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Pompeii is limiting its daily visitor numbers
Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ancient site.The measure, which will come into force...
Euratex-AMITH ties to boost Euro- Moroccan textile collaboration
Signed during the 21st edition of Maroc in Mode (MIM 2024) in Casablanca, this agreement focuses on key shared objectives, including industry practices with European sustainability and circularity standards,...

Mauritius prime minister accepts ‘huge defeat’ in election
The prime minister of Mauritius has accepted that his coalition, L'Alliance Lepep, has suffered a "huge defeat" following Sunday's parliamentary election."The population has decided to choose another team," Prime...

Soft as skin, strong as steel: Powerful magnetic muscles lift 1000x their weight
Researchers have engineered a material that is as soft as skin but remarkably strong.Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) team in South Korea has developed an innovative...
Remembering Armistice Day: Starmer joins Macron to celebrate Franco-British friendship in Paris
From left: Britain's former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, former Prime Minister Liz Truss, leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch, former Prime Minister Boris...

White truffles, Italy’s gold, menaced by climate change
Deep in a thick forest in Italy's northwestern Piedmont region, the hunt is on for the white Alba truffle, with excited dogs zigzagging and digging into the wet earth.But...

German Carnival season begins, with police enforcing knife ban
Germany's Carnival season gets under way on Monday, with tens of thousands of revellers expected once again in the western city of Cologne, one of the main locations for...

China’s ‘Singles Day’ shopping spree in spotlight as spending flags
China's largest online shopping bonanza wraps up on Monday, with analysts and investors watching for signs that consumption is rebounding in the world's second-largest economy after recent efforts by...

APEC hotel openings and pipelines hit new highs in 2024
The hotel development sector across the Asia-Pacific region, excluding China, has experienced remarkable growth through the third quarter of 2024. According to the latest Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report...