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Fact-check: Are immigrants in Germany taking advantage of the welfare state?
The Local - Germany
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July 9, 2025
Germany’s Bundestag debated the national budget on Wednesday and the far-right AfD party leapt at the chance to blame immigrants for feeding off the welfare state. The data, however, suggests that the reality is quite different. What is the...
German robotics company Filics secures €13.5 million to expand and roll out its robotics platform
EU Startups
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July 7, 2025
Munich-based robotics company Filics, developer of innovative solutions for autonomous load carrier handling, today announced the successful completion of its €13.5 million financing round to expand product development and the robotics platform,...
German city demands return of Russian oil
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN) Officials in the German town of Schwedt are urging the lifting of sanctions on Russian oil due to mounting difficulties at the local refinery that has traditionally relied on Russian crude, Politico reported on Friday, citing local...
Former ASML employee gets jail sentence for leaking tech files to Russian contact
Channel News Asia
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July 10, 2025
ROTTERDAM :A Dutch court on Thursday sentenced a former employee of semiconductor firms ASML and NXP to three years in prison for sharing sensitive company technology with a contact in Russia, in violation of European Union sanctions. The...
Flashes of Brilliance: The 19th-Century Innovations That Shaped Modern Photography
Literary Hub
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July 17, 2025
Imagine, for a moment, that you’re in London in the mid-1840s, and you’ve decided to have your portrait taken by a photographer for the very first time. The studio is open only during daylight hours, so in an English winter it closes around 4...
Europe 2035: Innovation vs. regulation
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 17, 2025
While global competitors streamline regulation to attract talent and scale innovation, Europe remains hamstrung by red tape. A robot at the Microsoft booth at the Hannover Messe 2025 trade fair in Germany, on March 31, 2025. © Hannover Messe 2025,...
BAE Systems rejects claims from union that Lancashire jobs are at risk
Blog Preston
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July 10, 2025
BAE Systems employs 12,000 people across its Samlesbury and Warton sites 5,600 at Samlesbury and 6,400 at Warton. At Warton the final assembly of Typhoons takes place, The Samlesbury plant manufactures the UK workshare of Typhoon major units which...
Recruiter Page Group sees profits plunge amid jobs market slowdown as UK firms cut back on hiring
This Is Money
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July 10, 2025
UK profits sank 13.4% to £46.5m in the first half of the year By JANE DENTON Updated: 05:49 EDT, 10 July 2025 Page Group has posted a sharp drop in half year profits as the recruitment sector suffers a slowdown in the jobs market and economic...
Nathaniel Moran discusses CCP threat, IRS policy shift & US-Germany LNG trade
Upper East Texas News
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July 9, 2025
U.S. Rep. Nathaniel Moran representing Texas' 1st Congressional District | Official U.S. House headshotU.S. Rep. Nathaniel Moran representing Texas' 1st Congressional District | Official U.S. House headshot Congressman Nathaniel Moran,...
Ex-ASML, NXP employee sentenced to three year jail term for sharing corporate secrets
Channel News Asia
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July 10, 2025
ROTTERDAM :A Dutch court on Thursday sentenced a former employee of semiconductor firms ASML and NXP to three years in prison for sharing sensitive company technology with a contact in Russia, in violation of European Union sanctions. The District...
US Stocks Mixed; Initial Jobless Claims Fall
Benzinga
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U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 100 points on Thursday. Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.24% to 44,564.14 while the NASDAQ declined 0.44% to 20,520.54. The S&P 500 also fell,...
Tech layoffs 2025: Intel to cut over 500 jobs, impacting several critical positions including software engineers
Financial Express
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Intel is preparing to eliminate more than 500 positions in Oregon as part of a sweeping reorganization that may impact up to 20% of its global staff. The layoffs are scheduled to commence on July 15. This development comes on the heels of a...
Page Group reports significant profit drop amid challenging UK job market conditions
BusinessLive
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July 10, 2025
PageGroup has disclosed a substantial drop in half-year profits as recruitment firms wrestle with a jobs market downturn and global trade uncertainties. Gross profit tumbled 12.3 per cent to £389.3m year-on-year on a reported basis, with the UK...
Gisele Fetterman's 'heartbreak' as her husband sides with Trump on ICE despite her own illegal migrant experience
Daily Mail
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July 17, 2025
Gisele Fetterman said that 'every single day is a heartbreak' as she's watched President Donald Trump implement his promised mass deportation plan. The wife of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is opening up about her unexpected journey from...
BIG setback for employees of this IT giant, set to fire hundreds of employees due to..., Not Narayana Murthy's Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Microsoft, Google
DNA India
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This move follows another round of layoffs at Intel’s Santa Clara headquarters in California, where 107 employees were recently let go. Intel Corp. plans to fire 529 employees in Oregon this month as part of a cost-cutting initiative that may...
Lidl marks 25 years with 700 employed in Cork
The Southern Star
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LIDL Ireland is marking 25 years of trading in Ireland with more than 700 people employed by the German retailer across county Cork in 2024. The supermarket chain has come a long way since opening its first stores in Ireland in 2000, a report...
Dublin cabin crew jobs 'at risk of redundancy' as TUI makes changes to summer flights
Dublin Live
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July 10, 2025
Dublin-based cabin crew jobs with TUI are "at risk of redundancy" as the tourism company is set to make changes to its Irish flights after this summer. The German travel giant will move to a partner airlines model for future summer seasons after...
My seven-country campervan holiday with my adult daughter took us back to her childhood
The i paper
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July 17, 2025
A nostalgic, 1,350 mile trip featured 'wild camping', plenty of food stops and reminiscing about decades past The simulator jolts forward at an alarming angle as my daughter, Kate, “takes off” for a 100km per hour ski jump at Holmenkollen,...
Rep. David Kustoff discusses legislative achievements and local outreach on social media
NW Tennessee News
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July 16, 2025
Rep. David Kustoff, U.S. Congressman representing Tennessee’s 8th district since 2017, recently highlighted his legislative activities and community engagement through a series of posts on social media.On July 15, 2025, Kustoff shared his...
PageGroup sees jobs market remain under pressure amid tariff uncertainty
Express & Star
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July 10, 2025
Recruitment giant PageGroup has flagged tariff uncertainty weighing on the jobs market as it revealed further trading woes and axed more roles to save costs. The firm saw gross profit drop 13.1% in the second quarter – down 10.5% with currency...