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19 March 2024, Berlin: Albert Rösti, Minister of Transport, Environment, Energy and Communications and Minister of the Federal Council of Switzerland, speaks at a BETD event. The Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) is taking place for the tenth time this year under the motto “Celebrating the Global Energy Transition”. Photo: Hannes P. Albert/dpa (Photo by Hannes P Albert/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Switzerland lifts ban on the development of nuclear power plants due to geopolitical tension and climate targets

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 28, 2024 shows PetroSaudi executive Patrick Mahony (L) and PetroSaudi chief executive Tarek Obaid (R) arriving on August 28, 2024, at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona for the verdict in the trial of two PetroSaudi managers accused of embezzling $1.8 billion from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court on August 28, sentenced the two PetroSaudi executives to jail terms after finding them guilty over the embezzlement of $1.8 billion from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. Obaid was sentenced to seven years in prison while Mahony, a director at the oil exploration and production company, was given a six-year sentence, Switzerland’s Keystone-ATS news agency reported. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Obscenely greedy’ oil execs convicted in ‘scam of the century’ embezzling $1.8 billion

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Cheerful elementary school girl showing her book to her teacher who is leaning over the desk and concentrating

AI in classrooms: U.K. invests £4 million in AI project to help teachers plan lessons and mark homework

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Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov delivers his keynote conference during day two of the Mobile World Congress at the Fira Gran Via complex in Barcelona, Spain on February 23, 2016. The annual Mobile World Congress hosts some of the world’s largest communication companies, the show runs from the 22 to 25 February. Photo by Manuel Blondeau/AOP.Press/Corbis (Photo by AOP.Press/Corbis via Getty Images)

French prosecutors charge Telegram founder Pavel Durov with ‘complicity’ in illegal acts and set 5-million-euro bail

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a picture of Niels B. Christiansen

Lego announces historic half-year as it launches 300 sets and 41 stores, cementing its lead in the toy industry

By Prarthana Prakash and AFP

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SEPTEMBER 21: Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 at Pier 70 on September 21, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Stakes couldn’t be higher for Telegram billionaire Pavel Durov as he awaits his fate after weekend arrest

By Julia Pavesi, Stuart Williams, and others

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - AUGUST 27: Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media on August 27; 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the Group CEO of Ryanair announced 9 new routes for W2024 from Charleroi airport, and none from Brussels due to the high airport charges. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary says it’s ‘frustrating’ dealing with Boeing as delayed jet deliveries could cut the airline revenue by €500 million

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PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 26: Tokito Oda of Japan during a Wheelchair Tennis practise session ahead of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Roland Garros on August 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Paris Paralympics: 500,000 tickets still unsold—but organizers are confident that seats will be filled

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This photo shows rescue workers outside a house that was hit by a landslide in Gamagori, Aichi prefecture on August 28, 2024. Four members of the same family were missing in Japan on August 28 after heavy rain from approaching typhoon Shanshan triggered a landslide, authorities said. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images)

Toyota shuts down all its Japan factories as an ‘extremely strong’ typhoon approaches the country’s southern island

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ZANDVOORT, NETHERLANDS – AUGUST 25: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing looks on in the garage prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Netherlands at Circuit Zandvoort on August 25, 2024 in Zandvoort, Netherlands. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Max Verstappen’s undefeated home record is broken: Is this the beginning of the end for the Dutchman’s Formula One supremacy?

By Richard Carter and AFP

LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 12: Simone Ashley attends a special screening of “Bridgerton” Season 3 – Part Two at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on June 12, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireImage)

From Bond to Bridgerton: The golden age of British TV is driving the trend of ‘set-jetting’ in the U.K.

By Clara Lalanne and AFP

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, dressed in a suit and orange tie, speaks at Question Time in the House of Representatives at Australian Parliament House in Canberra, Australia.

Australia gives workers the right to ignore their bosses outside of work hours—but employers call the rule ‘rushed’ and ‘deeply confusing’

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Mark Schneider, chief executive officer of Nestle SA, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Schneider said he expects mid-to-high single digit growth in Nestle’s vitamins business. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nestle CEO Mark Schneider steps down after steering the ship for eight years—to be replaced by Latin American boss

By Agnès Pedrero and AFP

Cheerful families laughing walking on a snowy hiking trail into an idyllic frozen forest, Lapland, Finland

Greenpeace files supreme court case accusing Finland of climate inaction

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A photograph taken on July 13, 2024 shows a glass of Old Roots wine being poured into a glass in Wellingtonbridge, near Wexford, southern Ireland. A tiny outpost in the wine world, Ireland’s handful of wine-makers are cautiously eyeing long-term growth potential as climate change warms up its cool climate. And at Ireland’s largest vineyard, owner Esperanza Hernandez says “better weather makes it more possible than before to make high-quality wine” even on the sun-starved island. Hernandez’s 10-acre (4-hectare) vineyard lies near the village of Wellingtonbridge in the south-eastern coastal county of Wexford, statistically Ireland’s sunniest corner. (Photo by Paul Faith / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Peter MURPHY (Photo by PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images)

The future could be bright for Irish wine as long as climate change warms up its cool climate

By Peter Murphy and AFP