Europe’s coffin-makers warn Chinese imports could be death knell for industry

The coalition is concerned that such shipments could escape accurate recording in import statistics, obscuring the true extent of Chinese competition. This has led to a hypothesis that manufacturers have dubbed the “IKEA…

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Everything that went wrong with Spain’s high-speed railways

Spain’s transport ministry says the preliminary investigation points to a chain of failures. After a computer malfunction knocked out the German-made signaling system installed in 1992, railway network officials took…

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Healey backs away from cutting welfare cost amid warnings of public finance shortfall

Experts rounded on Healey's steady-as-she-goes budget on Thursday, with the Institute for Fiscal Studies saying he had left himself a mountain to climb by ducking big tax and spending decisions. In a damning analysis…

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Left-wing Berlin mayor candidate’s private Hamas remarks complicate coalition talks

Eralp acknowledged that boundaries had been crossed at some campaign events. The journalists then asked whether she was referring to Ibrahim Ibrahim, a pro-Palestinian agitator who attended the Left Party’s…

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EU governments helpless as energy prices soar to four-year highs

But it does not … solve the long-term,” Polish Secretary of State for Energy Wojciech Wrochna told reporters. High prices “will regulate demand by itself,” Swedish Energy Minister Ebba Busch told reporters. Fossil fuel…

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MP apologises over bullying and harassment

It comes as the Independent Expert Panel published a report requiring Tony Vaughan to apologise for breaching Parliament's bullying and harassment policy. The MP for Folkestone and Hythe was found by the Parliamentary…

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For disabled people, a simple game of football comes with a terrifying price tag: their benefits

Yet many fear that participating in sport could jeopardise the financial support they rely on. This is the Activity Trap, and it must end. For most people, playing football is an opportunity to exercise, enjoy themselves…

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The Guardian view on a changing Brexit debate: Kemi Badenoch is trapped in denial | Editorial

Or they should be. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has moved discussions of European solidarity from the realm of abstraction to a matter of urgent defence partnership. Donald Trump's presidency in the US, marked by…

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The Guardian view on online harms: Ofcom is failing at its job | Editorial

Campaigners said that they were dismayed but not surprised that the proportion of children viewing harmful content has stayed the same despite a raft of measures in the Online Safety Act designed to protect them.…

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Carney frames C$1.6B AI investment as national security imperative

“Canada is taking a major step forward in artificial intelligence.” In a pre-summit speech earlier Thursday in Montreal, von der Leyen cited April’s multi-billion dollar merger between Cohere and German counterpart Aleph…

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