The opening night of the Berlinale belongs to the stars – and this year an unusually high number will be walking the red carpet, with a few high-profile surprise celebrity guests also expected.
The Winter Olympics started less than a week ago, and it's been messy... The latest headline-grabbing scandal is a cheating one - and not the sports kind.
China will impose tariffs ranging from 7.4 per cent to 11.7 per cent on dairy imports from the EU.
Paris-based sales outfit MMM Film Sales has boarded Rima Das’ “Not a Hero,” which is set to world premiere in the Generation section at the Berlin Film Festival. The India-Singapore co-production, shot in Assamese, Hindi and English, centers on a young boy who is sent from the
'The economy is in shambles and these companies are still talking about sustaining growth instead of sustaining their business.'
South Korea's spy agency says Ki Ju Ae's prominent public presence indicates she is the chosen heir.
HANOI, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Vietnam's top leader, To Lam, plans to travel to the United States next week to attend the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, the initiative launched by U.S. President Donald Trump to address global conflicts, according to two people briefed on
Humanoid robot Roby debuts in Sarajevo’s Old Town, showcasing Bosnia’s first public humanoid robotics demo and its role in tourism and services.
The playwright Tristan Bernard is said to have eaten lunch at the Eiffel Tower every day, but not because he liked the menu in its café: rather, because it was the only place in Paris with no view of the Eiffel Tower. His view wasn’t wholly eccentric in the decades after its
Marineland Antibes, the French government and animal welfare groups all agree on the need to rehome the listless killer whales but no one can agree where In a sprawling aquarium complex in south-eastern France that once drew half a million visitors a year, only a few dozen
Researchers at QuTech in Delft, The Netherlands, have developed a new chip architecture that could make it easier to test and scale up quantum processors based on semiconductor spin qubits. The platform, called QARPET (Qubit-Array Research Platform for Engineering and Testing)
The enzyme Na⁺-NQR is a sodium pump that drives the respiration of many marine and pathogenic bacteria. Using redox reactions, the process of exchanging electrons between materials, it powers the transportation of sodium ions across the membrane, supporting the growth of the
Ambitious climate action to improve global air quality could save up to 1.32 million lives per year by 2040, according to a new study. The research, led by Cardiff University, shows how developing countries rely heavily on international cooperation to see these benefits,
Love, Actually, Never Died: A reading list on the evolution of the romantic comedy.
Visual artist Rachel Rose makes her feature debut with the Woolf-inspired drama, starring Alicia Vikander as a blocked writer, Victoria Pedretti as a nurse in postpartum depression, and Wagner Moura as her increasingly distant husband.
"We are the counterweight of politics, the opposite of politics, we have to do the work of people — not the work of politicians," said the legendary filmmaker at the first Berlin Film Fest press conference.
The Berlin Film Festival got off to a political start on Thursday as the competition jury, led by Wim Wenders, fielded several questions about the current state of the world, including the war in Gaza. Asked if films can affect change in the political realm, the celebrated
China’s demographic crisis is no longer a distant projection buried in academic journals or UN forecasts. It has become an observable fact, confirmed by official statistics and increasingly felt across Chinese society. In January 2026, China’s National Bureau of Statistics
Housing instability, often invisible to schools until it begins to disrupt attendance, learning, or mental health, is a growing challenge for families with school-age children, according to new research. A policy scan led by USC Rossier Professor Huriya Jabbar, Harmonizing
House GOP leaders shielded their most vulnerable members from politically explosive votes for more than a year. Now the fallout is reverberating.
A new marketplace aimed at bringing French scripted content to Asian screens will debut at Mumbai’s Red Lorry Film Festival, connecting rights holders from France with buyers across India and Southeast Asia looking to develop local versions of film, television, animation and
Critics and rights groups say the measures are a clear attempt by the Kremlin to expand surveillance and tighten control over internet use, amid a broad crackdown on dissent during the ongoing war in Ukraine.
