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☆ The world’s best countries for tourism, according to the World Economic Forum
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The United States has just won a significant honor – being named the world’s best country for travel and tourism in 2024 by the World Economic Forum. Europe in the leadSix of the top 10 countries on the list are in Europe, with Spain the highest overall. The country knows it has the world’s eyes looking its way ahead of the Summer Olympics in Paris this year. For 2024, six countries share the number one ranking – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain. leonovo/iStock Editorial/Getty ImagesThe top 10 countries for tourism, according to the World Economic Forum1.

Persons: –, It’s, Yongyuan Dai, ” Organizations: CNN, World Economic, Economic, Henley Index, –, Asia “, United Locations: United States, Europe, Spain, France, Paris, – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Shanghai, China, Asia, Ireland, Switzerland, Netherlands, American, Canada, Australia, Bondi, Barcelona, Venice, Bolzano, Tyrol

That's right, we're here to show you where to watch the Six Nations live streams for free from anywhere in the world. If you don't have a proper watch option in your country, we'll show you how to watch Six Nations live streams for free using a VPN. Where to watch free Six Nations live streams from anywhereYou can catch all of the Six Nations action using a mix of ITVX and the BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom, offering up every match between them. Or, if you have a VPN, you can watch all of the Six Nations matches for free using the UK options mentioned earlier. How to watch the Six Nations in AustraliaAustralian Six Nations live streams are on Stan, specifically the Sports tier, which with the required basic package underneath it, will run you AU$25 per month.

Persons: you'll, We'll, ExpressVPN, Stan, You'll Organizations: Nations, BBC, ITV1, Six Nations, ITV, USA NBC, Six, Australia Australian, Sports, Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, France, – Wales Locations: Nations, France, Ireland, United Kingdom, USA, United States, Italy

☆ Alstom takes the direct route to lower credibility
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Alstom’s (ALSO.PA) problems are piling up. Alstom’s headaches, which include an inventory build-up, project delays and an order slowdown, haven’t materially changed. But to retain its investment grade credit rating the group needs to slash net debt that has jumped 50% to 3.4 billion euros since March. But as Denmark’s Orsted (ORSTED.CO) has found, the only thing investors dislike more than operational upheaval is a message that constantly changes. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Gonzalo Fuentes, Henri Poupart, Lafarge, George Hay, taints, Lisa Jucca, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Alstom, REUTERS, Reuters, Caisse, X, Thomson Locations: Saint, Ouen, Paris, France

Meanwhile, failed uprisings in Bahrain and eastern Saudi Arabia were followed by years-long crackdowns and a continuing civil war in Syria. “What we’re beginning to see in Saudi Arabia right now is the emergence of a new social contract. Saudi Arabia is the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil, and nearly two-thirds of its income still comes from selling fossil fuels. If Saudi Arabia can become a hub for major sporting events, then that’s a way of attracting interest to the country,” said Maguire. In response to previous criticism about Saudi Arabia’s purported “sportswashing,” the kingdom’s sports minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal said: “People that don’t know Saudi Arabia, have never been to Saudi Arabia, go out and talk about it as if they’ve lived there for 30 years, 40 years.

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☆ Women’s World Cup: Sweden Rallies Past South Africa; the Netherlands Gets Started
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Andrew Das | The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Women’s World Cup: Sweden Rallies Past South Africa; the Netherlands Gets Started Sunday’s schedule includes three of the tournament favorites. Give this articleNetherlands v. Portugal Molly Darlington/Reuters Netherlands v. Portugal Molly Darlington/Reuters Netherlands fans Lars Baron/Getty Images Sweden v. South Africa Amanda Perobelli/Reuters Sweden v. South Africa Andrew Cornaga/Associated Press Sweden v. South Africa Amanda Perobelli/Reuters Sweden v. South Africa Andrew Cornaga/Associated Press Sweden v. South Africa Andrew Cornaga/Associated Press Sweden v. South Africa Andrew Cornaga/Associated Press Wellington, New Zealand Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Team France Carl Recine/Reuters Published July 23, 2023 Updated July 23, 2023 1 Netherlands Group E 0 Portugal 2 Sweden Group G Full Time 1 South Africa Fridolina Rolfo (65’) Amanda Ilestedt (90’) Hildah Magaia (48’) – France Group F – JamaicaSweden survives a scare against South Africa. Much was made before the World Cup of the potential gap between the eight first-time entrants and the traditional powers. Credit... Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press The Netherlands, Sweden and France are the teams to watch on Sunday, the fourth day of the Women’s World Cup. But if his pedigree coaching women is thin, his World Cup pedigree is long: Most recently, he coached Saudi Arabia in the men’s World Cup in December, a run that included a famous win over Lionel Messi and Argentina.

