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It’s not the first time the US facial recognition company has been fined in Europe. ADVERTISEMENTDutch authorities fined US facial recognition company Clearview AI €30.5 million for building an illegal database, the watchdog said on Tuesday. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) also issued the company a penalty of up to €5 million for non-compliance. Euronews Next has reached out to Clearview AI but did not receive a reply at the time of publication. The DPA said in a statement that “Clearview should never have built the database with photos, the unique biometric codes and other information linked to them”. Facial recognition technology…

Beleri was freed after a court in Fier accepted his request to be released on probation with six weeks remaining in his prison term.

Ukraine’s capital was pounded with missiles in the early hours of Monday, prompting residents to take cover. Over the weekend, Kyiv had launched its biggest attack on multiple Russian regions since the beginning of the war.

Updated: 01/09/2024 – 13:24 GMT+2Germans are casting their votes on Sunday in Saxony and Thuringia, in the east of the country, in an election that could see the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the strongest party for the first time and produce painful results for the unpopular national government.

As temperatures drop and the crowds begin to thin, September and October are fantastic months for a walking holiday.

Updated: 31/08/2024 – 15:15 GMT+2Voters will go to the polls in the German states of Saxony and Thuringia this Sunday in an election likely to be closely watched as an indicator of public sentiment towards the country’s government. Read full article

Until Sunday, the Geneva Watch Days bring together tens of thousands of watch collectors and enthusiasts around 52 brands. Euronews attended the event, which has become a major fixture on the watchmaking calendar.

Updated: 30/08/2024 – 14:16 GMT+2 Yuanyuan was the first panda to give birth to cubs in Taiwan. She was born in China in 2004 and was then gifted to Taiwan when she was four years old, along with a male panda called Tuantuan, as part of a cultural exchange programme. Yuanyuan was the first panda to give birth to cubs in Taiwan. She was born in China in 2004 and was then gifted to Taiwan when she was four years old, along with a male panda called Tuantuan, as part of a cultural exchange programme. The two mated – which…

The German national statistics office said that school supplies like pens and books rose between 5 and 13% in July last year compared to the year before.

New Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to “reset” EU relations after saying the Brexit deal was “botched”