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A Tunisia-based higher education institution is seeking to fill an artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap in this north African country, which has hosted some successful AI-based startups, but who have struggled to recruit AI-proficient workers.

The Pristini School of AI launched quietly in 2023 and has since been building its student base, now teaching 130 students across its undergraduate and masters’ courses, said its dean, Mohamed Jaoua.…

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a legal bid to trim the power of cross-border criminal investigations launched within the European Union (EU) by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The ECJ was asked to intervene in an Austrian case brought by

German traders accused of smuggling biodiesel into the EU.…

The automotive industry is undergoing transformational change as it moves toward low or zero emissions technology such as electric vehicles – so it is no surprise that significant innovation is being introduced to vehicle paints and coatings.

In Europe, for example, sustainability, safety and technology are driving the latest trends in car coatings.…

A group of European Union (EU) member states is pressing for delays in approving lab-grown meat for sale in the EU, calling for a broad debate on a wide range of economic and social impacts. A common note to the EU Council of Ministers has been written by Austria, France and Italy, backed by the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Malta, Romania and Slovakia.…

Chinese sportswear giants Li-Ning Company Ltd and Anta Sports Products Ltd may have lost significant value (70% and 27% respectively) in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index at the close of 2023, but industry experts remain confident they will continue to be forces Western sportswear brands will have to reckon with in 2024.  …

TEXTILE and garment companies in the European Union (EU) will need to take extra care with sustainability-focused marketing, when proposed green claim and greenwashing controls being negotiated by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers come into force later this year.…

While the basic principle of fraud – obtaining property by deception – holds as true today as ever – one New Year resolution for anti-fraud teams should be assessing the risks posed by recent technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). Combined with the general Covid-19-inspired shift towards online living, AI has offered fraudsters new weapons and wider targets for this year and beyond.…

The new libertarian Argentine government’s strategy to restore a strangled economy, battling recession and a triple-digit inflation, is expected to boost wool exports from the country, experts have predicted.
The new president, the far-right outsider Javier Milei, was elected in November (2023), promising drastic economic reforms in Latin America’s third-largest economy, which is facing its worst economic crisis in two decades.…

Imposing bans on disposable e-cigarettes or vapes will not help people stop smoking and are counterproductive, European vape experts have told Tobacco Journal International (TJI).

Their comments come in the wake of myriad plans to ban or impose high taxes on these products, which contain nicotine and are regarded by some as harmful for health.…

Paint and coating companies worldwide are intensifying innovation as they seek to product anti-fouling products that are targeted, effective and avoid delivering environmental damage to seas, oceans, rivers and canals.

With sustainability reporting becoming mandatory in the European Union (EU) by 2026 and other countries mulling mandating International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) declarations, the pressure to make anti-fouling cleaner is growing.…