Author: Sam Allcock

The Zero Waste Foundation shaped talks on COP31 during London Climate Action Week, with a climate agenda built around people. Samed Ağırbaş held a run of diplomatic meetings that closed with a roundtable at Buckingham Palace ahead of COP31 in Türkiye. The Zero Waste Foundation is a main stakeholder of London Climate Action Week. From 22 to 25 June, the foundation held meetings in London tied to COP31. It spoke with finance leaders, city officials and diplomats to bring zero waste, the circular economy and climate justice to the front of global efforts, as Türkiye prepares to host COP31. “London…

Two events in Istanbul in June 2026 put the zero waste agenda at the centre of Türkiye’s preparations for COP31, connecting policy work, delivery planning and public participation in one city. The Zero Waste Foundation organised Zero Waste Forum 2026 at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul from 5 to 7 June 2026. The forum ran under the theme “Road to Antalya: Zero Waste as Climate Action” and brought governments, cities, international organisations, experts and stakeholders together. It focused on building implementation readiness for COP31 through announcements, partnership building and practical action, rather than formal negotiations. “Zero waste is a practical climate…

Somewhere between managing invoices, answering emails, and wondering why the printer has chosen violence again, most small‑business owners eventually realise their website isn’t doing much for them. It exists. It loads. It has words. But it’s not exactly attracting customers in droves. Hiring a full agency feels too expensive. Doing it yourself feels like trying to decode ancient runes. And that’s usually the moment someone says, “Have you thought about bringing in an SEO freelancer?” Not a big agency. Not a full‑time hire. Just one person who knows what they’re doing — and doesn’t cost the earth. The affordability of…

The UK sends more than one million visitors to Egypt each year, placing it among the country’s top European source markets. Egypt continues to record high international arrival numbers, and British demand for premium Red Sea holidays has kept pace with that growth. Rixos Hotels Egypt has opened Rixos Premium Magawish Bay View as its second resort in Hurghada to address that demand. Hurghada has direct flight links from London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Glasgow. Those connections, combined with year-round sun, sandy beaches, and strong all-inclusive options, make the destination a consistent choice for British holidaymakers. The new Rixos Premium…

Something shifted in how people find things to do. Not dramatically, not overnight — but the change is real. Where you once asked a friend or checked a notice board, you now tap through an app that already knows what you liked last Saturday. Interactive platforms have rewritten the local entertainment playbook. And festivals sit right at the centre of that shift. Discovery used to be passive. You’d hear about something through a friend, catch a flyer on a lamp post, maybe stumble across a listing. Now? The listing finds you. Platforms track timing, location, and habit — so someone…

Traders can check positions, place orders and manage risk through a chat with Claude or any other MCP-compatible AI assistant, without leaving the tools they use. ThinkMarkets has launched ChelseaAI. The product plugs a live ThinkTrader account into an AI assistant. Ask the AI to view your positions, place a trade, read the market or move a stop-loss. It runs the task. No second login. No app to switch. ChelseaAI sits on the Model Context Protocol (MCP). MCP is an open standard. It lets AI assistants link to outside services in a safe way. ChelseaAI works with any MCP-ready assistant.…

Political strategist Alberto Lage and psychologist Iracema Rezende examine how candidates think and behave under pressure — and what those patterns tell us about leadership and decision-making across many fields. “Inside the Candidate’s Head: The Psychology of Running for Office – Lessons from Brazil’s Campaign Trenches” is now on sale in English. The book first topped Amazon Brazil’s bestseller charts, then reached a wider audience through its Spanish edition in Latin America and Spain. Lage and Rezende first released the book in Portuguese in September 2025 as “Cabeça de Candidato”. It reached number one on Amazon Brazil in Elections, Politics,…

Evghenia Gutul, the elected Head (Baskan) of Gagauzia, a region that holds autonomous standing within Moldova, has compiled 30 letters written from prison into a book titled “The Gutul Case. Anatomy of Political Persecution.” The book gives a first-hand account of the conflict between Gagauzia’s regional government and Moldova’s central authorities, which she says drove her arrest and her placement in solitary confinement. The full text is available at no cost in English, Turkish, and Russian at www.egutul.com. International lawyers have taken note of the publication since its release. Gonzalo Boye, a lawyer with a track record in political persecution…

MODULE-T has launched MODULE-T UK, giving the company a permanent base in Britain from which to serve clients across the country. The UK is part of a wider European expansion as demand grows for modular buildings among industrial operators, public sector bodies and event businesses that need structures ready for use quickly and with little disruption to the sites where they are installed. Drawing on 15 years of experience and exports to more than 120 countries, MODULE-T supplies a range that includes portable office cabins, WC and sanitary units, changing rooms, storage containers, flat-pack cabins and prefabricated modular buildings through…

When it comes to upgrading your car, selling your current one privately can sometimes feel like more effort than it’s worth. You put the advert up, answer the same questions over and over again, wait around for people who never turn up, and then deal with buyers trying to knock hundreds off the price on your driveway. For a lot of people, that’s exactly why part exchanging has become the easier option. A part exchange basically means trading your current car in as part payment towards your next one. The dealership handles everything at the same time, which saves a…