DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi is set to hold a call with the British, French and German foreign ministers on Wednesday as Tehran seeks to avert the reimposition of international sanctions over its nuclear programme. A French diplomatic source
By Laila Bassam and Emilie Madi BEIRUT (Reuters) -Zainab Mustarah once spent her days running an events planning firm in Beirut. But for the last year, she has been in and out of surgery to save the remnants of her right hand and both eyes, maimed when Israel detonated
Protesters gathered outside Windsor Castle on Tuesday to oppose U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom.
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US President Donald Trump postponed federal law to ban social media platform TikTok while American and Chinese officials iron out a framework deal.
Niger's army has failed to contain the jihadist insurgency, with dozens killed in recent attacks.
LimeWire, the early-2000s illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing and pirating platform, which resurfaced in 2022 as a crypto company, has been revealed as the winning bidder on eBay for the infamous Fyre Fest brand - the brainchild of convicted fraudster Billy McFarland. Good luck
"America will not host foreigners who celebrate the death of our fellow citizens," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in a post on X.
An image of Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was projected onto Windsor Castle as the U.S. president arrived in the U.K. for an unprecedented second state visit on Tuesday night. Four men were arrested on suspicion of “malicious communications following a
If you’re taking the wrong medication, that’s not going to help. It doesn’t matter how fast you’re going if you’re headed in the wrong direction.
We may take it for granted that the earliest writing systems developed with the Sumerians around 3400 B.C.E. The archaeological evidence so far supports the theory. But it may also be possible that the earliest writing systems predate 5000-year-old cuneiform tablets by several
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka resumed construction of a stalled highway project with a new $500 million Chinese loan on Wednesday, the first funding from its largest bilateral creditor since the island nation defaulted on its foreign debt three years ago.
President Trump seems even more angry at the media than usual. His lawyers just filed a lawsuit against The New York Times that First Amendment lawyers are dismissing as a total joke. The suit, however, is also chock full of angry rants that appeared dictated by Trump himself.
A new Environmental Justice Foundation report exposes violations in the vast Chinese squid-fishing industry, which has supply chain links to the U.S. and Europe.
The court said an insult against an avatar is also an insult against the actual person behind it.
Most Europeans are unable to tolerate the images coming out of Gaza anymore, and the Gulf States are hoping that Trump's invitation to Netanyahu to the White House before the UN General Assembly can restrain Gaza City's destruction before it's too late
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Young people in the EU struggle with their mental health much more than people in other age groups, new research claims. Academic and financial pressures, as well as feelings of loneliness, are increasingly affecting them.
When the newly appointed chief executive of tracking app Life360 recently described the company as part of the “anxiety economy”, it sounded like a throwaway phrase. But it was also surprisingly candid. The app, which allows families to track their children’s (or parents‘)
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum marked the country's independence day Tuesday by emphasising national sovereignty amid pressures from Washington.
Ferran Adrià, the haute cuisine genius who turned El Bulli into the most famous restaurant in the world, is set to get a a six-part scripted bio. The series business model has been developed from an original formula by 3Cat, the go-ahead Barcelona-based Catalan public
"Man, I'm telling you, we should have gotten cancelled years ago," the host said on The Late Show
Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested 45 people and rescued hundreds of exotic animals in the biggest ever operation against wildlife traffickers in the world's most biodiverse nation.
A day of mourning was declared “in honour of those who lost their lives during the protests”.
[Vanguard] No fewer than 126 by land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared in Africa since 2012, with Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, accounting for almost two-thirds of these cases. Other cases are Kenya, six; Liberia, six; South Africa, six; Chad,
Scientists estimated Wednesday that rising temperatures from human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly 16,500 deaths in European cities this summer, using modeling to project the toll before official data is released.
Sri Lanka will ban four species of predatory ornamental fish including piranhas that have escaped into rivers and lakes, devastating native species and threatening fragile freshwater ecosystems, the fisheries minister said Wednesday.
[Huawei] As governments worldwide intensify efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, respond to the climate crisis, and secure reliable energy supplies in the face of rising demand, the global energy sector is undergoing a profound and accelerated transformation.
Palestinian journalists on the ground reported attacks overnight in Gaza City, where hundreds of thousands of people are believed to still reside.
The singer released her fourth album, Hearts Sold Separately , in August
Park Chan-wook struck a candid note about the state of Korean cinema at a press conference for “No Other Choice,” the opening film of the 30th Busan International Film Festival. The drama, which premiered in Venice last month, is adapted from Donald E. Westlake’s 1997 novel
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism reprimanded the airline.
At least 19 drones entered Polish airspace earlier this month. While NATO has not yet determined whether the incursion was intentional, a raft of online disinformation has since emerged.
The move is part of efforts to put a permanent end to so-called “pavement markets”.
At the moment, there’s no better way to see anything in space than through the lens of the James Webb Space Telescope. Previously featured here on Open Culture, that ten-billion-dollar successor to the Hubble Space Telescope can see unprecedentedly far out into space, which, in
From Thrace to Cappadocia, now is the perfect time to sample some of Turkey's wines.
Jeroen Van Reeth, a resident of the Belgian city contaminated by PFAS produced by the chemical company 3M, opened his home to Euronews Tech Talks to discuss what it means to live in a contaminated area.
[Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis] Nairobi, Kenya, 17 th September 2025: Every child deserves safe, effective care from the moment they fall sick. Yet in many hospitals across sub-Saharan Africa, treatment often begins before infections are
The government has asked municipalities to inspect 5,000km of sewer pipes installed 30 years ago or earlier.
The syndicate had been operating since July, said Malaysia's Inspector-General Police.
[Women Deliver] The fundamental rights of society's most vulnerable - women, girls and gender diverse people - are currently under threat as a fascist right agenda continues to rise. In response, Women Deliver has launched the development of a Feminist Playbook, a co-created
Israel's army said Wednesday it will open a temporary new route to allow people to flee Gaza City, a day after launching a major ground assault aimed at crushing Hamas. The Israeli military unleashed a massive bombardment of Gaza City before dawn on Tuesday and pushed its
The Israeli military said Wednesday it will open a temporary new route to allow people to flee Gaza City, as it pressed a major ground assault aimed at crushing Hamas. The Israeli military unleashed a massive bombardment of Gaza City before dawn on Tuesday and pushed its troops
The worst struck is Gaza, where the entire population is affected by high levels of acute food insecurity. Worldwide, funding cuts indicate devastating impact to humanitarian response. The Mid-Year Update of the annual Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), published on 16
The decision comes after shareholders criticised the chairman's handling of a scandal involving the firm’s CEO. Laurent Freixe was fired earlier this month after an investigation found he had failed to disclose a romantic relationship with a subordinate.