Persons: Molly Darlington, Lars Baron, Africa Amanda Perobelli, Africa Andrew Cornaga, New Zealand Catherine Ivill, Carl Recine, Africa Fridolina, Amanda Ilestedt, Hildah Magaia, John Cowpland, Fridolina Rolfo, Alessandra Tarantino, Corinne Diacre, Hervé Renard, Lionel Messi, Sophia Smith, Crystal Dunn, Andrew Cornaga, Sophia Smith’s, Smith, Katie Meyer, Meyer, “, Katie, ” Smith, Naomi Girma, Girma, Katie ❤️ pic.twitter.com, AoGLUcxeMU — Naomi Girma, ” Organizations: Reuters, Getty, Associated Press, Team, –, Jamaica, Credit, Canada, England, Haiti, United, Vietnam, Sunday, Sweden, South, U.S, Portugal, Tokyo, Wellington , New Zealand, that’s, Saudi Arabia, Stanford, U.S . Locations: Africa, Netherlands, U.S, Reuters Netherlands, Sweden, Reuters Sweden, Associated Press Sweden, Associated Press Wellington, New Zealand, Portugal, Jamaica Sweden, South Africa, United States, France, Wellington , New, that’s Portugal, Saudi, Argentina, Germany, Australia, Jamaica, Credit, States, Vietnam

But officially colour-blind France has long refused to acknowledge any racial factor was at play. "From that point on, unions were involved in everything that's co-managed, including the managing of human resources," he told Reuters. But these fines are rare and rights groups say police officers often end up with light sentences, fuelling a sense of impunity. A rise in lethal police shootings over the last few years has been linked to a law reform in 2017, which broadens the circumstances in which an officer can use their firearm. "It is completely vague, and it allows to shoot much more freely," said Caille of the left-wing CGT police union.

Persons: Cedric Mas, Olivier Cahn, that's, " Cahn, Christophe Castaner, Gerald Darmanin, Franck Louvrier, Nicolas Sarkozy, Darmanin, Ravina Shamdasani, Anthony Caille, –, Sebastian Roche, Michel Rose, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Rights, Twitter, Cergy University, Reuters, Socialists, United Nations, Police, CGT Police, of, Society, CGT, Thomson Locations: PARIS, Britain, France, United States, Paris, Moroccan, – France, U.S, Nice

☆ Momentum building in Iran talks with West, says source
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Momentum appears to be building to revive negotiations around Iran’s growing nuclear program. Talks between Iran and the European Union on Wednesday focused on key sticking points, including nuclear enrichment levels and Iranian cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, one diplomatic source briefed on the matter told CNN. “The current environment has been positive for de-escalation,” said the source, who requested anonymity citing longstanding norms around regional government communications with the media. Both Qatar and Oman have played mediating roles between Iran and Western powers in the past. Iran had demanded that South Korea release $7 billion in funds frozen in South Korean banks under US sanctions.

Persons: Enrique Mora, Ali Bagheri, ”, Mora, Kani, –, Hossein Amir, Abdollahian, “, Biden, Brett McGurk, Siamak, Emad Sharghi, Morad, Shahab Dalili, Matthew Miller, Trump Organizations: CNN, European Union, International Atomic Energy Agency, Twitter, EU, –, Iran’s, South, Oman “, IAEA Locations: Iran, Doha, Iranian, Tehran, United States, – France, Germany, United Kingdom, Oman, Qatar, American, South Korea, Korean, Iraq

☆ World Cup: Software using AI finds almost 20,000 abusive social media posts were sent during Qatar 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Monitoring software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) found almost 20,000 abusive social media posts were aimed at players, officials and coaches during the Qatar World Cup, according to a new report released by FIFA. In total, 20 million posts and comments were analyzed across all major social media platforms, successfully verifying the identity of 306 account owners that sent abusive messages. In total, 434,000 posts were flagged by AI and reviewed by humans, the report said, with the abusive messages coming from 12,600 different accounts. It hurts our families.”Of the abusive messages, 38% came from Europe, 36% from South America, 10% from Asia, 8% from Africa and 8% from North and Central America. When grouped together by country – all players, teams and official member association social media handles – France received the most abuse, with England in second and Brazil third.

