The Mise En Scene Company has debuted a “No AI Used” certification for its entire EFM slate, publicly verifying that its films contain no artificial intelligence. The London-based outfit launched the initiative with high visibility at this year’s European Film Market in Berlin:
The ChatGPT maker says the Chinese firm may be distilling its models, underscoring rising tech tensions between Washington and Beijing.
France TV Distribution, the commercial arm of the French public broadcaster France Télévisions, is bringing to market at the London TV Screenings the costume drama-thriller “Sorority,” a tale of three women – a wet-nurse, a midwife and a grieving mother – pitched against a
The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet, with average temperatures increasing by about 4°C in the last four decades. A new study, led by the University of Exeter, shows peatlands have expanded since 1950, with some peatland edges moving by more than a meter a
Milan residents, who initially seemed too cool for the Olympics, are slowly catching the spirit of the Games, but the mood is giddier in towns at higher altitudes.
The US Secretary of State will address the first major transatlantic meeting since Donald Trump threatened to annex Greenland.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is under intense pressure from the US to take his country to the polls as early as this spring. Donald Trump is demanding elections as a condition for American security guarantees for Ukraine against any future Russian invasion. Zelensky
EU officials and diplomats say several “new models” for integrating candidate countries are being considered in response to Zelenskyy’s demand for a date on Ukraine’s EU membership in US-brokered peace talks.
Jessie Ware has joined the BAFTA party. The award-winning singer-songwriter will take to the stage during the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony later this month to perform a special tribute during the In Memoriam section. “It is a great honour to be performing at the BAFTAs in such an
Donald Trump’s losses are mounting. His border czar just announced a large drawdown of federal agents in Minnesota after protests turned public opinion. Job creation during Trump’s first year was worse than previously known. The country is losing manufacturing jobs. Trump is a
In this week’s Top 5 we have lessons from apartheid, clever Claude, feeling bodies anew, the power of wax, and free mining.
Michelle Yeoh declined to speak about U.S. politics during a press conference at Berlin Film Festival, saying it’s “best not to talk about something I don’t know about.” When asked by a reporter if she had any comment as an international actress on the current state of the U.S.
Vladimir Stevanovic braves Serbia’s icy lakes and snowy ridges in shorts, using extreme cold as daily meditation that slows his mind and resets his body.
BANGKOK, Feb 13 - Thailand's Bhumjaithai Party, which won Sunday's general election by a wide margin, will be joined by the third-place Pheu Thai party to form a coalition government, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday.
Reform advocates call for Parliament oversight of anti-corruption appointments and asset checks.
More Chinese tourists are expected to travel overseas during this year's nine-day Spring Festival holiday starting on Feb 15, one day longer than usual, as they usher in the Year of the Horse.
Officials in South-east Asia’s largest economy have stepped up enforcement against illegal imports.
"Today, I sit here with a Golden Bear, not because of just one movie, but the perseverance, the resilience, the stubbornness to say: 'I won't go away,'" said the 'Crazy Rich Asians' star.
[Capital FM] NAIROBI, Kenya, February 13, 2026 - Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Patrice Motsepe has arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ahead of a crucial Executive Committee (ExCo) meeting.
Péter Magyar accuses the government of secretly recording a sexual encounter with his ex-girlfriend, a scandal erupting just as Hungary's electoral campaign intensifies.
A landmark report from Adelaide University is providing the most comprehensive picture to date of psychosocial safety across Australia's higher education sector. The study identifies widespread well-being and psychosocial safety issues across higher education.
India’s new trade pacts with the EU and US, and the big question: Will Delhi revisit its decision to abandon RCEP?
Microplastics and nanoplastics are now found everywhere on Earth, from ocean depths to agricultural soils and even inside the human body. Yet scientists still struggle to understand what these particles actually do once they enter living organisms. A new study proposes an
Valentine’s Day is coming, so let’s talk about love because that is all you are going to read about this weekend anyway. Have you heard already that Europe is running out of babies? But your reporter is not here to lecture you on whether to have children. Quite the opposite.
