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dormakaba acquires German maker of data centre access control solutions
dormakaba has acquired TANlock, a German provider of high-security access solutions for data centres and other critical infrastructure. Founded in 2018, TANlock employs team of approximately 30 professionals. TANlock’s intelligent access control...

Nissan’s last-ditch SOS to Foxconn: Will this EV deal save 3,900 jobs?
Nissan is making a high-stakes gamble to save its Oppama plant by teaming up with Foxconn, Apple’s largest contract manufacturer, as it faces a threat of closure. Nissan Motor is rolling the dice and taking its chances as it’s in talks with...

He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to
Follow Born on a US military base, the son of a US citizen father serving in the Army, Jermaine Thomas never considered he might not be American. A month ago, he found himself shackled at the wrists and ankles and forced aboard a flight for...

Putin’s secret agents are targeting UK ports and airports ‘as punishment for Ukraine’
Vladimir Putin is sending Russian spies deeper into Europe and the UK to try to destabilise the continent with cyber attacks and disruption at ports and airports as punishment for supporting Ukraine, the British government says. Hybrid warfare...

50,000 Northeast people to get maritime jobs in 10 years, says Union minister
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, on Sunday announced that 50,000 people from the Northeast region will be employed in India’s maritime sector over the next ten years. Addressing a press conference at Vivanta in...

Richard Esling, On the Grapevine: The vibrant realm of the new wave of modern German wines
Germany, long celebrated for its Rieslings and Spätburgunders, is experiencing a thrilling renaissance. The new wave of modern German wines is redefining the country's vinicultural identity, blending tradition with innovation in ways that...

Hell in North Germany
A review of The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück by Lynne Olson, 384 pages, Random House (June 2025) Tell it to the world. ~a Frenchwoman on her way to the gas chamber. The Ravensbrück concentration camp was constructed in late 1938 about fifty miles...

Bookish creator reveals plot device he stole from Doctor Who - 'it does the same job'
Doctor Who served as inspiration for Mark Gatiss as he launched his latest project, Bookish. He even confessed this to "stealing" from Russell T. Davies. Following his portrayal of Sherlock's brother Mycroft, Mark Gatiss ventures deeper into...

Danny Rohl's assistant in line to succeed wantaway German as new Sheffield Wednesday boss
Henrik Pedersen is set to succeed Danny Rohl as boss of crisis club Sheffield Wednesday. The Dane, 47, was Rohl's assistant at Hillsborough as the highly-rated German staged a great escape to keep the club in the Championship before steering the...

9 Regional Beef Sandwiches Every Food Lover Should Try At Least Once
What would Philadelphia be without a cheesesteak? Or Chicago without Italian beef? Pastrami sandwiches are as quintessential to New York City as yellow cabs, and Angelenos know that a French dip does not originate in France. Sure, the hamburger is...
Euronext Launches The First Phase Of Its Strategic Multi-Year Repo Expansion Initiative - This Initiative Expands Access, Improves Collateral Usage, And Positions Euronext As A Leading Central Counterparty (CCP) For European Repo Markets
Euronext today announced the launch of the Repo Foundation, the first phase of a bold, multi-year strategy to expand access, improve margin efficiency, and challenge legacy models in Europe’s secured financing markets. As a cornerstone of...

German Government Still in Talks With Thyssenkrupp Over Naval Spin-Off
By Miranda Murray and Anneli Palmen DUESSELDORF, July 2 (Reuters) – The German government is still in talks with Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE over a spin-off of its naval ship building division TKMS, officials said on Wednesday, after a report said Berlin...
Germany’s Social Democrats reaffirm rearmament and Great Power policy
Anyone who followed the Social Democratic Party (SPD) congress in Berlin last weekend must again answer the question—“Are there any limits to the decline and political bankruptcy of the Social Democrats?”—with a resounding “No.” Ahead of the...

Payson Community Unit School District 1 Board of Education met June 18
Payson Community Unit School District 1 Board of Education met June 18. Here are the minutes provided by the board: CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Lisa Schwartz called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Roll was taken with the following members present:...

Liverpool report: Bayern Munich given green light to close Luis Diaz move
Liverpool may soon be open to sanctioning Luis Diaz’s proposed move to Bayern Munich if one condition is met. The Reds have been focused firmly on incomings so far this summer, with Florian Wirtz chief among them in his £116m...

Dow To Shut 3 European Plants, Cut 800 Jobs
Home business Dow To Shut 3 European Plants, Cut 800 Jobs Global chemical companies are feeling the pressure to reassess strategies, with the European Union's increasing production costs, lackluster demand and stringent environmental regulations....

German Lawyer Who Wants To Ban AfD Set To Be Elected to Constitutional Court
Nominated by the social democratic party SPD but also backed by Chancellor Merz’s ’center-right’ CDU, 54-year-old law professor Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf is tapped to later this month become one of the two new members of Germany’s highest judicial...

UN denounces Germany over plans to deport people back to Afghanistan
The UN criticized Germany on Friday over its plans to deport Afghans back to their country, which is still under the control of the Taliban regime. This comes after German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt unveiled his plans to speak directly...

Intel layoffs begin: Chipmaker is cutting many thousands of jobs
Intel began laying off employees across the company Monday, notifying workers individually about whether they will keep their jobs. New CEO Lip-Bu Tan told workers in April to expect major layoffs in the coming months as the chipmaker slashes...

AI is already replacing jobs in Europe, and no one’s tracking it.
A worker protests against job displacement caused by artificial intelligence in Europe. Credit: Tatyana via Canva.com Across Europe, artificial intelligence has become a significant employment opportunity. You wouldn’t know it from the headlines,...