Germany: the eight-hour day is in the coalition deal, not struck from the law
German working-time law is still eight hours a day. Up to ten, with time off in lieu. Between shifts, eleven h...
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Elcen, after the failed auction: bilateral offers at 1,160 lei/MWh. Not a closed sale
Electrocentrale Bucuresti has left the failed auction through a side door. After nobody bought the winter pack...
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Trump cut the credits. Solar slowed. On Crux’s paper, the money did not stop
The Financial Times, 18 October: Trump, back in the House, wants to cut renewables in favour of fossil fuels....
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Chile has its first cloned horse. Capacidad 1, a polo mare, not a human protocol
On 26 September, in the O’Higgins region, Capacidad 1 was born. El País: an identical copy of the polo mare Ca...
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The kiwi waits for Thursday’s CPI. 4.1 is June. 3.8 is ANZ. It is not the print
On Thursday, 22 October, Stats NZ publishes the third-quarter CPI. Bloomberg, on Monday, put the New Zealand d...
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Vietnam signed with EFTA in Hanoi. The deal is not in force. It is not the EU
Vietnam signed a free-trade agreement in Hanoi on Sunday, 18 October, with the European Free Trade Association...
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Isak turns the match. Liverpool beat Brentford, the hosts finish with nine
On Saturday, at the Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford led. Then they were ten. Then they lost. Liverpool turn...
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Pete Fry, Green mayor of Vancouver. Sim is out. The figures are still unofficial
Pete Fry is Vancouver’s mayor-elect. The first Green in the chair. Ken Sim, of ABC, is out. Saturday. Unoffici...
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10 km at Tarna Mare, red stripe: town hall, Tarna Băi, Văgaș
At Tarna Mare, in Oaș, close to the Ukrainian border, Salvamont Satu Mare has marked 10 kilometres. Start: the...
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Polanski will not scrap the motion. He says the application of Zionism is racist
Zack Polanski, leader of the Greens in England and Wales, said on Sunday, 18 October, on the BBC that he would...
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Kansas, 2014: 30,000 registrations cut. SAVE America is still not law
Donald Trump wants, for the November elections, proof of citizenship and, in his version, a passport at the po...
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Bordeanu: Duster and Bigster are not guaranteed at Mioveni. Morocco power is under half
Dacia chief Mihai Bordeanu said out loud what press releases had avoided: output at Mioveni is down 10-11% on...
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Puzder threatens counter-measures. The satellite-to-phone spectrum is not yet divided
Andrew Puzder, the US ambassador to the EU, spoke to the Financial Times on Sunday. NOS took it up: if Brussel...
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Gozun wants an algorithm for sport money. The draft gives 41% to C1, 6% to C5
Petru Gozun, president of Moldova’s Dance Sport Federation, is asking for a transparent algorithm for public s...
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Homan: Omar could be denaturalized. An investigation, not a conviction
Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s “border czar”, was asked on Saturday, on Fox News, whether the investiga...
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Felipe VI, in Ceuta: sovereignty is not negotiable. The border is the Union’s
Tuesday, 13 October, at Parador Las Murallas, after 7.30pm. Felipe VI, his first official visit to Ceuta since...
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Pope Leo, adenocarcinoma: the right lobe is out. He announced the surgery himself
Pope Leo XIV announced the operation himself, at the Angelus on 11 October. On Tuesday, 13 October, surgeons a...
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Without a neonatologist, Criuleni’s maternity stands idle. Births, in Chișinău
The maternity ward at Criuleni District Hospital is standing idle. The only neonatologist resigned in July 202...
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Lucie Aubrac's archive, in shops on 21 October. Convert gathers her voice beyond 1943
Le Monde published, on 18 October 2026, extracts from “Lucie Aubrac par Lucie”, a book due on 21 October from...
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Commission: EU jobs improved, unevenly. It is not a law
Job quality in the European Union has improved over the past decade, especially in pay, job security and worki...
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A school roof fell in Peshawar. The death tallies do not match
On Thursday, 15 October, in Peshawar, a roof fell on a classroom. Al-Khair, a private school, Afridi Abad. The...
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How much AI is in Spain’s bestsellers. Pangram sees percentages, not intent
EL PAÍS put 119 popular books from 2025–26 through a detector. Pangram. Amazon.es, Casa del Libro, prizes. In...
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Sisi says he leaves in 2030. The 30-month programme is an intention, not a law
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday, 17 October, at the Military Academy in the New Administrative...
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The deficit, 3.82% of GDP at nine months. The full-year target is still 6.2%
The Finance Ministry took the nine-month outturn into the 16 October cabinet meeting. The general government d...
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Spain's Supreme Court keeps the voting suspension for 163,020 on the CERA. Not a ruling on the law
Spain’s Supreme Court is keeping the suspension of voting rights for 163,020 people on the register of absent...
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Saada, nine dead after an airstrike. Najran, six injured. Two shores, two tallies
Sunday, two shores, two tallies. In Saada, northern Yemen, the Houthi Health Ministry announced an airstrike o...
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Trump, 33-36% nationally. MAGA holds him at 95, the rest of the GOP at 47. Midterms, not sanctions
Three national polls put Donald Trump’s approval, in October 2026, at 33, 34 and 36 per cent. Axios laid them...
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AP Top 25: Miami at No. 1, first time since 2002. Not a single rank held still
Not a single rank held still. The AP, on Sunday, after the 17 October games: Miami at 1, for the first time si...
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Romania’s cadets take sabre gold in Budapest, 45-44 against Hungary
This is not the senior team from Antony. It is the Mate-Huniber Cup, Budapest, 17–18 October, the European Cad...
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Clooney and Porter, an Italian restaurant in Cotignac. Works underway, not open
George Clooney is preparing, with Canadian Graham Porter, an Italian restaurant in Cotignac, in the Var. Var-M...
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Toru Utsumi dances in the rain in Shinjuku. A million fans, a nervous salaryman
The typhoon was heading for Tokyo. Shinjuku Chuo Park was filling with rain. Parents, umbrellas, tourists indo...
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Romania still has €6.43 billion to draw from the NRRP. The Commission, by 20 November
On Friday the Finance Ministry counted what is still to be drawn. €6.43 billion from the NRRP. €2.08 billion f...
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