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Finance Round-up, UK and Spain, July 9
Finance news. Credit: Pavel Danilyuk, Pexels UK climate finance FOREIGN Secretary David Lammy announced £12 million in disaster risk funding to help vulnerable nations respond faster to climate shocks (GOV.UK). The move, backed by UK investors,...

European Cinema Giant Vue Launches Epic, a New Premium Large Format Experience Going Up Against Imax
Vue, the largest privately owned cinema operator in Europe, is making a major push into the premium large format (PLF) space with the launch of a new experience it has branded “Epic.” The Epic format features the new HDR by Barco laser projection...

Notes from the Multipolar Global Front: Navigating Multinational Antitrust Merger Reviews
Recent developments have made navigating multinational antitrust merger reviews even more complex and replete with traps for the unwary. We discuss below recent developments in several jurisdictions (emphasizing the United States, the European...
Hair’s breadth ‘chapel on a chip’ demonstrates wonders of laser manufacturing
Sorbonne university’s Chapel of Saint Ursula has been a Parisian landmark for nearly four centuries, famous as the resting place of the 17th century statesman Cardinal Richelieu. Thanks to manufacturing science, the monumental icon now has a...

Arbitration’s 10-year damage
“The Philippine proxies are only hammering away at China, which exposes the targeted anti-China US agenda behind them“ The 10th anniversary of the so-called Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) tribunal award is coming up on July 12, and as...

Closing NATO’s Indo-Pacific Gap
The much-anticipated NATO summit in The Hague in late June accomplished its core objectives: securing a 5 percent defense pledge, managing U.S. President Donald Trump, and reaffirming a commitment to collective security. But the summit also drew...

Latvian investment agency claims successful half-year
“Following a slowdown caused by geopolitical uncertainty, investor interest in Latvia is starting to recover. This is evidenced not only by LIAA’s growing portfolio of investment projects, which currently includes 159 active projects with a total...

Jobs boost for Mayo as Hollister Ballina makes €80m investment
Hollister Ballina to add 50 new jobs to Ballina facility as Dara Calleary hails ‘terrific day’ for north Mayo town The company, which employs approximately 1,000 people in Ballina, has committed to a research and development investment and a...

Gatwick Airport cleaner plotted Russian-backed arson attack in Leyton as shocking footage released
Three British men have been found guilty of an arson attack on a warehouse on the Essex border linked to Ukraine on behalf of the Russian-backed terrorist Wagner Group. About £1 million of damage was caused by the blaze at an industrial unit in...

Multinational NATO Forces Conduct Live-Fire Training in Újmajor
Italian Centauro vehicles and armored vehicles, as well as Hungarian PzH self-propelled howitzers, Leopard tanks, drones, and helicopters took over the ‘Böszörményi Géza’ Central Training and Firing Range in Újmajor, western Hungary. Between June...

China Opens Up to More Tourists as the U.S. Under Trump Closes Itself Off
As the U.S. under President Donald Trump increasingly closes itself off from the world, denying entry to tourists amid a crackdown on border controls and migration, its geopolitical rival China, which has long been known for its relative...

St Pat's vs Hegelmann Prediction and Betting Tips | July 10, 2025
St Pat's and Hegelmann square off in the first leg of the UEFA Conference League first qualifying round on Thursday at Richmond Park. The hosts are coming off a goalless draw with Bohemians at the same venue in the Irish Premier Division over the...

UK arson attack trial reveals how Russia-linked operatives recruited ‘gig’ workers for terrorism
London CNN — Dylan Earl said he needed a “fresh start” in life. Unsatisfied by his prospects in his dreary English town, he decided to orchestrate a terrorist attack in London on behalf of a Russian mercenary group. If he’d had things his way, the...

Buenos Aires 2025 Publishers Fair to showcase over 300 participants
The 2025 Publishers’ Fair (FED) announced its line-up of activities, guests and participants, including more than 330 publishing houses from Latin America and Spain. Since its creation in 2013, the continuously-expanding Publishers’ Fair has...

BIO 2025: The world can’t wait – it needs to collaborate
Biotech is a global business, and we’re better for it, said experts at the 2025 Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) International Convention in Boston. International cooperation benefits the life sciences and is impossible to avoid,...

Star product: Roland DG Dimensor S
This unique machine is both an inkjet printer and a texture embellishment device in the same unit. What does it do? Dimensor S is a 1.6m wide format roll-to-roll printer that combines digital colour printing with raised ‘dimensional’ digital...

WhiteBIT Review 2025: Features, Fees, Pros & Cons
WhiteBIT has recently emerged as a modern-day innovative trading platform serving cryptocurrency traders in the mainstream market. Apart from simplifying the trading process, the platform has added value by introducing additional concepts, such as...
Boeing, Robinhood & EU, Datadog downgrade: Trending Tickers
00:00:07 Josh Now time for some today’s trending tickers, we’ll keep an eye on Boeing, Robinhood and Datadog. Let’s start with Boeing which has reported the highest quarterly delivery since 2023 with a hundred and fifty airplanes over the second...

EU ministers activate flexibility in EU fiscal rules for Bulgaria, 14 other EU states, to increase defence spending
European Union finance ministers activated on July 8 the national escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) for 15 member states to help facilitate their transition to higher defence spending at national level while ensuring debt...

Shas spiritual leader links death of troops in Gaza to students’ neglect of Torah
In an open letter to yeshiva students on Tuesday, former Sephardi chief rabbi and Shas spiritual leader Yitzhak Yosef asserted that the deaths of five IDF servicemen overnight in Gaza may have been caused by the students’ insufficient Torah study...