Her second fiction feature, starring Turkish actress Melisa Sözen, premieres in the Berlinale's Panorama section: "I didn't hug any of my family for so long. I became the loneliest person just to make it."
At least eight European countries have reported a steep increase in cases, despite a general downward trend.
In the days since its landslide victory, Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party finds itself grappling with the ultimate political quandary: what to do when you’re the proverbial dog that caught the car? The yen’s powerful rally since Sunday’s election triumph suggests
The summit marks the first time the biennial Italy-Africa meeting has been held on the African continent since the Mattei Plan was launched in Rome in January 2024.
Grace Passô is a creative fueled by exploring the malleability of form. The actor, director and playwright adapted her own play into her feature debut “Our Secret,” premiering in Berlin seven years after her medium-length film “Dazed Flesh” — also adapted from the stage —
Berlinale jury President Wim Wenders has made clear that film can only change people and not politicians but at the Berlin film festival's red carpet opening ceremony, political protest grabbed all of the attention.
NASA is set to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on Friday, replacing a crew that was evacuated early due to a medical issue.
This marriage registration is reportedly the third in Mr Anutin’s life.
BANGKOK, Feb 13 - Thailand's Bhumjaithai Party, which won Sunday's general election by a wide margin, will be joined by the third-place Pheu Thai party to form a coalition government, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday.
The program has drawn criticism over unnecessary state spending and unresolved food safety risks.
A new collaborative study, led by University of Utah Professor of atmospheric sciences Kevin Perry, provides policymakers, agency leaders, and the public with the most comprehensive assessment to date of potential dust control options for the Great Salt Lake, as declining water
The most powerful version of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket Thursday carried 32 satellites into space for the Amazon Leo network, which aims to rival Elon Musk's Starlink.
Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other—an issue in areas where farms spread into forests and elephants are squeezed out of their natural habitat.
As heads of state and government gather in Munich, a new report warns that the international order is under growing pressure, alliances are becoming more fragile, and geopolitical tensions are intensifying.
Bacteriophages are viruses that can kill bacteria through highly specific interactions. While this property can be beneficial in selected applications, bacteriophages represent a serious threat to laboratories and industries that rely on bacterial cultures for production. Their
As the US rolls back the endangerment finding, what impact could it have on citizens' health?
It doesn’t take too long a look at the almost surrealistically clean-lined buildings of Walter Gropius to get the impression that the man wanted to usher in a new world, especially when you consider that many of them went up before World War II. Take the Bauhaus Dessau
British doc director Grant Gee's fiction feature debut, premiering in Berlin's competition lineup, stars Anders Danielsen Lie, Laurie Metcalf, and Bill Pullman: "Sometimes an intermission is part of the music."
Retailers are facing a double blow, with locals priced out and cross-border shoppers deterred by a stronger ringgit.
Trump is alienating the US from the West, while the threat from Russia is becoming ever more real. Even without the US, Europe could secure its defence independently in the future, former President of the Federal Academy for Security Policy Karl-Heinz Kamp writes in an opinion
Black Mandala Films and Red Owl Films are loading up for Berlin’s European Film Market with eight genre titles spanning Lovecraftian horror, queer mockumentary and an award-winning Ecuadorian fantasy. The slate includes several market premieres alongside recent acquisitions and
COPENHAGEN, Feb 13 - Denmark will provide four F-35 fighter jets to NATO's Arctic Sentry mission, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Friday.
A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer’s famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid scenes of Achilles and Hector. Its artistic patterns echo designs from across the
In an interview with Euronews' morning show Europe Today, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said her institution is not opposed to closer EU integration as Mario Draghi called for a 'pragmatic' federation.
At the Mixblik food factory, women from around the world combine their passion for cooking with lessons in sales, administration, food industry standards and the Dutch language.