[Africa Check] No South Africa, Joburg metro police did not arrest foreigners with stolen traffic lights - old video recycled to fuel xenophobia
Hong Kong-based ACT3 and Philippine production company Blackops Studios Asia have set Cuba Gooding Jr., Luke Ford, Keith Duffy and multimedia artist Qymira in “Lotus,” an international action thriller that marks the first production under the companies’ multi-year, five-film
Being in Mecca has been nothing short of blissful for Hassan Qadiri, where participating in the festivities of the hajj pilgrimage is a welcome relief after weeks of devastating war back home in Iran. Qadiri and his family took cover as intense Israeli and American bombing
The recipe is usually made with boiled eggs, extra virgin olive oil and pepper.
From “The 400 Blows” to “The Florida Project,” kids have made fascinating cinematic subjects. Even if they’re working from scripts, there’s always the sense that they’re not entirely acting — that they can’t help but simply be themselves. The French director Bruno Dumont, a
The works were loaned in 1929 for display at the Ibero-American Exhibition in Seville, but were never returned to their owner, the Hospital de los Venerables Sacerdotes de Sevilla.
He added that there will be regular supply monitoring.
China launched its crewed Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early Monday as part of Beijing's ambitions to send humans to the moon by 2030, state media said.
"The victim was standing on the riverbank when the reptile suddenly lunged at him", the authorities said.
The Health Ministry will closely monitor any stock supply chain or pricing challenges.
Eurostat's 2025 data show that a lack of technical expertise, data privacy concerns, and legal uncertainty remain the main barriers to the use of AI tools among European businesses, even as most companies recognise AI’s potential value.
May 25 (Reuters) - Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday that conclusions have been reached on many topics discussed in a potential memorandum of understanding with the U.S., but this does not mean Tehran is close to signing an agreement. The spokesperson, Esmaeil
On China's tightly-controlled internet, people are calling for justice and questioning how this happened.
To avoid the punishing sun, Inas Gamal abandoned her ambitious plan of spending the days ahead of the hajj praying in Mecca's Grand Mosque and retreated to the comfort of an air-conditioned hotel room to perform her daytime prayers.
The wounds of abandonment and displacement are at the root of Zou Jing’s achingly poetic “A Girl Unknown,” a sober and quietly devastating portrayal of an adolescent girl whose identity, maybe even humanity, has been toyed with by a fractured law. That would be China’s
The service, which marks the 50th day after Catholic Easter, was celebrated in St Peter’s Basilica in the presence of more than 5,000 worshippers.
Fresh from its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival, Yeon Sang-ho’s action-horror zombie extravaganza “Colony” re-energized the South Korean box office during the weekend of May 22–24. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service
They punched four men and sprayed them with a tear gas-like substance to steal a backpack.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited damaged buildings and the Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv after a major Russian missile and drone attack that killed at least two people and wounded dozens.
Many passengers were travelling home ahead of Eid.
[This Day] A former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has warned that Africa risked deeper instability and democratic decline if leaders failed to strengthen institutions, tackle poverty and resist rising xenophobia across the continent.
Born to landless Indian farmers, Sunil Pooniya thought a job at sea would be his ticket out of poverty, instead his first voyage saw him diving into the ocean to escape a deadly attack driven by the Iran war. For hundreds of thousands of Indians, merchant shipping jobs are a
The European Commission has published guidance to ensure simpler and more harmonised implementation of EU water laws by reducing uncertainties about compliance. It aims to support Europe's overall resilience agenda, which includes water resilience. This guidance is part of the
Every Cannes Film Festival needs a film like “De Gaulle: Résistance,” a proudly French and massively scaled production with the energy of a vintage Hollywood blockbuster. Indeed, Antonin Baudry’s old-fashioned epic flaunts all these big-screen qualities in delicious excess,
The offensives come after Min Aung Hlaing asked rebel groups to enter into peace talks within 100 days.
A 31-year-old Malaysian man was pronounced dead at Kuala Lumpur Hospital’s emergency department after being brought there on Sunday (May 24) morning.
'The Mandalorian And Grogu', the Star Wars franchise’s first big screen outing since 2019’s 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker', has broken an unfortunate record. It has opened to the lowest box office in the franchise’s history.
[Vanguard] Six days after the October 1, 1960 independence of Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa stood before the United Nations, UN. The historical mission of Nigeria he said, is to develop Africa, the continent which gave birth to
[Namibian] Africa will celebrate Africa Day on Monday. But for many Africans it is just another day off.
[New Times] Rwanda will join the rest of the African continent in marking the 62nd African Liberation Day officially observed on May 25, with a high-level conference in Kigali expected to focus on African-led solutions to development challenges, regional integration, and the
[Ghanaian Times] Africans Communicating Africa (AfriComms Africa), a pan-African foundation committed to strengthening authentic African storytelling and nurturing a new generation of African communicators, will officially launch on Tuesday, May 26 in Accra.
Jinant Film & TV’s family drama “Dear You” retained its position at the top of the China box office during the May 22–24 weekend, pulling in RMB309.4 million ($45.5 million) in its fourth weekend of release, according to data from Artisan Gateway. Directed by Lan Hongchun and
DUBAI, May 25 (Reuters) - Iran's top negotiator in talks with the United States, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, has been reelected as the country's parliamentary speaker, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday. (Reporting by Elwely Elwelly;Editing by Alison Williams)
Euronews Next spoke with SPRIND’s Jano Costard to hear whether Europe can still catch up in the AI race and what Europe can still do differently.
Highly venomous snake species such as cottonmouth moccasins in North America, kraits in Asia and the black mamba in Africa could all increasingly move habitats due to rising temperatures and human encroachment.
The European Commission has just announced a proposal to simplify train travel for Europeans. Under the ‘One ticket, one journey, full rights’ initiative, travellers will be able to book multi-leg trips with one single ticket and enjoy new rights.
Trust in Europe's pension systems is fading among younger generations, even as contributions continue. So how do EU countries compare?
As diplomacy intensifies on ending the Iran war, top US diplomat Marco Rubio was spending Monday not in negotiations but at India's world-famous monument to love, the Taj Mahal. Rubio, on his first-ever visit to India, flew to Agra and spent 45 minutes at the Taj Mahal with his
The EU and Mexico share a strong, stable and dynamic partnership, with annual trade in goods and services amounting to more than €100 billion. In May 2026, they further deepened their partnership by signing the Modernised Global Agreement and an Interim Trade Agreement. These
Malaysia’s armed forces said it recognises the importance of “strategic cooperation with the state government, enforcement agencies, relevant experts and local communities”.
The 43-year-old police officer and mother of three serves as the team's payload scientist.
When India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he probably expected outrage, maybe an apology cycle, and then silence. What he got instead was 15 million Instagram followers in five days, a cockroach logo on a mobile phone, and
The deal under discussion would involve a 60-day ceasefire extension during which the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened, US media reports.
A video of the incident shows a man arguing with 2 women wearing Safra security uniforms.
Florentina Holzinger and Miet Warlop transform the Austrian and Belgian pavilions into immersive spectacles of endurance, ecological dread, and controlled collapse.
Over 1.5 million Muslims began filling a vast tent city in the holy city of Mecca on Monday for an annual hajj pilgrimage carried out against the backdrop of hopes for an end to the war in the Middle East. The white-robed pilgrims on buses or on foot arrived at the sprawling
On 24 May 2026, it was ten years since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force. This landmark law gave Europeans real control over their personal data for the first time, and changed life online forever. A landmark for citizens' rights Before the
Officials said up to 70 people were employed at the construction site, though most had gone home for the weekend.