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Sport

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2026: Kane first, Mbappé second, Yamal third, and what the vote looked at

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2026: Harry Kane, at the London Palladium, ahead of Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal. The top ten, the season numbers, the voting rules and the reception.

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A golden football trophy under a spotlight on an empty theatre stage, a curtain with England's St George's cross behind it; AI-generated illustration

Sport

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2026: Kane first, Mbappé second, Yamal third, and what the vote looked at

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2026: Harry Kane, at the London Palladium, ahead of Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal. The top ten, the season numbers, the voting rules and the reception.

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World News

Albania protests: what is happening in Tirana, what students demand and what travellers should know

Since 13 October 2026, crowds led by students have demanded Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation in Tirana and other cities. How the Albania protests began, what the figures say and what official travel advice recommends.

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World News

Protests in Europe, October 2026: what happened in Milan, France and Albania and what comes next

Protests in Europe turned violent in the same week of October 2026. Here is what happened in Milan, how Italy responded, where France and Albania fit, the figures with their sources and what travellers should check.

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Business

Black Friday 2026: the date, the November sales in Russia and how to check a discount

Black Friday 2026 falls on 27 November, the day after US Thanksgiving. Where the name comes from, what is known about Russian sales as of 19 October, how to check a discount and what the law says about online returns.

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AI

Vibe coding security: what to check before an AI-built app meets real users

An app built with Cursor, Lovable, Bolt or v0 can run and still leak data. A plain guide to the holes that matter, a one-day check before launch, and how to decide between rescue and rebuild.

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AI

MCP server in plain words: what it does, what it can touch and how a small company starts

An MCP server connects an AI assistant to your CRM, tables or database. How the pieces fit, why read-only comes first, what prompt injection and broad tokens risk, and a safe way to begin.

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AI

n8n workflows for a small business: five examples and how to keep them running

Leads to the CRM, invoices, weekly reports and an AI step: five n8n workflows worth building first, how test and production runs differ, how to catch failures, and where to host.

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AI

ChatGPT for business: plans, data rules and team training for a small company

A small team can get real hours back from ChatGPT for business if three decisions are made first: which account, what data may go in, and who checks the output. Plus a prompt library and what the EU asks about training.

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AI

RAG chatbot: how it answers from your documents, and when it pays off

A RAG chatbot looks up your documents before it answers and shows where the answer came from. Here is how it works, how to prepare files and access rights, how to test the answers and when a simple FAQ is enough.

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AI

AI readiness assessment: five steps to find where AI saves your company time

An AI readiness assessment is a short, structured look at your processes, data and risks that ends in a ranked list of first uses. Here is the method, the public frameworks behind it and an honest way to estimate effort.

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AI

EU AI Act summary for a small business: risk levels, duties and dates

A plain EU AI Act summary for a company that uses AI tools: the four risk levels, what is banned, the transparency and AI literacy duties, the dates through 2028 and the papers worth keeping. Not legal advice.

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Marketing

ChatGPT ads: where they are available, how they are shown and what to prepare

What advertising in ChatGPT is, according to OpenAI's own pages: the dates and countries, who can buy, how ads are labelled and targeted, what stays private, which categories are limited and what to prepare. Unconfirmed points are marked.

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