Published: 02:54 am,Saturday 6 December 2025
EU slaps X with €120m fines in 1st DSA non-compliance ruling
The European Commission on Friday imposed fines totaling 120 million euros on Elon Musk's social media platform X for breaching transparency obligations in its first non-compliance decision under the Digital Services Act (DSA), reported Xinhua. According to the Commission's press release, the penalty stems from three distinct breaches
Published: 02:02 am,Saturday 6 December 2025
6.3m people work for low wages in Germany
A total of 6.3 million people in Germany worked for low wages at the point of calculation this year, earning a maximum hourly wage of €14.32, the Federal Statistical Office reported on Friday. The statistics are based on the month of April 2025, when salary averages are calculated, according
Published: 02:07 am,Saturday 6 December 2025
'Stubborn stupidity': Putin envoy lashes out at Germany's Merz
Russia has responded with mockery to an alleged comment by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to European counterparts expressing mistrust at the US envoys negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, reported dpa. "Dear Merz, you are not even in the game," Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev wrote on
Published: 03:41 am,Saturday 6 December 2025
Storm Byron brings heavy rains and damage across Greece
A powerful storm, named Byron by local meteorologists, continued to batter Greece for a second consecutive day on Friday, triggering widespread flooding, reported Xinhua. Mandra, a town in the western Attica region roughly 20 km from Athens, was among the hardest-hit areas. The severe flooding revived painful memories
Published: 03:49 am,Saturday 6 December 2025
Spain to slaughter 30,000 pigs amid swine fever control measures
The government of Spain's Catalan region has reached an agreement with the livestock sector to send about 30,000 healthy pigs from the surveillance area of a recent African swine fever outbreak to a designated slaughterhouse, reported Xinhua, quoting Spanish media on Friday. The measure covers 39 farms located
Published: 02:13 am,Friday 5 December 2025
Phone battery explosion injures 8 teenagers in Polish dormitory
A mobile phone battery exploded in a school dormitory in southeastern Poland early on Thursday, sending eight teenagers to hospital and forcing the evacuation of the building, reported Xinhua, quoting local fire services and media. The blast occurred before 1 a.m. local time (0000 GMT) in the town
Published: 20:28 pm,Thursday 4 December 2025
German publicist sentenced in Austria for violating Nazi ban law
A German publicist has been sentenced to four years in prison in Austria for violating the country's Prohibition Act, which bans Nazi activities, reported dpa. The regional court in Graz found him guilty in his role as former editor-in-chief and managing director of the right-wing magazine Aula, the Austrian
Published: 20:17 pm,Thursday 4 December 2025
Merz postpones Norway trip for Belgium talks on frozen Russian assets
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has postponed an upcoming trip to Norway to be able to travel to Belgium for a meeting with Prime Minister Bart de Wever and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a government spokesman said in Berlin, reported dpa. The talks over dinner in Brussels
Published: 02:35 am,Friday 5 December 2025
200 homes evacuated in Britain over explosives threat, 2 held
About 200 homes were evacuated in Derby, a city in central England, on Thursday as two men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offenses, police said, reported Xinhua. Earlier, the police asked the residents in the affected area to prepare to be out of their homes for 24