India’s Toonz Media Group and Tokyo-based studio Supersub LLC have joined forces to co-produce “The Taste of Water,” an animated feature documentary tracing the history, culture, and future of Japanese sake. The deal was unveiled at the Annecy Animation Film Festival. Directed
By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, June 23 (Reuters) - Lebanon heads into a new round of talks with Israel on Tuesday in Washington, with Beirut determined to press ahead with direct negotiations even as they appear to be overshadowed by Iran's decision to make Lebanon part of its
The Competition and Markets Authority said StubHub must refund 50,000 customers and pay a fine.
“Monkey Quest,” Toei Animation’s ambitious new production sneak peeked Monday at Annecy, was born from a simple question, says producer Yoshi Ikezawa. ”[Producer] Joseph Chou and I asked: How can Japanese anime reach the same level of mainstream awareness and emotional
The European Commission has launched a last call for proposals under the current MFF worth €1.1 billion to build and modernize transport infrastructure on the EU's trans-European transport network (TEN-T). The selected projects will contribute to the EU's plan for connecting
Records from 2021 to 2025 showed a total of 1,059 accidents
Animation powerhouse Passion Paris (“400 Boys,” “Not a Box”) is partnering with France-based anime SVOD service Animation Digital Network (ADN) to produce an adaptation of a high-profile South Korean webtoon. An adult action series, the webtoon Passion and ADN are adapting has
A draw or even narrow defeat could mean Scotland qualify for the knockout stage of the World Cup. But how difficult is it to play a game you do not need to win?
Although Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has yet to name the coalition’s chief minister candidate, Maszlee - who is among the candidates with the biggest profile owing to his previous stint as a Cabinet minister - has emerged as one of the frontrunners for the post, according to
Keir Starmer announced his resignation as UK prime minister, while Britain marked 10 years since the Brexit referendum. Relations between Poland and Ukraine remained strained as Brussels welcomed Kazakhstan's president for talks on closer cooperation.
Guests at the 131-key property can sign up for a hot air balloon ride as the island plunges into darkness, or watch the celestial event from a private yacht.
EU leaders last week pointed to the undervaluation of the yuan as a major factor in the EU’s record trade deficit with China, which Brussels is taking steps to address.
Walmart hopes to get customers shopping before they arrive at the company’s stores or visit its website. The retailing giant is launching its own series of programs that feature goods viewers can buy in store or online and are distributed to users of Vizio, the TV manufacturer
Summer is upon us, and it’s time to reach for your swimsuit. In Europe, there are numerous beaches and lakes to choose from. And the good news is that according to the latest EU bathing water report, most of them meet ‘excellent’ standards. Some 85% of the 22,200 European
[WFP] Pope Leo XIV urged action on hunger, calling food a fundamental human right and warning conflict is driving food insecurity worldwide, during a visit to WFP headquarters in Rome.
The Chinese toy company is seeking to build long-term global franchises around its characters and reduce reliance on its breakout star.
A court ruling that disrupts the borrowing plan could add uncertainty to Thailand’s growth outlook.
Employees in Italy, Malta, Slovakia, and Lithuania can now see salary details, and job postings must include pay information. Most EU countries have not implemented the Transparency Directive, leading to inconsistent compliance. Can you see salary details in your country?
A hundred incredible images have been shortlisted by the South Australian Museum as part of this year’s Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition. In its 23rd year, the competition attracted 2,129 entries from 501 photographers in 17 countries. Entries
By Gram Slattery and Timour Azhari ABU DHABI, June 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio faces a delicate mission this week pitching Washington's Iran peace deal to Gulf Arab leaders who fear excessive concessions will strengthen Tehran and reshape the region's
By Andrea Shalal and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Tehran stands to gain billions of dollars from a 60-day reprieve from U.S. sanctions announced on Monday, but unwinding more than four decades of restrictions poses legal, political and commercial challenges
Kristina Moore says she expects to see "some quite considerable clashes" between senior politicians.
[Daily News] Ethiopia -- TANZANIA and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have stepped up efforts to reshape primary healthcare financing, with a new push focused on expanding investment in community based health systems across the continent.