Persons: –, FIFPro –, “, Mark, Anthony Kaye, It’s, Harry Kane, Kellyn Acosta Organizations: CNN, Monitoring, Qatar, FIFA, Canada Men’s National Team, England, France, Men’s National Locations: Canada, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, North, Central America, France, Brazil, England

☆ World record crowd watches England complete Grand Slam against France in Women’s Six Nations
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —When England’s women first played at Twickenham in 2003, the crowd was scattered about the vast stadium, almost imperceptible in the pictures taken that day. Twenty years later, in the latest historic occasion for women’s rugby, a world record crowd of 58,498 supporters watched England win the Women’s Six Nations by defeating France 38-33 in a thrilling finale at Twickenham, the home of English rugby union. The previous record for a women’s game was 42,579, set at the 2022 women’s rugby World Cup final in New Zealand. To produce a game like that on a stage like this is everything that is good about the game. Ultimately, however, it was too little too late – France’s last try arrived as the clock ticked into the red – and England clung on for victory.

☆ Changing Middle East pushes G7 to discuss waning influence, diplomats say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( John Irish | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"A reconfiguration is under way," said a French diplomatic source who was officially briefing reporters but required anonymity as is standard policy. The ministers of the G7 – France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, the U.S. and Japan, meet in Japan between April 16 to 18. "The region is going through serious upheaval, be it the Iranian nuclear crisis aspect, but also the recomposition of the geopolitical balances with the Iran, Saudi, China deal. "The G7 must be able to preserve its security interests, which incidentally are also in the interest of regional security, but also global security," the diplomat said. "The G7 will only remain credible if it is able to handle the world’s problems," he said.

☆ Emmanuel Macron presses ahead with pension reform as French discontent swells
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Pension reform in France, where the right to retire on a full pension at 62 is deeply cherished, is always a highly sensitive issue and even more so now with social discontent mounting over the surging cost of living. Hundreds of yellow vests took to the streets of Toulouse, France, on Saturday to protest against Macron's reforms, such as the planned pension reform and the unemployment reforms. Alain Pitton/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesStrike threatMacron had to put the pension reform on ice in 2020 as the government rushed to contain the Covid outbreak and save the economy. Although recent strike action has been limited to specific sectors, such as refineries and airlines, outrage over pension reform could easily spark far broader protests. Polls show pension reform is unpopular.

Doha, Qatar CNN —They’re known as The Atlas Lions, the Moroccan football team that’s ripped up the history books at the FIFA World Cup. Morocco's Youssef En-Nesyri, center, celebrates after scoring the only goal in his side's World Cup quarterfinal win over Portugal, at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on December 10, 2022. “I think this moment of joy resonates with everyone who is downtrodden.”Morocco’s success has also breathed new life into a once-lost identity, as people from across the Arab world celebrated the team’s victories. “If anything, [the World Cup] has shown the stark contrast between the rulers and the ruled, between the regimes and the publics,” he said. Walid Regragui, Morocco head coach, is thrown in the air after the team qualified for the World Cup knockout stages by beating Canada on December 1.

☆ Revista NANO ENERGY a publicat o nouă lucrare științifică marca UTM
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

univ., dr. hab. hab., șef DMIB, Oleg LUPAN, directorul Centrului Nanotehnologii și Nanosenzori, UTM, în colaborare cu echipa prof. univ., dr. hab. hab., UTM) a fost formată ad-hoc pentru soluționarea unei probleme specifice, implicând profesioniști din Republica Moldova în strânsă colaborare cu cei de la Kiel University – Germany, PSL Université – France, University of Central Florida – USA, University of Leeds – United Kingdom, University of Brescia – Italy, Utrecht University – The Netherlands. Acest material a fost scris și redactat de echipa UTM.

Persons: Nicolai ABABII, ., . hab, Oleg LUPAN, ABABII, Rainer ADELUNG, . Zhong Lin WANG, Drd, Oleg Lupan Organizations: ENERGY, UTM, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei, Universitatea din, Georgia Institute, Germany, PSL, University of Central, University of, United Kingdom, Open Locations: Universitatea din Kiel, Germania, Georgia, Republica Moldova, Franța, Italia, SUA, Olanda, Anglia, Kiel University, University of Central Florida, USA, University of Leeds, University of Brescia, Italy, Utrecht, Netherlands

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