailles (if you define a palace as a museum) — there are free city museums (the Petit Palais and the...
Notre Dame Law School Professors Sadie Blanchard and Sherif Girgis granted tenure and promoted to full professor
Notre Dame Law School - Indiana
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July 3, 2025
Two members of the Notre Dame Law School faculty, Sadie Blanchard and Sherif Girgis, have been granted tenure and promoted to full professor effective July 1, 2025. "Sadie Blandard and Sherif Girgis are both exemplary voices in legal scholarship....
Hong Kong jumps to become the 44th most liveable city in the world
Human Resources Online
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The SAR is among the top movers alongside Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Athens, and Luxembourg. Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released the Global Liveability Index 2025. Hong Kong has seen a significant improvement in its ranking by climbing six...
Abandoned coal mines could host 300GW of solar power, says report
E&T
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June 18, 2025
Repurposing abandoned coal mines as solar energy facilities could add a hefty 15% to the world’s capacity or 300GW in total, a report from the Global Energy Monitor (GEM) has found. Some 312 surface coal mines that have been idled and degraded...
West African Compliance Officers Convene in Lomé for 2nd Grand Meeting, July 8-9
Togo First
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(Togo First) - For the second consecutive year, Lome, Togo's capital, will host West African compliance and anti-money laundering experts on July 8 and 9. The GRCRO, organized by the Togolese Association of Compliance Officers (ATCO), brings...
Belgium and Turkey join the Drone Coalition
Babel
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The Steering Committee of the International Drone Coalition in Riga on June 2 supported the desire of Belgium and Turkey to join the group. There are now 20 participating states. All of them have pledged to allocate €2.75 billion this year to...
Lidl Belgium is nation’s first retailer to offer a plant-based minced beef mix
Food and Drink Technology
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July 2, 2025
Lidl Belgium is the first supermarket in the country to introduce a combination of 60% beef and 40% vegetable proteins in a plant-based minced beef mix. The product looks and tastes like classic minced beef, but has much lower CO₂ emissions, up to...
EIB Group backs Polish car platform VEHIS to boost SME financing, inclusion and green mobility
European Investment Fund
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VEHIS commits to originate PLN 2.6 billion of auto leases for the benefit of Polish SMEs. The new lending is enabled by a cash securitisation whereby VEHIS obtains funding from EIB and from an external investor backed by EIF. The operation will...
Cybersecurity Investors Back Tadaweb with $20 Million Round
TechNews180
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June 19, 2025
Tadaweb has secured a $20 million funding round led by prominent cybersecurity investors Arsenal Growth and Forgepoint Capital International. Existing investor Wendel also participated in the round, which aims to scale Tadaweb’s Small Data...
Amazon Prime Day starts tomorrow: Here's everything to know
ZDNet
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July 7, 2025
Tharon Green/ZDNETPrime Day is nearly here. Amazon confirmed in a June press release that its annual Prime Day event will return Tuesday, July 8, through Friday, July 11. For the first time ever, Prime Day will be a four-day extravaganza two days...
QS World University Rankings 2026: Full List of World’s Best Universities Here
Newsd
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June 19, 2025
Institutions Overall Rank in 2026 Overall Rank in 2025 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1 1 Imperial College London 2 2 Stanford University 3 6 University of Oxford 4 3 Harvard University 5 4 University of Cambridge 6 5 ETH Zurich...
RTL’s Big M&A Day: $1.3B Sale Of Dutch Networks Biz Gets Approval Hours After Sky Deutschland Deal
Deadline
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June 27, 2025
It’s been quite the busy morning for Luxembourg-based RTL Group. Following the announcement it is buying Sky Deutschland for €150M ($175M), the €1.1B sale of Dutch arm RTL Nederland to DPG Media has been given the greenlight by authorities. Dutch...
Chaos, flight cancellations & delays: France throws summer travel into disarray
The Economic Times
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July 3, 2025
French air traffic controllers began a two-day strike on Thursday to protest over staff shortages and ageing equipment, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations just as the summer season gets under way. France's civil aviation agency DGAC told...
Future Food Quick Bites: Protein Coffee, Beyond Meat x Lacrosse & Plant-Based Pakistan
Green Queen
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July 2, 2025
5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Chike Nutrition’s plant protein coffees, a sunflower seed meat alternative, and US physicians’ letter to the government....
French air traffic controllers' walkout disrupts early summer season travel
Times LIVE
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French air traffic controllers began a two-day strike on Thursday to protest over staff shortages and ageing equipment, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations as the summer season gets under way. France's civil aviation agency DGAC told...
Cl0p Ransomware’s Exfiltration Process Exposes RCE Vulnerability
GBHackers
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July 3, 2025
A newly disclosed vulnerability in the Python-based data-exfiltration utility used by the notorious Cl0p ransomware group has exposed the cybercrime operation itself to potential attack. The flaw, cataloged as GCVE-1-2025-0002, was identified by...
The Protocol: Polygon, Once a Scaling Leader, Eyes a Revamp
CoinDesk
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Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. We’re Margaux Nijkerk and Sam Kessler, CoinDesk’s Tech & Protocols team. In this issue: STORY CONTINUES BELOW Sandeep Nailwal...