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• Tech stocks rose on Thursday following blockbuster earnings from Nvidia, which helped alleviate investor concerns regarding the sustainability of the AI investment boom. • The market gains were partially offset by new US economic data indicating that inflation remains stubbornly high, tempering overall investor euphoria. • Broader global markets struggled, with European stocks mostly lower and Asian markets in Tokyo and Hong Kong both closing slightly down.

• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosted leaders from Austria, Denmark, and Finland in Berlin on Thursday to coordinate a strategy among "frugal" EU member states. • The meeting serves as preparation for upcoming negotiations regarding the European Union's joint budget for the 2028-2034 seven-year period. • This alliance, which also includes the Netherlands and Sweden, advocates for tighter spending discipline, often clashing with nations like Italy, Spain, and Poland that favor higher spending.

• McGill University has launched a new Masters degree in Luxembourg to expand its international footprint in Europe and elevate local finance education. • Luxembourg firefighters deployed to the High Fens to assist Belgian crews in containing a major wildfire. • The firefighting operation has scaled up with aerial support from helicopters provided by Belgium, Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, near death on Welsh beach in 2023, is thriving in Houston despite lingering pneumoniaA Kemp’s ridley sea turtle native to the Gulf of Mexico is largely thriving after he was found nearly dead on a beach in Wales in late 2023, nursed back to health and then flown to Houston recently to continue recovering – though scans revealed signs that the creature has been grappling with lingering pneumonia, according to his caretakers.Rhossi’s condition was detailed in a blogpost on Friday from the Houston zoo, whose veterinary team was tasked with caring for the creature – believed to be no older than age four – and giving him the best chance possible at an eventual, successful return to the wild. Continue reading...

Loggerhead turtles abound this season but rollback of Endangered Species Act protections could threaten futureWildlife groups in Florida are celebrating record numbers of sea turtle nests this season, but experts warn Donald Trump’s recent gutting of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) could reverse decades of their recovery from the edge of extinction.With more than two months of the summer nesting season still to run, loggerhead turtles have already laid 13,770 nests, hundreds more than recorded in any previous year, along an 8.5-mile stretch of shoreline monitored by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, on Florida’s Atlantic coast. Continue reading...

Preliminary findings show fan blade broke off shortly after takeoff on 10 July flight from Greece to GermanyBroken engine parts were responsible for shattering a window on a Ryanair plane, causing a passenger to be partly sucked out mid-flight in July, US investigators have said.A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found an engine fan blade broke off shortly after takeoff on the 10 July flight from Greece to Germany. Continue reading...

• A total solar eclipse will occur today, August 12, visible from Greenland, Iceland, northern Spain, and northeastern Portugal. • A major partial eclipse will be visible across most of Europe, including Luxembourg, as well as parts of North America and northwestern Africa, peaking around 8:15 p.m. • Simultaneously, extreme heatwaves continue to affect much of Europe, with active warnings in force for the UK, Belgium, France, and central and eastern Europe.