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10 Nov 2026

PoliticsEPSOEU Recruitment

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EPSO: Italian applicant boom puts EU hiring balance to the test
The EPSO generalist exam started on November 9, but almost half of the applicants come from one single country, Italy. This clashes with the Commission's own hiring rules, which favour 'underrepresented countries' to address geographical staff imbalances.
1. 1. The 2026 EPSO competition drew 174,727 applicants for 1,490 reserve list places, with 79,343 candidates from Italy.
1. 2. The Commission's own legal framework, under Article 27 of EU Staff Regulations, defines as a "significant imbalance" any staff presence that falls below 80% of its rate (a target based on a country's European Parliament seats and population).
1. 3. Differences in salaries, job security, and employment prospects mostly explain this, particularly in Southern European countries where graduates face more challenging labour-market conditions.

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10 Nov 2026

BusinessEconomic IndicatorsTourism

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How is travel and tourism success measured? This new index aims to shake things up
The new power, efficiency and opportunity indices from the World Travel & Tourism Council look at economic strength, environmental efficiency and employment opportunity.
1. 1. The World Travel and Tourism Council and Oxford Economics introduced new indices evaluating 184 countries across economic scale, environmental efficiency, and employment opportunity.
1. 2. The United States, China, and India lead the power ranking based on investment scale and employment footprints.
1. 3. Sweden, Costa Rica, Croatia, and the Maldives achieved top category rankings for environmental efficiency and social development metrics.

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10 Nov 2026

SciencePublic HealthEnvironmental Policy

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Countries could save 9 million lives a year by meeting air quality targets they are missing
Cleaner air could bring far-reaching benefits, from easing pressure on health systems to boosting productivity and economic growth.
1. 1. Meeting WHO recommended PM2.5 levels could prevent 9.4 million deaths annually, while lowering NO2 could prevent or postpone 1.1 million deaths.
1. 2. Across the 136 countries included in the study, the average annual PM2.5 concentration was 30.44 μg/m³, more than six times the WHO's recommended limit.
1. 3. Meeting the WHO’s recommendations could generate Int$8.4 trillion — a measure adjusted for differences in purchasing power between countries — in annual societal welfare gains by reducing mortality risk.

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10 Nov 2026

PoliticsUS PoliticsWar Powers

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Republican lawmaker launches eight articles of impeachment against US Defence chief Hegseth
Republican Kentucky congressman Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, including alleged violations of the 1973 War Powers Resolution, as well as misconduct involving civilian casualties and operations in Yemen and Venezuela.
1. 1. Representative Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran conflict.
1. 2. A privileged procedural motion requires the House to vote on the Hegseth impeachment resolution within two days.
1. 3. Conviction and removal of Hegseth would require a two-thirds majority in the Senate.

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10 Nov 2026

BusinessArtificial IntelligenceInternational Trade

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China's trade surplus surpasses $1 trillion as AI boom powers exports
China's trade surplus ballooned to more than $1 trillion in October, official data showed on Tuesday, reaching the milestone even earlier than last year's record-breaking sum.
1. 1. China's trade surplus reached $1.04 trillion in the first ten months of the year.
1. 2. China's October exports grew 35.2 percent year-on-year to $412.3 billion.
1. 3. China's expanding trade surplus has heightened commercial tensions with the United States and the European Union.

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9 Nov 2026

Current EventsEuropean UnionCivil Service

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EPSO: Can the EU fix its hiring imbalance? Take our poll
The European Commission’s entrance exam, EPSO, is starting between November 9 and November 13. But over half of this year's applicants are Italian, which clashes with an internal hiring rule forcing departments to prioritise candidates from underrepresented countries.
1. 1. Nearly 80,000 of the approximately 175,000 applicants for the 2026 EPSO exam originate from Italy.
1. 2. Germany and France fall significantly short of their EU staffing benchmarks, reaching only 64% and 73% respectively.
1. 3. A European Commission mandate requires hiring managers to include at least one candidate from underrepresented nations in final interviews.

