Author: Euronews

ADVERTISEMENT Europe saw the second-highest number of tropical nights on record in 2024 due to climate change, according to the EU’s Copernicus service (C3S). A tropical night is defined as a night when the temperature does not drop below 20C.   Over the past few decades, the number of tropical nights in Europe has been rising. The rate of warming is more than double the global average over the last 30 years.    The southeast of Europe was particularly affected, with some areas of southern Greece experiencing up to 55 more tropical nights than average.   Much of Italy saw up…

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Published on 12/08/2025 – 9:42 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The decline in payroll employment in the UK eased in July, with employers cutting headcount by 8,000, compared to a month-on-month drop of 26,000 in June. July’s figure marks the smallest decline in headcount since a modest rise in January, offering a glimmer of hope for the sluggish UK job market. The early estimate of payrolled employees for July 2025 decreased by 164,000 on the year, added the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Tuesday’s data “tallies with some of the business surveys which suggest hiring appetite has begun to improve after a torrid…

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Published on 11/08/2025 – 10:30 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from sales of artificial-intelligence chips in China to the US government. The unprecedented deal, first reported by the Financial Times on Sunday, is part of a bargain to secure export licenses for the Chinese market. Nvidia will share revenue from sales of its H20 chip, while the pledge applies to AMD’s MI308 chips. According to FT sources, the Trump administration has not yet decided how to use the money. “The unusual arrangement is another example of a mega tech company acquiescing to…

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