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'It's very counterintuitive': The quantum batteries that upend the rules of chargingScientists have made the world's first quantum battery prototype and, unlike conventional batteries, it charges faster the larger it gets.

Australia's music chart bars fully AI-generated musicThe ARIA chart is drawing a line between artists who use AI as a tool and songs created largely by machines.

Food has turned into a class war – and it’s ruined my appetiteMore than half of what Brits eat is ultra-processed. Now we’re a nation of food snobs – with no ingredient safe from judgment.

Skip Berlin and Munich—These 5 Hidden Gems in Germany Are Even More MemorableGermany rewards travelers who look beyond its headline cities. While Berlin and Munich draw the crowds, some of the country’s most memorable experiences can be found in its lesser-known corners—villages where history feels personal, landscapes that feel untouched, and destinations where travel slows to a more meaningful pace.

Trump administration plans to revoke B1, B2 visas of 200,000 asylum seekersIf the action happens, it will be the largest single mass revocation of visas in US history, AP reports.

Moving to the countryside for a home: young people flee city housing costsSpain has a housing problem that has been getting worse for years and has already changed the way its young people think about their future. Buying a flat in Madrid, Barcelona or Málaga is, for most people under 40, a mission impossible. Renting on your own is no more viable: those who move out alone devote on average 98.7% of their salary to housing.

GTA 6 leaks - a nightmare or a blip for the biggest video game of the year?A few weeks ago, developer Rockstar announced it would break its long silence with a special "extended look" at the highly anticipated video game in a Netflix special.

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Moving to France from the US: If you can dream it, you can do it, say Americans in ParisWith the return of Donald Trump to the presidency today, this is a scary time for Americans. More than a few are at least fantasizing about pulling up stakes and heading for somewhere safe and fun. Like – oh, I dunno – Paris. But in the real world, can you do it?

Miriam Thaler: My guide through Cambridge for all the witches and wizardsA few weeks ago, I first set foot in Cambridge and ever since, I have been constantly wondering whether during my travels here from London King’s Cross, I might accidentally have boarded the train at Platform 9 ¾. The grand gothic colleges, the small alleyways lined with crooked redbrick houses, old gnarled pubs, hidden bookshops, students in long black capes roaming the streets all weave an air of “olde English magick” making me feel like I have fallen into a “Harry Potter” spin-off.

Theme parks you can drive to from BerlinWhile Berlin has its fair share of what’s called “Erlebnispark” within one-hour drive around the city — check out Holland Park to the north-west, Karls Erlebnis-Dorf to the west, Irrlandia to the south-east of Berlin, Freizeitpark Germendorf to the north-west (the dinosaurs park) and the aquapark Tropical Islands again to the south-east, — those aren’t exactly classic amusement parks with lots of rides and carousels. For those, one needs to take a longer trip. W

Our return after decades showed us an Izmir bigger, better and more modern than everTayyip Erdogan is an observant Muslim who has tried to pry Turkey away from the aggressive secularism of Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey. In Izmir, Erdogan has not succeeding in changing anything. Oh, wait … he kinda has: it’s even more liberal than the city we arrived in back in 1999.

Lauren Simmonds: My Top 5 sandy beaches in CroatiaLeisurely strolls along the sand as the waves gently lap your toes aren’t commonplace here, but they do exist. You just need to know where to find them.

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Dutch home buying made simple

Terry Boyd: Discovering the Other Amsterdam

Georgia Lewis: How to find genuinely good Australian wines in the UK and Europe

New Seeker Montessori school opening in Eindhoven

Featured News

News and Buzz

Business

Georgia Lewis: Finding a creative job in the UK after Brexit

Attention, Costco shoppers (updated): Aggressive American big-box retailer has big plans for Europe

Closing clubs in Berlin: The fight over RAW Gelände

Expat Essentials

Travel

Terry Boyd: Discovering the Other Amsterdam

Jess Bretin: My guide to hosting older American parents in Europe

Oxana Skibun: The best spots for Hungarian food in Budapest

IN OTHER NEWS...

Why Europe’s security tech is diverging from America’s

New for 2026: Dispatches’ (always updated) list of the best EDM-plus festivals across Europe and the globe

Eindhoven Business Briefing: It’s raining euros, hallelujah

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