Google to fund Finnish AI with €13bn investment and nuclear power pact
Google will buy up to half the electricity produced by one of Finland’s nuclear power plants as part of a record €13bn (£11bn; $15bn) investment in the country’s AI infrastructure, the company announced. The US tech giant said the package…
How a French Foreign Legion soldier dramatically escaped Colombian captors
A French Foreign Legion soldier overpowered one of his Colombian captors and then jumped into a river with his hands tied in a dramatic escape from a guerrilla group that reads like the plot of a thriller. A senior Colombian military source told AFP on…
Mother demands answers, weeks after black woman found hanging from Mississippi tree
Spivey last saw her daughter alive on 26 July, when Fortune had travelled from Mississippi, where she had lived for roughly the last decade, to Kentucky, where Spivey lives, for a family reunion. The next time she saw her daughter – in a funeral…
Céline Dion’s return to France: A French love affair
Céline Dion’s hotly anticipated return to the stage is scheduled for this Saturday in Paris – the first of more than 16 concerts in the French capital in September and October. The shows mark a major milestone for 58-year-old Dion after years away from…
Uganda pulling out of Prince Harry’s Invictus Games
The Ugandan military chief’s announcement follows a letter sent this week on behalf of the King which made clear that Prince Harry and Meghan, who have now returned to the UK, were not working royals. A report in The Times newspaper quoted the…
France’s record heatwave pushes champagne alcohol levels to historic high
Drinking this year’s champagne might give you a heftier headache as France‘s record heatwaves are forcing some producers to up the alcohol levels, industry officials said Wednesday. French authorities have allowed champagne houses to make…
White House pulls Tetris-style ‘Build The Wall’ game after copyright concern
The White House has taken down a Tetris-style game on its website called «Build The Wall», days after The Tetris Company raised concerns over its use of the game’s likeness. The game, which saw players stack blocks to build a wall to «protect the…
Rungis market chief on supply chains and feeding the world – Entre Nous
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Germany’s Merz attacks AfD in parliament after far-right election win
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has clashed with AfD leader Alice Weidel in parliament, calling her party a «destructive force» with a migration policy that amounts to «ethnic cleansing» for skilled workers. Merz was addressing the Bundestag in the…
Serbia’s Vucic calls snap elections after nearly two years of protests
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday dissolved parliament and called snap parliamentary elections for October 25, a key demand of the country’s long-running protest movement. Parliamentary elections were not due until December 2027, but…