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9 Nov 2026

Current EventsRegional SecurityEuropean Diplomacy

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Europe searches for a seat at the table in Abu Dhabi
Good morning. This is Luca Bertuzzi, steering the newsletter this week. In this edition: Europe fights for a seat at the Ukraine peace table, Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot was tasked with forming a government, Poland mourns the deadly Kraków attack and von der Leyen heads to the Black Sea.
1. 1. G7 foreign ministers are convening in Paris ahead of US-mediated ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi.
1. 2. Israeli President Isaac Herzog designated opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government following the October 27 election.
1. 3. Polish investigators preliminarily linked a deadly shooting in Krakow's Main Market Square to far-right ideology while motive inquiries continue.

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9 Nov 2026

BusinessSemiconductorsMonetary Policy

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Tech stocks recover after midterms rout as Nvidia takes centre stage
Tech firms rose on Monday to claw back some of last week's painful losses fuelled by AI regulation worries, though traders were keeping an eye on a probe into Nvidia boss Jensen Huang.
1. 1. Asian chip and tech stocks rebounded following steep losses linked to US midterm election results and AI capital expenditure concerns.
1. 2. Nvidia opened an independent internal inquiry following allegations regarding chief executive Jensen Huang and a suspected Chinese operative.
1. 3. Markets estimate an 80 percent probability of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike at the upcoming December meeting.

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9 Nov 2026

BusinessMedia ProductionEuropean Regulation

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Netflix boss says creativity and regulation 'are not happy bedfellows' in Europe
Netflix’s EMEA revenue grew 11% year on year in Q3 2026, but sustaining that growth will depend on preserving creative freedom across Europe.
1. 1. Netflix invested more than €13 billion in Europe over the past decade and committed €1 billion to Spain by 2028.
1. 2. Non-English-language content viewing on Netflix grew from under 10% a decade ago to over one-third today.
1. 3. Larry Tanz argued that outdated European regulation discourages creative risk-taking and investment in local talent.

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9 Nov 2026

BusinessNational SecurityCorporate Governance

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Nvidia investigates whether CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese spy following alleged affair
Jensen Huang, CEO of US tech giant Nvidia, is being investigated by the company's board after reports that Huang was the “target of a foreign intelligence effort.” The probe follows Huang admitting to having been intimate with a business executive who, according to the US, is a Beijing informant.
1. 1. US tech giant Nvidia is opening a probe into its CEO, Jensen Huang, after reports that Huang was the “target of a foreign intelligence effort,” the company's board of directors announced on Sunday.
1. 2. In a letter addressed to Nvidia employees, Huang said that he took "full responsibility" for his actions, while admitting to being unfaithful to his wife and apologising to his family and colleagues.
1. 3. The board leading the company, which is one of the most valuable in the world, says it has "no reason to believe" that either national security or Nvidia's secrets were compromised, but that a thorough investigation would be carried out.

EEuronews

8 Nov 2026

Current EventsSearch and RescueSenegal

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At least 21 dead after migrant boat capsizes off Senegal, authorities say
The United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) says the dangerous Atlantic Route is a key pathway for West African migrants travelling to Europe.
1. 1. At least 21 people have died after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Senegal, authorities announced.
1. 2. Search and rescue operations are underway, and one survivor has been found so far, the ministry said.
1. 3. The United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) says the dangerous Atlantic Route is a key pathway for West African migrants travelling to Europe.

EEuronews

8 Nov 2026

Arts & CultureHorologyLuxury Industry

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Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2026: Rexhep Rexhepi wins prestigious Aiguille d’Or Prize
At this year's luxury watch awards, 84 timepieces and clocks were in competition across 14 categories, including sports, calendar and astronomy, jewellery and mechanical exception.
1. 1. Rexhep Rexhepi won the Aiguille d'Or prize at the 2026 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève for the Chronograph Flyback.
1. 2. The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève eliminated gendered categories in favor of Essential Watch and Complication Watch classifications.
1. 3. The 2026 competition evaluated 84 timepieces across 14 distinct categories using an expert jury.

