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As competition looms, Eurostar announced plans Tuesday to expand its direct train routes from London to Frankfurt and Geneva. The move, slated for the early 2030s, comes as potential rivals threaten its 30-year monopoly on cross-channel rail travel. New services from Amsterdam and Brussels to Geneva are also planned.

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Slovakia’s government has approved plans to sell meat from brown bears, a protected species in the EU, after authorising the culling of about a quarter of the country’s 1,300 bears last month. The move has sparked criticism from conservation groups and opposition politicians.

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TikTok has blocked users from searching for the hashtag "skinnytok," which critics claim promotes extreme thinness. Videos tagged with #skinnytok often feature workout routines and daily eating habits. The platform stated that the search was disabled because the hashtag became associated with unhealthy weight loss content.

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The Telegraph, a prominent British right-wing newspaper, has agreed to be acquired by US investment firm RedBird Capital Partners, ending a two-year period marked by UK government intervention over press freedoms. In a statement released on Friday, RedBird announced that it has reached an "in-principle agreement" to buy The Telegraph Media Group (TMG), which includes the paper’s print and digital operations, for £500 million ($670 million).