World Cup qualifying: Cristiano Ronaldo breaks record while Ireland close gap on Hungary

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Newbie keen to bring planning know-how to board table

24 October, 2025 Newbie keen to bring planning know-how to board table New Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Scott Macarthur’s election campaign, which asked residents how they would like to see local issues tackled, seemed a point of...

Home secretary: Britain has lost control of its borders

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Designing a Resilient and Data-Driven FinCrime Function in the Age of AI

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Failure to tackle migrant crisis is eroding trust in politicians, Mahmood warns

Failure to grip the migrant crisis is eroding the public’s trust in politicians, Shabana Mahmood is to warn. The Home Secretary will however insist that only through international co-operation can Britain stem the flow of migrants arriving in...

Making the Invisible Visible

Citizen scientists armed with sensors and cameras are exposing toxic pollution in port cities and challenging institutions to act – the view from Albania, Italy, and the Netherlands. “See? This is what we breathe in every day,” says Mauro...

US charges NBA figures in gambling schemes that tainted games

On March 23, 2023, an NBA player left a game in New Orleans after playing just 10 minutes. His team said the player, Terry Rozier, was experiencing “foot discomfort.” But according to federal prosecutors, Rozier’s departure was a key moment in an...

Labor Shortage, Low Productivity Increase Risks

The Governor of the Bank of Albania, Gent Sejko, participated on Friday in the International Scientific Conference, on the topic "Demographic changes and labor market dynamics - challenges of sustainable economic development in Albania, Kosovo and...

How England can qualify for the World Cup tonight

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The Great Awakening of Mind and Machine

Humanity has always fashioned tools, but never before has one looked back and demanded that we look within. Like a polished mirror held by Prometheus, Artificial Intelligence (AI) now reflects our deepest impulses and confronts us with the...

Pope makes new plea during visit to presidential palace

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Poker scheme alleged to involve NBA coach also ties back to to S.I. mobster: Feds

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— What do an NBA great and a Staten Island mobster have in common? According to the federal government, it’s an elaborate poker scheme that milked unsuspecting players of more than $7 million. In an indictment unsealed this week...

Here's who's charged in the NBA and poker gambling ring crackdowns

An NBA Hall of Famer, a current star and former player are among dozens of people arrested Thursday in a sweeping FBI crackdown on alleged illegal gambling rings. Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones, each mainstays of professional...

North Macedonia votes: EU stalemate overshadows local issues

Voters across North Macedonia will head to the polls Sunday for local elections seen as a key test of the ruling government's strength — and of the country's patience with a prolonged blockade on its path to European Union (EU) membership....

Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Baykar

The company Baykar is known in Ukraine primarily as the manufacturer of the world-famous Bayraktar TB2. In addition to this most popular model, Baykar produces combat UAVs such as the AKINCI, Bayraktar TB2 and TB3, the unmanned fighter KIZILELMA,...

The Methane Hunters Of Melendugno

Above photo: Positioned in a nearby grove of olive trees, Giorgio Santoriello uses a thermal camera to detect methane emissions at the Trans Adriatic Pipeline terminal in Melendugno, Italy. Teresa Di Mauro. For centuries, farmers in Melendugno, a...

2025 U23 World Championships Preview & Predictions

The men's freestyle division at the 2025 U23 World Championships will take place from October 24-27 in Novi Sad, Serbia. This event is loaded with talent and will feature many of the sport's future stars. The United States will be the favorite to...

Lea Ypi’s Reckoning With Family and the Legacy of Revolution

Earlier this summer, an Albanian friend in Istanbul told me a story. During the Cold War, Albanians fleeing Enver Hoxha’s People’s Socialist Republic of Albania would cross Lake Shkodra in boats. If they were lucky, and they weren’t captured by...

Giorgia Meloni’s Winning Streak

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni marks three years in office this week. She finds herself in enviable political shape, with the country’s economy improved on several fronts and her popularity high. The days when Italy’s spending largesse and...

Labour spending just £15,000 on advertising blitz to deter migrants, GB News reveals

The Home Office has spent just £15,000 on a deterrent campaign to warn migrants about the “one-in, one-out” returns deal with France, GB News can reveal. According to a Freedom of Information request by The People's Channel, Labour has spent a...