QuTwo, the Finnish AI lab founded by former AMD Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin, is now valued at €325 million (approximately $380 million) after raising a €25 million angel round ($29 million). It’s a sign of enduring tailwinds for AI, quantum computing, and sovereign tech, especially for Europe-made companies. QuTwo’s name is a nod to…
Who is Peter Thiel, really? Maverick, or monster? Little is known about the eccentric billionaire manipulating our world from assorted bunkers, but what we can say for sure is that the man was once a boy. And as some of you may have already inferred from the name of his company, Palantir, that boy was…
Peter H. Raven, a renowned botanist and author who remade the Missouri Botanical Garden into a premier research institution and became one of science’s most influential voices on threats posed by climate change, deforestation, overpopulation and unchecked development, died on Saturday in St. Louis. He was 89. His death, in a hospital, was from congestive…
For some years now, mainstream British politics has revolved increasingly obsessively around the question of how to stop Nigel Farage. What started a decade ago with Brexit may yet end in a general election that boils down to one question: do you or don’t you want to risk putting this man in Downing Street? That said, we still…
MPs reject Conservative proposal over Mandelson MPs voted 335-223 against the motion, meaning the government won by a majority of 112. Share Key events 5m ago A summary of today’s developments 35m ago MPs reject Conservative proposal over Mandelson 1h ago Iranian ambassador summoned over ‘unacceptable’ social media post 2h ago Peers drop opposition to…
Following his party’s crushing defeat in a general election, Hungary’s outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, said on Saturday that he would give up his seat in Parliament and focus on rebuilding his battered “patriotic movement.” But after 16 years in power and nearly four decades as leader of Hungary’s once invincible Fidesz party, he indicated…
Hungary dropped its opposition to a $106 billion loan from the European Union to Ukraine on Wednesday, most likely clearing the way for the bloc to extend a needed lifeline to Kyiv as the war with Russia drags on. The loan — 90 billion euros — had been held up since February by Prime Minister…
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Shorouk Express On September 1, 2025, Trend News Agency celebrates an important milestone – its 30th anniversary. Over three decades, Trend has grown from a small editorial office into one of the region’s leading and most respected multilingual agencies, covering key events in the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Caspian region. Thanks to the…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Newly released official files reveal the extent of Peter Mandelson’s determination to re-enter government after twice being forced to resign from Tony Blair’s…
