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Spain orders removal of more than 65,000 Airbnb tourist rentals it says violate regulations
Many Spaniards blame short-term rentals on platforms like Airbnb for worsening housing shortages.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:
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US should change the narrative about the opioid crisis if it wants Chinaโs full support
While exerting pressure abroad, Trump should ensure resources at home that ease fentanyl crisis are not affected by his budget cuts.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Chinese crane maker raises questions over US tariff plans: โnot a real remedyโ
Company says higher duties on Chinese cranes would just increase costs for American ports. The US ports association agrees.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Organized crime groups increasingly embedded in gold supply chain
The global drive for renewable energy technologies has sharply increased demand for so-called critical minerals, heightening the risk of crime, corruption, and instability across supply chains as organised crime groups infiltrate the mining industry.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Afghanistanโs returnees at a crossroads between collapse and recovery
Afghanistan stands at a critical juncture, where the large-scale return of refugees could either plunge the country deeper into crisis or contribute to a path of renewal and stability.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount
Aid is trickling into Gaza after nearly three months of blockade, but it remains far from enough to meet the soaring humanitarian needs, UN Spokesperson Stรฉphane Dujarric said on Tuesday.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:โSilence is complicity,โ warns activist who fled DPR Korea
When human rights activist Eunju Kim was 11, her mother and older sister left, telling her they were going in search of food. For six days and six nights, Ms. Kim counted from one to 100 over and over again, desperate for their return.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:90 days to economic collapse: UN and experts sound alarm over security at sea
The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday urged world powers to uphold international maritime law and overcome geopolitical rivalries, warning that growing threats are endangering global trade, marine ecosystems and international peace.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:โKeep the lights onโ for women and girls caught up in crisis
Women and girls living through humanitarian crises are at risk of being overlooked โ just as they are at their most vulnerable.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics
After three years of negotiations sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, countries have adopted the worldโs first-ever international agreement to better prevent, prepare for, and respond to future pandemics. The new accord marks a major step towards ensuring stronger global cooperation to protect lives and avoid the devastating consequences of future outbreaks.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:AI threatens one in four jobs โ but transformation, not replacement, is the real risk
Women and clerical workers face the highest risk of their roles being radically transformed by Artificial Intelligence, prompting calls for inclusive policy responses.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Salvadoran lawyer and Bukele critic Ruth Lรณpez arrested
Rights group have condemned the move and have expressed concern that the attorney's whereabouts are still not known.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:German police arrest suspect in Bielefeld stabbing attack that injured five people
According to witnesses, the perpetrator attacked his victims indiscriminately with what they called a bladed object.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:New US nuke wonโt fix its China deterrence problem
Designed to destroy bunkers but dogged by doubts, the US B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb enters a strategic storm of Chinaโs silo surge, fragile US basing and rising allied skepticism over deterrence in Asia. This month, The War Zone reported that the US has completed its first production unit of the B61-13, a more powerful nuclear [โฆ] The post New US nuke wonโt fix its China deterrence problem appeared first on Asia...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Over 50% of US firms plan to raise prices amid Trump trade war risks: survey
American companies are unwilling to absorb the costs of tariffs despite pressure from Washington, according to new research.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:President Maduro Calls for Popular Mobilization Ahead of May 25 Elections
โWe are in the best moment of the Bolivarian Revolution,โ he said. On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called for fine-tuning the โFive-by-Five Machineryโ to ensure that Bolivarian political forces end their campaign with a strong mobilizing effect ahead of the May 25 elections, in which Venezuelans will choose new governors and legislators. RELATED: President [โฆ]
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:High stakes for Ramaphosa's meeting with Trump
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is meeting Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday. New trade agreements are on the agenda, but can the two nations reset their strained relationship?
