2023 is going to be the hottest year on record. How are Europe’s cities planning to adapt?
2023 is set to be the hottest year on record. With 2024 expected to be even warmer, is Europe prepared for what lays ahead?
Day: December 29, 2023
Game Mod on Steam Breached to Push Password-Stealing Malware
The Downfall fan expansion for the game Slay the Spire was breached on Christmas Day, distributing the Epsilon information stealer malware through the Steam update system.
L’Oréal heiress becomes world’s first woman to amass $100bn fortune
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, heiress of the French cosmetics giant L’Oréal, has become the first woman to surpass the $100 billion fortune milestone. Her company is on track for its best stock market performance in decades.
Red Sea crisis: Shipowners seek to cash-in from higher container ship charter rates
Liner operators willing to sail vessels to areas impacted by Houthi attacks will have to pay a significant charter market premium
U.K. archives show Parthenon marbles role in 2012 Olympics lobbying
The U.K. government tried to help Greece secure the Parthenon Marbles on loan two decades ago in a bid to drum up support for London’s 2012 Olympics’ bid, according to files released Friday.Internal British government correspondence from 2002 and 2003…
Floods in Europe: Hungary, Netherlands and Lithuania brace themselves
Parts of northern and central Europe continued to grapple with flooding on Thursday after heavy rain.
Hong Kong democracy activist Tony Chung flees to U.K. to seek asylum
Hong Kong democracy activist Tony Chung said Friday he had fled to Britain because he could no longer endure supervision from authorities, who had pressured him to become an informant and limited his work options.In 2021, Chung, then 20, became the yo…
Everyone can see the penguins – but only those with high IQ & 20/20 vision can find the sneaky crow in 7 seconds
ONLY those with hawk eyes can spot the sneaky crow in just seven seconds in this tricky brain teaser.
The penguins catch your eyes straight away in this optical illusion, but there is another bird lurking somewhere in the picture.
Can you spot …
South Korea approves plan to procure Lynx replacement
South Korea has approved a plan to replace the country’s ageing Westland WG13 Lynx Mk 99 maritime helicopter fleet amid other decisions on future rotary-wing-related…
‘Almost Naked’ party of Moscow elites sparks outrage in increasingly conservative Russia
A celebrity-studded “Almost Naked” party in Moscow’s famed Mutabor nightclub has drawn outrage from Russia’s political establishment, which has become increasingly po-faced since the assault on Ukraine.Footage showing Russian VIPs in lingerie and raun…