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New product liability rules have entered into force, reflecting the increasing digital features of products and the growing circular economy. The EU’s product liability regime was established in 1985 to compensate those who have suffered physical injury or property damage due to a defective product. Since then, technological developments, new circular economy business models and ever-more global supply chains have made updating the rules essential. The new rules explicitly cover products like software, AI systems or product-related digital services. These changes benefit both consumers and manufacturers. Consumers will find it easier to claim damages in court, while manufacturers will benefit from…

  About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region on Tuesday, a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and streams of gas and debris hurtling down its western slopes. The latest eruption of Mount Kanlaon, on central Negros island, did not cause any immediate casualties, but the alert level was raised one level, indicating further and more explosive eruptions may occur. Volcanic ash fell on a wide area, including Antique province, more than 124 miles across seawaters west of the volcano, obscuring visibility and posing health risks, Philippine chief volcanologist Teresito Bacolcol…

About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region on Tuesday, a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and streams of gas and debris hurtling down its western slopes. The latest eruption of Mount Kanlaon, on central Negros island, did not cause any immediate casualties, but the alert level was raised one level, indicating further and more explosive eruptions may occur. Volcanic ash fell on a wide area, including Antique province, more than 124 miles across seawaters west of the volcano, obscuring visibility and posing health risks, Philippine chief volcanologist Teresito Bacolcol and…

A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adèle Haenel when she was 12 went on trial in Paris on Monday, December 9, five years after her allegations fired France’s #MeToo movement. Christophe Ruggia is accused of sexually assaulting Haenel – star of films including Portrait of the girl on fire (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) and 120 Beats per minute (120 Beats Per Minute) – in the early 2000s when she was between 12 and 14 and he was in his 30s. The Ruggia case is one of a string that has raised questions about sexual violence in…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, December 9, called cross-party talks aimed at “forming or making possible a government of national interest” after the ouster of Prime Minister Michel Barnier triggered a political crisis. Party leaders were invited to Macron’s Elysee Palace office for 2:00 pm (French time) on Tuesday, the presidency said, in a departure from Macron’s previous method of meeting leaders individually. Macron’s office said that only those who had “shown they placed themselves in a framework of compromise” had been called upon for Tuesday’s talks – appearing to exclude the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) and hard-left La…

Endless rows of mountain olive trees surround the valley where Mogón sits, a town in Jaén of barely 800 inhabitants that is the gateway to the Sierra de Las Villas in Jaén, one of the three (along with Cazorla and Segura) that make up the second largest protected natural area in Europe. Embraced by the Guadalquivir and Aguascebas rivers, this annex, known as the paradise of water, has an olive cooperative with more than 1,300 members. That is to say, there are more cooperative members than neighbors, although it is true that many of them live in other parts of…

The independentistas will raise in the debate the need for Sánchez to renew his political commitments because to date he considers them unfulfilled. Read Winning horse for Junts: transfers in exchange for support and a single exit for the PSOE

Manuel Neuer suffered a broken rib when he fouled Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong. “He probably won’t play again this year,” said Bayern coach Vincent Kompany on the eve of the game against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Schalke Arena. After the loudly proclaimed “title at home”, FC Bayern has to solve a groundbreaking compulsory task for the Champions League anniversary, even without Manuel Neuer, who has been injured for a long time. The captain will not only be missing for the record champions in Bayern’s 300th game in Europe’s premier football league, but will not be available again until January. “He has…

After the murder of Julius Caesar, Brutus had an aureus minted showing him with a laurel wreath: a sign of his ambition to become emperor. A valuable gold coin – with propaganda value. Rare Roman Brutus coin auctioned for 1.98 million euros

French President Emmanuel Macron invited party leaders to engage in cross-party talks on Monday, as he attempts to form a new government following a historic no-confidence vote last week which toppled his Michel Barnier-led government only 12 months after Barnier’s appointment. Macron calls cross-party talks on forming new government