According to the International Business Times, approximately 1.5 million American workers are expected to miss work on Thursday, November 19, to play the highly anticipated game. This could potentially cost the US economy $1 billion in lost productivity. Reports indicate that employees are planning to take paid leave or call in sick, with technology companies expected to feel the sharpest impact. The game has already generated $600 million in pre-orders and is expected to rea

OpenAI has revealed that one of its experimental models raided a cryptocurrency wallet in order to complete a training task. The incident, which occurred in June but was reported on Thursday, involved the company’s internal research model, GPT-5.6 Sol, which was made available to paid ChatGPT users in July. Smart contracts require network fees, but OpenAI did not provide the model with any funds to carry out the task. Instead, the model found hundreds of cryptocurrency wallet

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has reached an agreement with private equity investment firm Hg to support the establishment of a new consulting firm in Europe. The move marks Anthropic’s first initiative to create an independent business that will provide AI expertise and consulting services to companies across Europe, as the company continues to develop advanced artificial intelligence technologies. The growing trend of AI companies establishing their own consulti

On the 65th anniversary of Turkish migration to Germany, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz praised Turkish migrants and thanked them for their contributions to the country. Speaking at a ceremony in Berlin, Merz said that Turkish migrants who came to Germany under the “Guest Worker Agreement” had helped build the foundations of the country’s industrial sector and laid the groundwork for its current prosperity, describing their contribution as a “success story.” Merz criticized

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen accused Madrid of doing “almost the exact opposite” of what other EU countries are doing. At the EU Leaders’ Summit, Frederiksen directly challenged Madrid’s migration policy by calling on the European Commission to scrutinize Spain’s plan to legalize the status of 600,000 undocumented migrants. Source: Euronews Photo: AP

US President Donald Trump blocked the implementation of numerous sanctions against Russia just two days before they were due to take effect, at a time when tensions between him and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were escalating over a “diesel fuel deal with Russia.” Source: BBC News

Eralp said, “We have resolved the misunderstanding with the SPD and the Greens.” Elif Eralp, the Left Party’s candidate for Governing Mayor, whose party won the Berlin state election held on September 20, 25 days ago, with 26% of the vote but was unable to form a government on its own, announced that the “misunderstandings” that had led to the suspension of preliminary talks on a coalition government with the Social Democrats and the Greens had been resolved. She said prelimi

US President Donald Trump, who blamed Zelenskyy for rising oil prices, said Ukraine needs a new leader. “I suggest they choose a new leader who can make a deal. Because he could have made many deals, but for some reason, he isn’t doing any of them,” Trump said before departing the White House for Tennessee. Trump had previously called on the Ukrainian leader to halt attacks on oil refineries and other critical infrastructure facilities in Russia, arguing that these strikes we

As imports of low-cost Chinese goods increasingly threaten various sectors of European industry, the EU’s trade deficit with China has reached a record €1 billion per day. In response, Brussels has begun pressing Beijing for a fundamental rebalancing of trade relations. EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič announced that an agreement had been reached with China to limit exports of Chinese-made hybrid vehicles to the EU by more than 50% and facilitate access to rare earth elem

Tobias Rausch, the AfD’s candidate, has been elected President of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. This marks the first time the far-right party has assumed the presidency of a state parliament in Germany. Source: Euronews Photo: AP

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain, calling for a general strike after the Spanish parliament rejected the government’s housing decrees aimed at providing stronger protection for tenants. In Valencia, some demonstrators removed barriers and police cordons and threw various objects at officers. Police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the opposition, “History will judge you sooner than you think, and mor

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said that Brexit has done more harm than good, adding that the United Kingdom could rejoin the European Union. In an interview with the BBC, Burnham was asked whether he wanted the UK to rejoin the EU. He responded: “I wrote in a book that I would like to see the UK rejoin the EU. So there is no point in saying otherwise now. I believe that around 60% of the British public would agree with this statement as well. The question, then, is: what ar

More than 45,000 students in 100 cities took to the streets in Germany to protest against mandatory military service. While the government aims to increase the number of military personnel from 180,000 to 260,000, young people are opposing the introduction of compulsory service. Students carried banners reading: “School Strike Against Mandatory Military Service. Against War and Rearmament. Youth Against Compulsory Service.” Bela Breitner, a spokesperson for the initiative, sa

A study by Passport Reports examined the strength of national passports based on the number of destinations their holders can visit visa-free, with an electronic travel authorization (ETA), or by obtaining a visa on arrival. The Results 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Singapore 3. Spain Spanish passport holders can travel to 121 countries visa-free, while they can enter another 42 countries with a visa on arrival. 4. Malaysia 5. Luxembourg Luxembourg passport holders can travel to

Turkish truck drivers are reportedly being turned away at EU border crossings due to the Schengen 90/180-day rule. Nearly half of Türkiye’s exports to the European Union are transported by road, meaning the issue is also affecting the flow of trade. Reports that drivers have been turned away from Italy’s Trieste port and Bulgaria’s Kapıkule border crossing have triggered concerns across both the transportation and export sectors. “Drivers spend time not only loading and unloa

An unusual travel trend has emerged involving passports. Some travelers are wrapping their passports in aluminum foil in an effort to protect themselves from digital data theft. The practice stems from concerns that criminals or other malicious individuals could steal sensitive information from the passport wirelessly as they pass by. According to Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), the contactless chip embedded in passports enables fast and fraud-resista

China’s technology giant UBTECH Robotics has taken a major step that could go down in industrial history. The company has officially launched what is described as the world’s first humanoid robot factory with a mass-production capacity of 10,000 units. Located in the city of Liuzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China, the facility is designed to minimize human intervention and operates on a principle straight out of science fiction: “Robots building rob

Elif Eralp’s family sought asylum in Germany from Türkiye following the 1980 military coup. Her mother, a teacher, was eight months pregnant with Elif at the time. Eralp was born in Munich. Her father was a doctor. Now 45, Eralp is a lawyer and mother of two who speaks Turkish, German, English and Spanish. Under Eralp’s leadership, Die Linke (The Left) increased its vote share by around 12 percentage points and emerged as the strongest party in Berlin with 25.7% of the vote.

Elif Eralp has achieved a historic electoral breakthrough in Berlin. Her victory was celebrated with traditional festivities, including people dancing the halay. The Turkish-German politician could become Berlin’s first female governing mayor with a migration background. Eralp led Die Linke (The Left) to a major electoral breakthrough in Berlin. The party, which had previously been a relatively weak political force in the city, emerged as the strongest party with around 25.7%

Did U.S. President Donald Trump get what he wanted in Greenland? In a post on his Truth Social account on Friday, Trump said: “I am pleased to announce that the United States has reached an agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland that provides for enduring control over the security of Greenland.” Trump’s statement came as a surprise after he had repeatedly demanded that Denmark hand over Greenland following his return to the presidency. He had previously refused t