Author: Jingyue Hsiao, DIGITIMES, Taipei

Naver is trying to export the AI factory model it is building at home, telling French companies and institutions this week that it wants to combine France’s energy base with its own AI stack to build data center capacity for European firms and startups.Read More

Daily operating and maintenance costs for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Europe are now 33% lower per kilometer than those for comparable internal combustion engine (ICE) cars, according to a new report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). For European car owners, driving an EV has become a financial fact.Read More

France relies on nuclear power, while Norway uses hydropower. But only one European country has cut out fossil fuels altogether.Read More

A Chinese container ship completes the first regular Arctic voyage to the UK, cutting weeks off the traditional Asia-Europe route.Read More

The Metropolitan Police is carrying out a criminal investigation into allegations Reform UK broke the law in relation to foreign funding.Read More

Elliott Abrams said Israel’s retaliatory measures against Britain were likely successful in limiting London’s diplomatic influence.Read More

Reuters economists expect the Bank of England to keep its base rate at 3.75% until at least mid-2027, while markets price in rate increases.Read More

UK retail sales rose 0.7 per cent year on year (YoY) in August 2026, non-food fell 0.8 per cent. In-store non-food dropped 1.2 per cent and online slipped 0.2 per cent, signalling…Read More

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August. Scientists said the heat surge is mostly due to human-caused climate change,Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate changeRead More