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8 Nov 2026

Current EventsPublic SafetyPolish Politics

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What we know about the Krakow shooting that left six people dead
Police said the bodies of the suspect's 53-year-old father, 52-year-old mother and 21-year-old sister had also been found at his home.
1. 1. A shooting in Krakow's Main Market Square killed six people and injured 16 others on Saturday afternoon.
1. 2. Authorities discovered three additional bodies at the suspect's home on Saturday evening.
1. 3. Police wounded and detained a 24-year-old Polish suspect after an exchange of fire in Krakow.

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8 Nov 2026

PoliticsWhite HouseDonald Trump

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Trump offers UFC boss White House press secretary role: 'Dana, please take the job!'
Trump and White have forged a close relationship over the years, with Trump a regular attendee at UFC events and White having spoken at a number of the president's rallies.
1. 1. Donald Trump offered UFC CEO Dana White the position of White House press secretary.
1. 2. Dana White scheduled a Monday meeting with Donald Trump in Washington to discuss the press secretary offer.
1. 3. Katie Zacharia resigned as White House press secretary after less than five days in the position.

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8 Nov 2026

ScienceTheoretical PhysicsRelativity

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Where would you go in a time machine? Physicist says time travel only goes forward
Pack for tomorrow, not yesterday. A physicist says time travel to the past could be impossible.
1. 1. Hongsheng Zhang, a researcher at the University of Jinan in China, has shown that in a broad class of theoretical universes, travelling into your own past is impossible.
1. 2. Crucially, Zhang's research - which is awaiting peer review - also reveals exactly how a time machine could achieve travelling back in time, and it claims there are only two ways.
1. 3. Einstein showed that moving very fast, or sitting in strong gravity, slows your clock relative to everyone else's.

EEuronews

7 Nov 2026

PoliticsImpeachmentBanking Crisis

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Pedro Alliana sworn in as Paraguay president after Santiago Peña's impeachment
Ousted ex-President Santiago Peña was placed under house arrest on Friday after he was impeached over a major banking crisis.
1. 1. Paraguayan prosecutors placed former president Santiago Peña under house arrest on charges of breach of trust and misappropriation of funds.
1. 2. After three years as vice president, Pedro Alliana suddenly found himself catapulted to Paraguay's presidency on Friday following the impeachment of ousted leader Santiago Peña.
1. 3. After taking office, the 52-year-old vowed to tackle the situation before his term ends in August 2028.

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7 Nov 2026

Current EventsLaw EnforcementSecret Service

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US Secret Service arrests man parked near White House with 'multiple guns' in vehicle
The suspect has been charged with multiple offences, including possession of dangerous weapons and theft, per the DHS. He is in the custody of the US Marshals Service.
1. 1. The US Secret Service arrested a man near the White House who allegedly threatened to kill Donald Trump.
1. 2. Authorities charged Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos with theft and possession of dangerous weapons.
1. 3. Officers recovered three firearms and dozens of rounds of ammunition from the suspect's vehicle.

EEuronews

7 Nov 2026

PoliticsNew Zealand ElectionChristopher Luxon

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New Zealand counts votes in razor-thin election after campaign centred on cost of living
In New Zealand, people cast a party vote as well as an electorate vote in a general election. With their electorate vote, New Zealanders vote for a candidate to represent their local electorate in parliament. They also vote for the party they want to be in government.
1. 1. Labour holds 29.71 percent of early votes while the National Party holds 29.41 percent.
1. 2. Early results in New Zealand's general election show a neck-and-neck race between the country's two main parties following a campaign that centred on the cost of living and the economy.
1. 3. None of the parties on the ballot are expected to secure a majority in parliament.

