European airports struggle to fix check-in glitch after cyberattack
- 22-Sep-2025
BRUSSELS: Some of Europe’s biggest airports battled to restore normal operations on Sunday after hackers disrupted automatic check-in systems, with Brussels asking airlines to cancel half of Monday’s flight departures due to persistent problems. Hackers on Friday targeted check-in and boarding systems provider Collins Aerospace, owned by RTX (RTX.N), opens new tab, disrupting operations at […]
Pakistan receives record remittances from European countries in 2022
- 02-Jun-2022
Brussels: Pakistan has received all-time high remittances from overseas Pakistanis residing in European countries in the first 10 months of the fiscal year 2021-22. According to details, overseas Pakistanis residing in the EU countries sent over $2.8 billion in remittances in the first 10 months (July-April) of the fiscal year 2021-22. The amount received in […]
Iran arrests European accused of swindling $1 bn: reports
- 01-Aug-2019
Police managed to discover a fraud case and arrest a European national who scammed 120 billion rials
Europeans vote, with EU future in balance
- 26-May-2019
Exit polls in some countries that have already voted have given pro-EU parties some comfort.
Germany seeks European cooperation on artificial intelligence
- 04-Dec-2018
NUREMBERG, Germany: Germany called on Tuesday for European cooperation on developing artificial intelligence (AI) to close the gap on leaders China and the United States. Economy Minister Peter Altmaier made the call after Berlin’s AI strategy was faulted by researchers, entrepreneurs and investors for lacking the vision and cash to sustain German industrial prowess. Critics […]
European firms say China business ‘more difficult’
- 20-Jun-2018
European companies complain they still face a difficult business climate in China despite Beijing's pledges of openness, with about half saying it has become tougher in the past year.
Facebook rolling out privacy choices under EU rules
- 18-Apr-2018
Facebook announced it would begin rolling out changes to how it handles private data this week to comply with forthcoming EU rules, with European residents seeing the measures first.
Google poised to emerge unscathed from European antitrust crackdown
- 12-Apr-2018
BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO: The European Union’s top antitrust regulator, Margrethe Vestager, has made it her mission to stem alleged anti-competitive abuses by big American tech companies, threatening as recently as last month to break up Alphabet’s Google. But a decision in the most important of three antitrust cases against Google – this one aimed at loosening […]
Half of European flights face delays after computer failure
- 03-Apr-2018
European air travellers faced mass disruption on Tuesday with around half of all flights at risk of delays following a technical problem at Eurocontrol, the agency in charge of the continent's skies.
European telecom firms pin hopes on ‘Esports’ video game gladiators
- 02-Jun-2017
MADRID: Marcos Ochoa has just landed the dream job for many young Europeans: he is being paid to play video games. The 27-year-old Spaniard, whose internet nickname is “Aeroz”, is a rising star of the Esports, or video games competitions that are played online or even in sports arenas. With championships watched by crowds of fans […]