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Google's DeepMind announce automated research lab in the UK, using AI and robotics to develop advanced materials and give British scientists priority access to cutting-edge technology.

Google to invest $6.4bn in cloud infrastructure in Germany

Alphabet’s Google is set to spend 5.5 billion euros ($6.41 billion) in Germany over the next few years to expand its cloud infrastructure, the company announced Tuesday. The investment will fund a new data center in Dietzenbach, near Frankfurt, and the expansion of its existing facility in Hanau, both in Hesse, according to officials at […]

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Former Germany captain, Philipp Lahm plans to boycott 2022 World Cup in Qatar

by Xandra Nwaokolo Philipp Lahm, a legend for Bayern Munich and Germany, has threatened to boycott the Qatar World Cup in 2022 for concerns about human rights. FIFA has come under heavy fire for choosing the tiny Gulf nation—with a population of just over two million—to host the tournament despite human rights concerns. Human rights

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UK temperature reaches 40 degrees for first time as European countries battle massive wildfires in record heatwave

Firefighters in southwestern France, Southern and western Germany and Belgium battled on Tuesday, July 19 to contain massive forest wildfires while the UK recorded its highest ever temperature of 40 degrees in record heatwave.The temperature of more than 40C (104F) was provisionally recorded on Tuesday for the first time ever in Britain, the Met Office

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Germany’s Angela Merkel begins fourth term as Chancellor

Angela Merkel on Wednesday finally began her fourth, and likely final, term as German chancellor. Now in office, Ms. Merkel and her newly appointed Social Democratic finance minister, Olaf Scholz, will travel to Paris later this week to start talks on Mr. Macron’s ambitious proposals for reforming the eurozone and the European Union. The proposals

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Germany, EU to help Nigeria increase power by 500MW

Germany is collaborating with the European Union to increase power generation in Nigeria by 500 megawatts (MW) through renewable energy to serve 100,000 people. Iner Hommers, The Programme Head, Nigerian Energy Support Programmme (NESP), said in Abuja at a presentation of a compendium of the achievements of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ).

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Yusuf Buhari arrives Nigeria after Germany treatment

Yusuf Buhari, son of President Buhari, has arrived Nigeria safely after he underwent further treatment in Germany due to injuries he sustained in a bike accident last December. Following Yusuf’s involvement, facts emerged on how Yusuf secretly acquired the multi million naira bikes, as DAILY POST exclusively gathered from a reliable source at the presidency that the BMW power-bikes,

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Interesting! Germany electricity producers pay consumers for power usage

German power producers are poised to pay customers to use electricity this weekend. Wind generation is forecast to climb to a record on Sunday, creating more output than needed and driving electricity prices below zero, broker data compiled by Bloomberg show. It would be the first time this year that the average price for a

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Emmanuel Macron of France, Theresa May of UK and Angela Merkel of Germany

UK, France, Germany disagree with US on Iran nuclear deal

Global powers, including key United States (US) allies like Germany, United Kingdom, France and others, have said they will stand by the Iran nuclear deal which President Donald Trump has threatened to tear apart. Mr Trump said on Friday that he would stop signing off on the agreement. The UK, France and Germany responded that

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