[allAfrica] Failure to adhere to HIV treatment is costing lives The Ndovu Study is strengthening HIV treatment by redefining how treatment failure and drug resistance are detected, managed, and prevented across Africa and beyond.
Beirut is seeking to mobilize Shi'ite backing to advance its agenda and offset Hezbollah's influence, even as it relies on donor states and Washington's goodwill. After the war, Hezbollah finds itself financially strained and politically exposed – and no longer able to treat
Energy is fundamentally important—researchers have linked a lack of reliable energy to poor physical health, poor mental health and higher mortality rates. But when astronauts push the boundaries of space exploration, energy is a matter of life and death.
Pam Bondi faced fierce criticism in the US Congress over redaction errors in Epstein documents, clashed with lawmakers and did not directly apologise to survivors during a heated hearing on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, Feb 12 - A Ukrainian drone attack has caused a fire at an oil refinery owned by Lukoil near Ukhta in Russia's northwestern Komi Republic, the head of the region, Rostislav Goldshtein, said on Thursday.
Bertrand Degat, vineyard manager for French zero-alcohol wine producer French Bloom, winces visibly when recalling some of the criticism and snobbery he has encountered from his contemporaries.
President Donald Trump is poised Thursday to revoke a landmark scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health by driving climate change—a determination that underpins US regulations aimed at curbing planet-warming pollution.
A familiar presence at the fest, the German auteur is the head of the international jury at the fest’s 76th edition.
Mr Chae said there has been little tangible advancement in lifting of restrictions.
Lai had called for greater defence and artificial intelligence cooperation between Taiwan and Europe.
On the sloping shoreline of the Greek Aegean island of Milos, a vast construction site has left a gaping wound into the island's trademark volcanic rock.
Hannibal led the Second Punic War against Rome and became famous for his crossing of the Alps and the 16-year campaign which brought the ancient empire to the brink of collapse. Now, archaeologists say they've found a bone that could be from Hannibal's war elephant.
School director Sasiphat Sinsamosorn died in hospital early on Thursday (Feb 12) after being admitted with gunshot wounds and undergoing surgery.
Clashes erupted outside Argentina’s Congress as thousands protested labour reforms backed by President Javier Milei.
Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons reigns as one of the world’s most recognizable early 18th-century pieces, thanks to its frequent appearances in films and television commercials. Upon its debut in 1725, The Four Seasons stunned listeners by telling a story without the help of
Premiering in the fest's Panorama section, the first fiction feature from Kilian Armando Friedrich features non-professional actors and a doc-style feel and may remind you of early Dardenne brothers films.
Lee Sang-min was found to have instructed authorities to cut power to media outlets deemed critical of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
China's emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide were "flat or falling" in 2025, analysis showed Thursday, but progress remains fragile and it is not yet clear that emissions have peaked.
Even when Earth was locked in its most extreme deep freeze, the planet’s climate may not have been as silent and still as once believed. New research from ancient Scottish rocks reveals that during Snowball Earth — when ice sheets reached the tropics and the planet resembled a
Washington seeks to counter Beijing’s technological and maritime influence.
The Earth is warming more rapidly than before, and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more intense. While global warming is mainly driven by carbon dioxide emissions, it is also influenced by air pollution. But by how much? Europe's leading scientists on
Hundreds of tractors and thousands of farmers entered Madrid on Tuesday to protest against the EU–Mercosur free trade agreement with Latin American countries.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the supernatural thriller “The Wolf and the Lamb” from Concourse Media, which will continue global sales at the European Film Market. Directed by Michael Schilf, “The Wolf and the Lamb” stars Cassandra Scerbo
The European Commission adopted an Implementing Regulation laying down requirements for the interoperability of data sharing in rail transport. It establishes a technical specification for interoperability (TSI) relating to the telematics subsystem (‘TSI Telematics’), which
If Cannes’ Annecy Animation Showcase is now an established appetizer for June’s Annecy Festival, this first EFM Animation Days lineup is nothing short of a hearty breakfast. Beyond the five projects listed in Annecy’s Friday presentation, a carefully curated selection completes
