Starbucks closes in South Korea to teach staff history
Remarkable coffee news is coming to us from South Korea.
From ‘two sled dogs’ to air defense: Greenland significantly bolsters its defense
Greenland is investing heavily in its military activities.
For the first time ever, our planet has a trillionaire
Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire, following the stock market debut of his space company SpaceX. His net worth reached an estimated $1.05 trillion, making him three times richer than the second-richest person, Google founder Larry Page. Bloomberg reports.
Musk is taking half a billion SpaceX shares public at $135 each
On Thursday, before the U.S. stock markets closed, SpaceX, Elon Musk’s company, announced the price at which it is going public.
Michelin-starred restaurant Noma bounces back after misconduct by fired head chef
Renowned Danish chef René Redzepi left Noma, the world-famous modern Nordic restaurant he co-founded, in March after admitting to having mistreated and physically assaulted staff for years.
Russian banks and energy sector targeted by new package of EU sanctions
"Our sanctions are working," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reported on X, at the presentation of the European Union's 21st package of sanctions against Russia.
Protest against Trump family persists in Albania
Protests against the Trump family's plans have been going on for days in Albania. The protest is known as the "flamingo revolution" and does not seem to be subsiding.
Google wants to release 32 million mosquitoes to save lives
Google wants to release 32 million mosquitoes in the US. In the scientific program "Debug," a natural bacterium is introduced into male mosquitoes. Those male mosquitoes are then released into the wild with a clear task.
Netherlands follows suit and requires employers to disclose colleagues’ salaries
A solution for your endless curiosity, a trigger for your unbridled competitiveness or fodder for your jealousy? Whichever way it turns out, the fact is that it was decided at the European level that employers must now tell employees how much their colleagues earn if asked the question. However, quite a few EU member states have not managed to get a legislative framework and the practical implementation in place in time. The clock is ticking, but even in the Netherlands there seems to be no escape from this landmark regulation aimed at reducing the gender pay gap.
Trump's son-in-law luxury resort project leads to fierce protests
Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump's husband, will build a luxury resort on an uninhabited Albanian island. Trump's son-in-law wants to build a vacation resort on a nature reserve. The entire project will cost about $6 billion (5.16 billion euros). Everything seems to be in order, although a number of Albanians are not satisfied with the plans and took to the streets and protested for days against the arrival of this luxury resort off the Albanian coast.