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WorldOct 30On Europe's data center construction sites, workers are exploited amid climate of 'terror'A five-month investigation by Investigate Europe with partners in eight countries, including 'Le Monde,' reveals the multiplication of dangerous practices on data center construction sites in several European countries.Le Monde [en]
ConflictOct 30Ukraine pauses attacks on Russian oil refineries under Trump's pressureNOS Buitenland
ConflictOct 30Russian forces attack industrial facility in Kremenchuk districtUkrinform [en]
DisasterOct 30Questions and answers about the Urda accident: what the audios between the train drivers and the control center explain and what they don'tEspecialistas del sector analizan de forma pormenorizada los audios del día de la tragediaEl País
DisasterOct 3070 relatives await the worst news inside the Toledo parish house: "The hours passing are killing us. Nobody tells us anything"En la Casa de Ejercicios El Buen Pastor, los allegados de los desaparecidos del tren pasan las horas tras hacerse una prueba de ADN para identificarlosEl País
DisasterOct 30Antonio woke up among the train wreckage and tried to protect his wife: "I wanted to cover her with my arms, but I couldn't move them"Toñi Barba estuvo desaparecida 24 horas mientras su hija la buscaba sin descanso. No sobrevivió al accidente. Él permanece ingresado en la UCI en ToledoEl País
BusinessOct 30Atocha Control Center, a hundred operators between traffic pressure and cutting-edge softwareLos sindicatos critican las duras condiciones de trabajo y la continua rotación en el epicentro de la gestión de la red de alta velocidad de Adif, mientras la empresa defiende el refuerzo de la plantilla desde 2018El País
DisasterOct 30Atocha controllers ordered the wrong protocol to be followed before the crash between the AVE and Iryo: "I was getting confused"El País
DisasterOct 30The calls between Atocha and the train drivers before the Urda crash, explained phrase by phraseLos audios difundidos de las comunicaciones entre el centro de control, el AVE y el Iryo están llenos de términos técnicos, pero también de incertidumbre ante una situación anómala. Y recogen una orden claveEl País
PoliticsOct 30Germany news: Friedrich Merz calls for global free trade alliance during Asia tripChancellor Friedrich Merz's comments come at the end of his multi-day tour. Meanwhile, President Steinmeier is set to hold talks with Xi Jinping. DW has more.DW News [en]
WorldOct 30Sitla Estate, Mukteshwar: Why this 40 acre Himalayan retreat has just 12 roomsAfter leaving Mumbai in 1998, Vikram Maira turned his family’s holiday home and orchard in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon hills into an intimate Himalayan retreat where thoughtful cooking, a close-knit local team and personal attention matter more than expansionThe Hindu
Sci & TechOct 30Psychology says that doodling and drawing without a purpose activates the brain's reward circuit: a Drexel University study showed how neuronal activation occurredNo hace falta ser artista para que dibujar resulte gratificante.La investigación demostró que la mayor activación de las neuronas apareció mientras los participantes garabateaban libremente.Clarín
Sci & TechOct 30How Ireland plans to beat the data center backlashEurope’s tech capital is the ’canary in the coalmine’ for the world’s data center dilemma.Politico Europe
BusinessOct 305 things Westminster doesn’t really know about the UK economy (but probably should)From immigration to the number of rough sleepers on Britain's streets, experts tell POLITICO's Westminster Insider that the data used in government is notoriously patchy.Politico Europe
BusinessOct 3011 EU countries vow to release 42.6 million barrels of oil after G7 pledgeEU member states, including France, Germany and Italy, said in a statement on Thursday that they would release the oil from their strategic reserves by the end of January 2027, including 20.5 million barrels of diesel.Le Monde [en]
ConflictBreakingOct 30Russian Strikes Result in 20 Fatalities Across Ukraine, 14 Casualties at Dnipro Railway Stationthecsrjournal · india
WorldOct 30Sneak peek: Inside the new Milwaukee Public Museum buildingGet a look inside the new Milwaukee Public Museum building, scheduled to open in early 2027 with a planetarium, live butterflies and a Wisconsin exhibit.wisn · united states of america
WorldOct 30Hong Kong’s M+ forges new alliance with MoMA and Centre Pompidou to redefine museum loansHong Kong’s M+ museum, New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Centre Pompidou in Paris signed an agreement on October 30 to establish a three-way cultural alliance, aiming to redefine how visual culture is collected, exhibited and shared globally. The framework agreement, signed at M+ in the West Kowloon Cultural District, departs from conventional short-term blockbuster touring exhibitions and fee-based satellite franchises. With no money changing hands, the institutions will focus on...South China Morning Post
PoliticsOct 30Beyond the battlefield: Crisis communication as a national security imperative, By Mukhtar Ya’u MadobiIn the digital age, protecting Nigeria increasingly means protecting the integrity of the information environment in which Nigerians make decisions. The institutions that understand this earliest, prepare for it seriously and communicate most credibly will be better positioned not merely to manage crises, but to prevent misinformation from becoming a crisis of its own. When […] The post Beyond the battlefield: Crisis communication as a national security imperative, By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times
WorldOct 30WATCH: 'Terrifying' moment masked men break into home in Bradford districtTHIS VIDEO shows the terrifying moment three masked men break into a home in the early hours of Sunday morning.ilkleygazette_uk · united kingdom
PoliticsOct 30‘Identity crisis’: UK passes British Nationality Bill in 1981 – SCMP archiveA matter of identity By Christopher Wood This article was first published on October 31, 1981 The passage of the British Nationality Bill through Parliament has proved an emotional issue for Hongkong, sparking off fears that the Colony is sliding into political limbo. As Hongkong-born British subjects lost their right of residence in the United Kingdom back in 1962, the strength of feeling against the legislation has surprised many, including probably the British Government. But such a view...South China Morning Post
PoliticsOct 30Who’s afraid of whom in Brussels?POLITICO’s Halloween guide to who — and what — lurks in EU nightmares.Politico Europe
PoliticsOct 30Britain by numbers: everything we don’t know about the countryBudgets are all about numbers: growth, inflation, unemployment, headroom. So this week on Westminster Insider, Sascha and Pat look into the numbers behind Britain’s economy — and just how much government policy is really made up of guesswork, rather than solid measurements. Sascha talks to Dr Laura Gilbert, the former director of data at Number […]Politico Europe
PoliticsOct 30Burnham tries to avoid a slavery reparations ‘disaster’The upcoming summit of Commonwealth countries threatens a reckoning with Britain’s imperial past — and a baptism of fire for its new prime minister.Politico Europe