In the autumn of 2001, a young French student called Clément Beaune arrived at Dublin airport to begin a year’s study at Trinity College under the EU’s Erasmus scholarship programme. It was Beaune’s first trip to Ireland and the taxi driver pointed out historic sites, including the General Post Office. “He showed me the bullet […]
The European Court of Human Rights finally has the opportunity to take on climate change. And it is taking it seriously, thanks to a group of 8 to 21-year-olds. In September 2020, four children and two young adults from Portugal – all witness to the extreme heat and wildfires that have ravaged their home region […]
Issued on: 04/12/2020 – 23:30 Advertising Read more Rio de Janeiro (AFP) Rio de Janeiro’s shopping malls will stay open 24 hours a day through Christmas, authorities announced Friday, hoping to avoid overcrowding amidst a second wave of coronavirus. The move goes against the recommendations of scientists who are advocating new restrictions in the Brazilian […]
Ukraine’s parliament voted on December 4 to reimpose penalties for officials who provide false information about their incomes, defying an earlier ruling from the nation’s highest court. Ukraine’s Constitutional Court in October annulled key parts of the nation’s anti-corruption legislation, sparking a widespread backlash at home and abroad. The decision threatened Western financial aid to […]
Zephr has raised $ 8 million in a new funding round led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (owned by media giant Bertelsmann). The London-headquarted startup’s customers already include publishers like McClatchy, News Corp Australia, Dennis Publishing and PEI Media. CEO James Henderson told me via email that rather than creating “a monolithic product that tries […]
Eric Tan Contributor Eric Tan is Senior Vice President of IT and Business Services Coupa, a leader in business spend management and a former Battery portfolio company. Scott Goering Contributor Ever since the pandemic hit the U.S. in full force last March, the B2B tech community keeps asking the same questions: Are businesses spending more […]
Image: ZDNet A change made in the Google Chrome browser in October has impacted the performance of the Google Fonts service for millions of websites. The change is an update to Chrome’s internal cache system. A browser’s cache system works by serving as a temporary storage system for images, CSS, and JavaScript files used by websites. Files […]
Singapore has finally unveiled four successful bidders for its digital bank licences, one fewer than the five it was expected to issue. Alibaba’s Ant Group, joint bidders Singtel and Grab, as well as internet services company Sea have each snagged a licence, and are expected to begin operations from early-2022. The announcement comes months after […]
MSC Cruises will temporarily pause the operation of MSC Grandiosa later this month as regulations change in Italy. The line will also move the planned restart of operations onboard MSC Magnifica back to January. The move follows the introduction of new Covid-19 related measure for the Christmas and New Year period by the Italian government. […]
Getty Images It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas, with festive singles accounting for more than half of this week’s UK top 40 chart. Twenty-one seasonal songs appear in the latest rundown, led by Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You. Mariah is at number two, kept off the top spot by […]