Facebook parent Meta has unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset with the hope that people will soon be using it to work and play in the still-elusive place called the metaverse.

Kosovo remains the only potential candidate or actual candidate country and one of the few European countries whose citizens still need a visa to enter the EU, whether for leisure, work, or education.

Lawmakers struggle to agree on how to impose restrictions.

The European Commission has declined to commit to moving forward with the delayed revision of the regulation on chemicals on the back of a deepening rift between the socialists and the centre-right groups of the European Parliament over the issue.

Faced with numerous questions from EU lawmakers on Monday (10 October), pharmaceutical giant Pfizer remained vague about the opacity of its vaccine purchase contracts and the text messages exchanged with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Actions at the policy level and several initiatives pulled together by the alcohol industry point at digital means of conveying more information to consumers, but scepticism from part of the European Commission persists.

Despite sanctions imposed by western governments, Hong Kong has confirmed it will not seize a Russian oligarch’s luxurious superyacht.

Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll see just how far the European Commission is willing to go – or be pushed – when it comes to intervening on the EU’s energy market.

Reducing stocks had been the right thing to do to support Ukraine, but production now needed to ramp up to ensure their allies’ own capabilities and to continue support for Ukraine “for the long haul”.

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