EEuronews

7 Nov 2026

SciencePublic HealthMedical Research

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When antibiotics stop working: Europe's growing superbug threat
Antimicrobial resistance, responsible for an estimated 35,000 deaths each year in the European Union, is spreading across humans, animals and the environment, prompting calls for a broader approach to tackling one of public health's biggest challenges.
1. 1. Antimicrobial resistance causes an estimated 35,000 deaths annually in the European Union.
1. 2. A study in The Lancet projects bacterial antimicrobial resistance could cause 39 million global deaths between 2025 and 2050.
1. 3. The World Health Organization estimates improved vaccine use could cut worldwide antibiotic use by 2.5 billion doses each year.

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7 Nov 2026

ScienceRenewable EnergyMaterials Science

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‘Brief burst of intense heat’ could give hard-to-recycle wind turbine blades a second life
Europe risks becoming a dumping ground for hard-to-recycle wind turbine blades but new research has found a ‘hot’ solution
1. 1. Flash joule heating transforms composite wind turbine blades into silicon carbide and graphene.
1. 2. European decommissioned wind turbine blade waste is projected to reach 55,000 tonnes annually by 2030.
1. 3. WindEurope introduced a voluntary industry-wide landfill ban on turbine blades.

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6 Nov 2026

PoliticsDiplomacyUkraine War

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Poland warns allies: Don't negotiate with Russia over Eastern Europe's head
Poland has warned that Eastern Europe's security interests must not be sidelined in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, as it pushes back against efforts to resume Russian gas imports.
1. 1. Poland and regional allies insist that Western powers and the United States must include Eastern Europe in diplomatic negotiations with Russia.
1. 2. Poland firmly opposes reported United States proposals to restart Russian natural gas flows to Europe as part of a diplomatic settlement.
1. 3. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticized the European negotiation setup and called for a single unified envoy.

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6 Nov 2026

Current EventsWaste ManagementEnvironmental Conservation

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This Greek ship has collected enough waste from remote shorelines to fill 22 Olympic swimming pools
The 20-member cleaning team has created the largest database on marine pollution in the Mediterranean.
1. 1. The Typhoon Project has retrieved 1,140 tonnes of trash across more than 10,000 clean-up operations on remote Greek shores.
1. 2. The programme, which began in July 2019, is an initiative of the Public Benefit Foundation 'Athanassios C. Laskaridis'.
1. 3. "By observing the waste we were finding on the shores, we realised that a large proportion came from inland. So, in 2024, we created a new programme, called Cyclone."

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6 Nov 2026

Current EventsEnergy InfrastructureDrone Warfare

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One killed and three injured in strikes on Ukraine as blaze reported at Russia's Afipsky oil refinery
Ukrainian authorities said on Friday that one man had been killed in a morning attack on the Rivne region. Three others were also reportedly injured in strikes on Kyiv Oblast overnight.
1. 1. A fire broke out at Russia's Afipsky oil refinery following an overnight drone strike.
1. 2. A Russian morning attack on Ukraine's Rivne Oblast killed one man.
1. 3. US President Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries for rising global diesel prices.

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6 Nov 2026

Current EventsEnergy TransitionClimate Policy

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COP31 host Türkiye is home to one of Europe's largest solar farms. Why can’t it kick coal?
As Türkiye prepares to host the UN climate summit, one critic describes the country's climate targets and policies as “critically insufficient”.
1. 1. T%C3%BCrkiye’s Energy Ministry says coal remained the country’s largest source of electricity last year, accounting for 33 per cent of generation.
1. 2. The town of Karapinar in Konya is home to the Kalyon Karapınar YEKA-1 Solar Power Plant, which boasts more than three million solar panels perched on a terrain equivalent to the size of 2,600 football fields.
1. 3. However, the Climate Action Tracker, which measures countries’ progress against goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, has described T%C3%BCrkiye’s climate targets and policies as ‘critically insufficient’.

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6 Nov 2026

Current EventsUkraine WarInternational Diplomacy

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Zelenskyy urges Latin American leaders to help repair Ukraine's power grid
Speaking at the Ibero-American Summit in Madrid, Zelenskyy urged leaders to help Ukraine obtain the necessary equipment to repair its power grid that got damaged from Russian attacks.
1. 1. The 30th Ibero-American summit in Madrid convened representatives from a 22-nation bloc.
1. 2. The Ukrainian leader asked for international cooperation to help rebuild and repair its energy system.
1. 3. Zelenskyy's visit to Madrid comes amid US-led efforts to revive peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow, with trilateral talks set to resumse next week in the United Arab Emirates.

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5 Nov 2026

PoliticsEuropean UnionTransatlantic Relations

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Europe weighs implications of Trump’s midterm setback
Good morning. It’s Thursday, and I’m Mared Gwyn. In this edition: What the Democrats’ sweeping win in the US midterm elections means for Europe, and Germany and Brussels continue to clash over what "associate" EU membership actually means.
1. 1. European Union lawmakers voted to lower the 2035 car emissions reduction target from 100% to 87.5%.
1. 2. The fear among EU officials is that with his domestic agenda facing stiff resistance in Congress, the US President could now turn increasingly to foreign policy, where he has greater room for manoeuvre, in a bid to reclaim the initiative and secure his legacy.
1. 3. Berlin and Brussels continue to clash over what “associate membership” means and who should be entitled to get it, Jorge Liboreiro reports after departing Berlin.

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5 Nov 2026

Current EventsHong KongNational Security Law

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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years for collusion
Wong rose to prominence during Hong Kong's 2014 protests, known as the Umbrella Movement, and has been in and out of jail since 2017.
1. 1. Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 more years in jail in the Chinese territory on Thursday for colluding with foreign powers.
1. 2. Wong, who became internationally renowned during the "Umbrella Movement" that convulsed Hong Kong in 2014, has already spent almost six years behind bars and is now not due for release until late 2036.
1. 3. The court on Thursday described Wong and fellow student leader Nathan Law, who is in self-imposed exile and wanted by authorities, as "two ring-leaders or masterminds" of a conspiracy to endanger national security.

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5 Nov 2026

BusinessMidterm ElectionsStock Markets

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Shares advance after Wall Street rally following US midterm elections
Ahead of the European markets opening, Asian shares mostly gained on Thursday after US stocks rallied following the midterm elections, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping more than 3% after President Donald Trump’s party lost its sole control of Washington.
1. 1. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index jumped 2.8% while the Shanghai Composite index edged 0.1% higher.
1. 2. Trump Media & Technology Group shares fell 24.5% on Wednesday.
1. 3. Selling of shares related to artificial intelligence extended losses.

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5 Nov 2026

Current EventsStudent ProtestsSerbian Politics

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Serbia arrests police over excessive violence against student protesters
The police officers are accused of having used excessive force and violence against student protesters during anti-government protests last year.
1. 1. Serbian authorities arrested eight serving police officers and one former officer on abuse and torture charges.
1. 2. Serbian state broadcaster RTS identified special anti-terrorist unit commander Igor Zmiric among those detained.
1. 3. A student-led movement won parliamentary elections in Serbia, defeating Aleksandar Vucic.

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5 Nov 2026

SciencePublic HealthVector Control

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As tiger mosquitoes spread, Europe races to stop tropical diseases
Mosquitoes that were associated with tropical regions are now established in several European countries and are moving north. Health authorities are rushing to ensure that the diseases they spread — such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika — don’t catch up with them. And citizens have an important role.
1. 1. Portugal released 30,000 sterile male mosquitoes in September 2026 to curb local tiger mosquito populations.
1. 2. By late October 2026, Italy recorded 76 locally acquired dengue cases and France recorded eight.
1. 3. The European Union's HERA allocated 10 million euros toward developing new diagnostics for mosquito-borne illnesses.

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