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Dean O’Gorman & Simone Kessell Join WBD New Zealand Series ‘Ms. X’; Germany’s Joyn & ProSieben Greenlight ‘The Hunt’; RTL Completes Dutch Sale; Warner Bros Sets Italy Production Team – Global Briefs
Dean O’Gorman & Simone Kessell Join WBD New Zealand Series ‘Ms. X’ Dean O’Gorman (After the Party, The Hobbit) and Simone Kessell (Yellowjackets, Obi-Wan Kenobi) are among the cast added to Ms. X, the six-part crime comedy-drama for Warner Bros....
U.S. Manufacturing Continues To Struggle, Amidst Signs Of Jobs Resilience
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 1:36 PM EDT The ISM manufacturing index remains in contraction territory, but the job vacancy statistics are holding up fairly well and inflation pressures remain elevated. Fed Chair Powell, speaking in Portugal, continues to...
Savannah raises £4.8m to advance Portuguese lithium project with...
Savannah Resources PLC (AIM:SAV, ETR:SAV, OTC:SAVNF) has raised a total of £4.8 million in fresh investment after strong support from both institutional and individual investors, with the latest tranche coming through a retail-focused share offer....

Pirate treasure: Can a newly identified wreck solve the mystery of La Buse?
A vital piece of a 300-year-old mystery surrounding a pirate's treasure in the Indian Ocean may have been discovered. Archaeologists believe that they have identified the wreck of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo (Our Lady of the Cape), a Portuguese...

Rodeo coming to Lisbon
LISBON — Dust off your boots and get ready to cowboy up for the 40th-annual Hoppel’s Championship Rodeo that will be riding back into Lisbon Friday and Saturday. The landmark celebration is sanctioned by the International Professional Rodeo...

Spain and England record hottest June as heatwave grips Europe
Thomas MackintoshBBC News ShareSave A woman fans herself during the June heatwave in Madrid Spain and England have recorded their hottest June ever, as scorching temperatures continue to grip Europe. Spain's weather service Aemet said the...

Fed’s Powell says tariff hit to consumers likely coming this summer
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday warned that Americans would likely feel the impact of tariffs on prices in the coming weeks. “We’re watching. We expect to see over the summer some higher readings,” Powell told a panel led by the...

Fieldfisher launches offices in Lisbon and Porto
Fieldfisher strengthens its Iberian presence with the launch of Fieldfisher Portugal, welcoming a 68-strong team from André Miranda Associados. The international law firm has officially launched operations in Portugal, opening offices in Lisbon...

When An easyJet Airbus A320 Headed For Morocco Diverted To Portugal After A Passenger Hallucinated Snakes
Earlier this year, an easyJet flight from London Gatwick to Marrakesh was forced to divert to Faro, Portugal, for perhaps the strangest reason you have ever heard. Roughly two hours into the flight, a man onboard suddenly started screaming that...

Temperature records broken in Spain and Portugal
The IPMA agency said the record temperature -- the equivalent of 115.9 degrees Fahrenheit -- was registered on Sunday at Mora, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of the capital, Lisbon. That beat the previous June high of 44.9C in the...

Brits heading to Spain, Portugal and Italy warned to stay indoors
British holidaymakers in Spain, Portugal, and Italy have been advised to remain indoors during daytime owing to a severe heatwave across the European Union. The soaring temperatures have resulted in fatalities in Italy, with two people losing...

Terrified UK tourists in Spain, Portugal, Greece warned to stay indoors during day
UK tourists in Spain, Portugal and Italy have been warned to stay indoors during the day. It comes amid a European Union heatwave which has seen two people die in Italy as temperatures continue to soar amid an intense heatwave across Europe. In...

Could a Newly Identified Wreck Lead to Lost Pirate Treasure?
Archaeologists believe that they have found the 300-year-old wreck of the last ship captured by a notorious pirate known as La Buse. But the whereabouts of its treasures remain a mystery.A vital piece of a 300-year-old mystery surrounding a...

Ioana Mischie’s Catane in post-production
01/07/2025 - The Romanian-Italian absurdist comedy, based on a true story about the residents of an entire village declaring themselves disabled, is the director’s feature debut Catane by Ioana Mischie Romanian filmmaker and transmedia artist...

From Portuguese Sea Caves to Scottish Lochs: 5 Breathtaking Tours in Europe
Barcelona's rich culture runs deep—and taking a tour is the best way to truly understand what this captivating city has to offer. Photo by Aleksandar Pasaric from Pexels via Canva Did you know that Europe offers some of the most beautiful summer...

Jamaica’s tourism industry grapples with uneven growth in first half of 2025
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourism industry is navigating a mixed landscape in 2025, with global economic uncertainty and a lingering US travel advisory dampening early performance even as regional markets, increased airlift, and targeted...

Portugal has nine nature reserves. The first was established 50 years ago.
In March 1975, the creation of the Sapal de Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António Natural Reserve marked a significant milestone, enabling the country to protect areas that would otherwise have been detrimentally impacted by human...

The moment rare 'roll clouds' sweep across Portugal during record heatwave - while in Italy a 'water bomb' kills one person as extreme weather hits the continent
Europe has been rocked by yet more wild weather extremes with freak 'roll clouds' and destructive 'water bomb' downpours adding to the chaos brought by record 46C temperatures. In one of a number of bizarre weather events to strike the continent...

FLAD | U.S. Legislators of Portuguese descent gather in Lisbon – Portugal
Posted on 30 June 2025. The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) is hosting the 9th edition of the Legislators’ Dialogue on June 30 and July 1 in Lisbon, bringing together 20 elected officials of Portuguese descent from across the United...
TMG Automotive and Haartz Corporation to Invest in U.S. Manufacturing Facility in North Carolina for Automotive Interior Surface Materials
GUIMARÃES, Portugal and ACTON, Mass., June 30, 2025 -- Today TMG Automotive of Guimarães, PT and Haartz Corporation of Acton, MA announce their joint venture TMG & Haartz Solutions (www.tmghaartzsolutions.com) and investment in a new manufacturing...