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Suitcases, stories, and a spiralling staircase: A look inside Rotterdam's new migration museum
Highlights of the museum include a life-sized NYC bus filled with fabric characters, thousands of donated suitcases, and a sweeping view from a 30-metre-high spiralling staircase.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Farmers set to see lower trading costs from closer EU-UK ties
The EU and the UK remain each otherโs most important trading partners for agri-food products, despite frictions linked to Brexit. A reduction of red tape could help farmers and other traders on both sides of the Channel, although businesses are waiting for details.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Journalists helped shape the EU โ now it needs us more than ever
In a climate of disinformation, authoritarian resurgence, and geopolitical uncertainty, Europe needs journalists who spotlight the good news but can also track the money, trace the lobbying, confront the evasions, and conduct cross-border investigations that go beyond national silos, writes Shada Islam.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Artist Stefano Cagol's SOS Torch display illuminates Day of Light celebration in Tyrol
A spellbinding light show remains talk of the Italian town of Bressanone (Brixen) in South Tyrol. Renowned artist Stefano Cagol ignited series of SOS torches to symbolise a UNESCO global appeal about the future relationship between robots and humans.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Israel should not kill babies in Gaza โfor a hobbyโ, opposition politician says
Yair Golan says Israel risks becoming a โpariah stateโ, if it does not return to acting like a sane country.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Tanzania president warns 'meddling' Kenyan activists
President Samia says she will not allow external efforts to undermine her country's peace and stability.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Resident in Thailand releases 2 snakes in hissy fit over neighbourโs noisy dog
Some residents say many living in their condominium in Bangkok are secretly keeping dogs, cats and others despite the no-pets policy.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Trumpโs tariffs will hurt the worldโs poor the most
Most US media coverage of President Donald Trumpโs trade war has focused on how his global tariff regime is likely to impact the US economy and American consumers. However, itโs the workers inBangladesh, Cambodia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Lesotho, Vietnam and otherpoor countrieswho are likely to be harmed the most by the trade war if it continues [โฆ] The post Trumpโs tariffs will hurt the worldโs poor the most appeared...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Seven Mexican youths shot dead at church festivity
The young men were shot dead in Guanajuato, a state where rival cartels are vying for territory.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Russia is playing for time in Ukraine peace negotiations, Germany says
Europe needs to increase pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine through more targeted sanctions, said German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang calls US ban on H20 AI chip โdeeply painfulโ
Huang said AI was a โfull-stack thingโ, which meant protecting one layer at the expense of everything else was โnonsensicalโ.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Ancestor cell of animals and plants lived on hydrogen, not oxygen: Chinese study
Understanding the origin of the building block of all animal and plant life may lead to more insights about life on Earth and in outer space.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:The band is breaking up: has the Coalition stopped making sense?
This is not the first time the Liberals and Nationals have gone their own ways - but this time they may find going solo is extremely hard.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Commission to offer mid-cap companies data protection relief in simplification plan
SMEs can expect an exemption from some obligations of the EUโs landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as part of the European Commissionโs simplification efforts.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Namibia: British Tourist Arrested After Telling San Children to Remove Their Clothes
[New Era] A 65-year-old British tourist was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly instructed San children at the Grashoek Living Museum in the Tsumkwe West area to remove their clothes, and took photographs of them.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Africa: Is the New Global Order a Boon for International Taxation Collaboration?
[allAfrica] As countries grapple with the fallout from the Trump administration's retreat from the international order, experts question whether this will accelerate global fragmentation. Pedro Abramovay, Vice President of Programs at the Open Society Foundations, argues that this shift could, paradoxically, enable stronger international cooperation, particularly around global taxation, which would benefit Africa and...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:West Africa: Can Realpolitik Drive Renewed Regional Cooperation in West Africa?
[ISS] The AES-ECOWAS split has sparked pragmatic cooperation based on strategic interests between neighbouring countries.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Second man charged over fires at homes linked to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Police have charged 26-year-old Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc with arson with intent to endanger life, and arrested a third man over the fires.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: