For Masayoshi Son, the AI boom has been both a blessing and a curse for a conglomerate that had lost its way. In June, AI returned SoftBank Group to the top. For the first time in 22 years, Son’s conglomerate overtook, for a time, Toyota Motor in market capitalization to become
“Chapa 100,” the 2025 Atlas Workshops Development Award winner, now a potential highlight at Locarno’s Africa-focused strand Open Doors, has been boarded by Italy-based sales agent Luminalia. Written and directed by Mozambique’s Ique Langa, “Chapa 100” has also added as an
Moonshot’s Kimi K3 found its way out of sandbox but did not try to breach other companies’ websites.
As Sainsbury agrees to sell Argos for £120m, we ask people if they still shop there, and what the new owners can do to compete with big online retailers like Amazon.
While Arctic security and US claims over Greenland dominate international headlines, Icelanders are set to decide their European future on far more familiar grounds such as fish and farming. The 29 August referendum is less about geopolitics than sovereignty and identity.
The European People’s Party is set to bank on a third mandate for the Maltese leader, who is popular among MEPs. This is a concern for the S&D group, which claims to be entitled to the presidency according to an informal agreement among centrist political forces.
Gun ownership and gun violence are not uncommon in Thailand.
A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial.
Beatrice Gibson's full-length feature debut, premiering in Locarno's Filmmakers of the Present Competition, blends autofiction and poetry into what she calls "a love letter to friendships."
This year's blockbuster Michael Jackson biopic, which hit $1 billion at the box office, is officially getting a sequel, with production starting later in 2026 or early 2027.
It marks the first criminal case against video game leaks under updated legislation in China, signalling tougher consequences for those who share unauthorised and unreleased gaming content.
Thomas Heise’s final film, “Übergang,” arrives at the Locarno Film Festival as both a portrait of one of Germany’s most influential documentary filmmakers and the completion of a project left unfinished by his death. Premiering in the festival’s out of competition section, the
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI/RIYADH, Aug 7 - Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will sign a joint defence agreement on Friday, regional sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, at a time of regional turmoil with Gulf states coming under fire from Iran after it was attacked
Berlin officials and LGBTQ community members unveil a rainbow bench and plant a maple tree in Tiergarten to honour victims of the CSD attack.
The sun last set at the geographic South Pole on 23 March and will not rise until 21 September.
Federal officials said Thursday they will not release cool water this year from one of the Colorado River's major reservoirs, which would have protected a threatened native fish downstream but put more strain on already struggling hydropower production.
The Killers frontman will release a new album, Thrasher , later this month
As summer holidays begin, police authorities everywhere are urging residents to take extra care to protect their homes against burglaries and break-ins. In 2024, police recorded 1.20 million burglary offences in the EU, of which 721,876 (60.3%) were burglaries of private
Ismail Sabri's court date comes days after BN's election gains and the Tabung Haji report.
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has condemned Minsk’s designation of Euronews as “extremist” media, calling it an attack on both press freedom and the broadcaster’s audience in Belarus.
Todd Montgomery pops the lid off a small tube and taps out hundreds of mosquitoes into the backyard of a suburban home outside Washington.
The world's largest spirits maker has scrapped its medium-term growth target as new CEO Dave Lewis moves to reset performance after years of stagnant sales.
Indian auteur Vishal Bhardwaj is developing a film based on the Tarun Tejpal rape case, the director confirmed with Variety, hours after the Bombay High Court overturned a Goa sessions court acquittal and convicted the former Tehelka editor of rape, sentencing him to 10 years’
A Japanese designer has developed a technology that generates tiny amounts of electricity from everyday materials such as soil, water, food and construction waste.
To kick off the third episode of the Netflix animated comedy “Alley Cats,” protagonist Gus — an overweight orange tabby voiced by writer, creator and frequent director Ricky Gervais (think Garfield with a distinctly working class British accent) — describes his plan for the
Ahead of the Locarno premiere of his debut feature 'September Afternoon,' the young creative who loves "dead time" discusses his unique film language and resisting uniformity.
The number of EU citizens who can afford a week off varies across the bloc, with the rising costs of accommodation, transport, and food cited as reasons for holiday poverty.
The Last House from director Louis Leterrier is a must-watch that perfectly executes Steven Spielberg's signature blend of the mundane and miraculous.
A decade or so ago, the premise of apocalyptic thriller “The Last House” might have sounded a little more out there than it does now: A middle-class Seattle family wakes up one morning to find themselves sealed inside their house with no means of escape, a mysterious enforced
Industry sources said U.S. sanctions and insurance restrictions would make it difficult to implement any agreement that allowed Iran to charge or oversee commercial shipping through the strategic waterway
The musician's third album, Chuck Timely & the Hourglass , is out today
[WHO] The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with stronger early detection, contact follow
[CAF] Cameroon secured top spot in Group D after playing out a 1-1 draw with Cape Verde in their final TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 group-stage match in Casablanca on Thursday.
All of the tented suites at Sandringham Private Game Reserve in South Africa have private pools from which you can enjoy views of the wildlife by the Timbavati River.
[DW] A new wave of African withdrawals has swept through the International Criminal Court. Chad turned its back on the court after three junta-led states in the Sahel exited. But most African countries still trust The Hague.
In 2025, 16.5% of people 16 years or older in the EU used tobacco and related products (e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches or heated tobacco products) daily, indicating a slight decrease from the 17.5% registered in 2022. Most people (77.5%) do not use such products or had not used
Security camera footage shows doctors shielding a patient on the operating table as last month's magnitude 6.8 quake shook Kumamoto General Hospital.
Rubber ducks race down Chicago River in the annual Ducky Derby, raising funds for Special Olympics Illinois and its athletes.
A Thai teenager killed at least five people and himself at a school outside Bangkok after fatally shooting his grandparents.
The suspects, aged between 33 and 41, were arrested during an operation on Aug 6.
Sirimiri Films, founded by Estibaliz Urresola, director of Berlinale winner “20,000 Species of Bees,” is teaming with Lazona Zinema, the Basque division of Lazona (“Spanish Affair,” “Gigantes,” “No Rest for the Wicked”) to produce “La Koreana,” one of Spain’s banner new talent
The pop duo teased the track during a live performance in Amsterdam earlier this month
Far from their origins in the Arabian desert, hundreds of thousands of camels roam outback Australia, where they are used for wild races, an alternative milk source and even to make beer.
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A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the moon's fresh crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX rocket.
