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An employee shows processed flowers of cannabis (marijuana) at the production site of German pharmaceutical company Demecan for medical cannabis in Ebersbach near Dresden, eastern Germany on November 28, 2022. Lost in the east German countryside, a former abattoir is now home to the biggest indoor cannabis farms in Europe. The German startup Demecan has been growing marijuana for about a year — completely legally. The complex is one of the few locations in Germany to have a license for the production of this “green gold”, which has been legal for medicinal use in Germany since 2017. (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Florian CAZERES (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER/AFP via Getty Images)

Portugal to become the new ‘El Dorado’ of medical cannabis in Europe

By Thomas Cabral and AFP

Young woman in Rome

Brain drain in Italy: Young talent are fleeing the country due to low pay and lack of recognition

By Judith Renoult and AFP

Rupert Murdoch, co-chairman of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., left, and Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., arrive for a morning session at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Friday, July 13, 2018. The 35th annual Allen & Co. conference gathers many of America’s wealthiest and most powerful people in media, technology, and sports. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Rupert Murdoch’s bid to ensure son Lachlan controls media empire is rejected as ‘carefully crafted charade’

By Huw Griffith and AFP

Crude awakening as BP slashes renewables investment, doubling down on oil and gas

By AFP

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – DECEMBER 09: A general view of atmosphere at the Netflix’s “Squid Game Season 2” at Dongdaemun Design Plaza on December 09, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Han Myung-Gu/WireImage)

Squid Game returns for a second season as creator decries South Korea’s ‘absurd circumstances’

By AFP

PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 12: Oliver Wilkes and David Amblerat St. Pancras International, as Team GB return from The Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Eurostar on August 12, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images for Eurostar)

Eurostar is Europe’s worst-ranked rail operator, while Italy’s Trenitalia rides to the front

By Antoine Guy and AFP

TOPSHOT – People remove the Syrian flag from the entrance of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s Al-Muhajirin residence in Damascus on December 8, 2024. Celebrations erupted around Syria and crowds ransacked President Bashar al-Assad’s luxurious home on December 8 after Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus and declared he had fled the country, in a spectacular end to five decades of Baath party rule. (Photo by Bakr AL KASSEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR AL KASSEM/AFP via Getty Images)

This was Bashar al-Assad’s mansion. Syrians are now helping themselves to its opulence after the ousted dictator fled to Russia

By Maher Al Mounes and AFP

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) listens to Sberbank CEO Herman Gref after a panel discussion as part of the Artificial Intelligence Journey (AIJ) forum, in Moscow on November 9, 2019. (Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

The CEO of a state-run Russian banking giant admits the economy shows major signs of slowing

By AFP

Copenhagen, Denmark – November 05, 2016: People under umbrellas in Tivoli Garden. This amusement park opened in 1843 and is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the world

Copenhagen is vulnerable to water. This is how the city is taking on its biggest climate threat and serving as a model for others to follow

By Camille Bas-Wohlert and AFP

A picture taken on December 13, 2021 shows a sign of the Swiss banking giant UBS displayed outside their branch in Lausanne. – The Paris court of appeal will rule on December 13, 2021 on the fate of UBS, suspected of illegally canvassing clients in France between 2004 and 2012 to shelter their wealth from tax in Switzerland. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Billionaires’ wealth has more than doubled to $14 trillion in just one decade, according to UBS

By AFP

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 2024/12/05: People walk past a Vodafone mobile phone store in Oxford Street as the merger of Vodafone with Three is approved. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Vodafone-Three merger could be the key to address the U.K.’s 5G connectivity challenges

By Clément Zampa and AFP

BARCELONA, SPAIN – JANUARY 19: Visitors look at the original Godric Gryffindor’s sword, from the movies, on display at “Harry Potter The Exhibition” on January 19, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Cesc Maymo/Getty Images)

Harry Potter replica swords sold in Japan theme park recalled for being too authentic

By AFP

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – DECEMBER 03: In this handout image provided by South Korean Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks during the declaration of emergency martial law at the Presidential Office on December 03, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of “anti-state activities plotting rebellion.” (Photo by South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images)

South Korean president’s possible impeachment comes after a rollercoaster of scandals and disaster

By Hailey Jo and AFP

Shell and Norway’s Equinor plan to form U.K.’s largest oil and gas venture

By AFP

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier attends a session of questions to the government at The National Assembly in Paris on November 26, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Michel Barnier: The shortest-serving French Prime Minister who lasted just 91 days

By Jurgen Hecker and AFP

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