[IFRC] Bunia/Nairobi/Geneva, 22 June 2026 - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) continues to deliver essential materials to areas affected by the Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, was in Evian last week to participate in the G7 leaders' meeting. Leaders had a packed agenda, discussing how to address the structural challenges of the global economy, specifically global imbalances and
They said the universities have consistently increased mainstream, subsidised intake capacities.
Stylised and simplified, Kahlo’s likeness can now be found on t-shirts, tote bags, eye masks, phone cases, oven mitts and plant pots.
[UN News] Four decades after AIDS first emerged as a global crisis, world leaders, advocates and community representatives gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday issued a stark warning: progress against HIV is slowing just as financial pressures and shrinking support threaten to
The number of foreign tourists going to its March and June sales in 2026 was 11 times higher than in 2023.
MANILA, June 23 - The U.S. government has given four Ocean Aero Triton autonomous underwater and surface vehicles to the Philippine military to boost Manila's ability to monitor its waters and spot potential threats, the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines said on Tuesday.
[The Conversation Africa] As global temperatures rise, surface waters - including rivers, lakes and reservoirs - are becoming dangerously erratic. This is because in a hotter climate, there are rapid swings between intense evaporation and sudden, extreme rainfall.
[The Conversation Africa] Some periods in Earth history are so different from our own that they may as well belong to another planet. Many people are interested in the age of dinosaurs, or the Ice Ages, but it is an intermediate world, the Miocene Epoch - a sort of "in-between"
Temperatures could hit 38-40C in parts of England and Wales, smashing June record set in 1976; red alerts in France after 19 heat deaths Two children found dead in car in France as heatwave hits Europe Birds such as swifts, swallows, sparrows and starlings – which make their
American power has a tell. When faced with a war it wants to end, Washington develops a comprehensive plan that includes phased withdrawals, monitoring arrangements, economic incentives, and a timeline. It then acts as though the document itself were the peace. This has gone on
By Humeyra Pamuk, Dave Graham and Nandita Bose BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland/WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - The United States waived sanctions on Iran for 60 days from Monday after the first talks under a nascent peace deal, with U.S. President Donald Trump saying he will "do what
“Record-shattering temperatures are feeding demand for air conditioning and driving surges in demand for electricity.”
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Pack away your skis and dust off your clubs at these stunning golf destinations in the Swiss and Austrian Alps.
Kazakhstan's president has arrived in Brussels this week to meet EU leaders and assess the delivery of promises made at last year's EU-Central Asia summit in Samarkand, with the Middle Corridor trade route connecting China to Europe through Central Asia at the top of the agenda.
'Be a pioneer, not a dinosaur’: Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard is betting on hydrogen-powered flights to inspire a generation
In the contemporary system of international relations, the influence of states is determined not only by their territorial size or population, but also by their diplomatic activism, economic potential, military capabilities, and capacity to shape international processes. From
Pauline Hanson's far-right One Nation is now the most popular party in Australia.
Alexa, buy me the pizza I just saw in that commercial. Amazon will harness agentic AI, which can determine the steps needed to solve a problem or come up with a solution, to create a new ad format for its Alexa digital assistant that lets customers to from seeing an ad to
[IPS] Victoria, Seychelles -- Now that the lights have dimmed in Mombasa and the delegations have gone home, a simple but necessary question remains: did the first Our Ocean Conference on African soil truly move the world from promises to protection? The conference was indeed
Johor received RM16 billion in federal allocations from 2023 to 2025, more than the RM14 billion it contributed to federal revenue, says Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
The vehicles worth around US$13 million are capable of collecting data above and below ocean surface.
US federal court says the Trump-led initiative carries the risk of preventing valid voters from their constitutional right to democracy and tramples on Americans’ privacy.
On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart covered the fiasco that is President Donald Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is now infested with algae. Stewart opened the show with CNN soundbites, which explained that the pool’s high
The country’s biggest tree – named Heaven Sword of the Da’an River – is a carbon-storing behemoth hosting whole neighbourhoods of wildlife. But this and other giant trees are under threat The higher you climb up the gigantic, millennia-old trees of Taiwan’s forests, the more
