The European Commission on Monday opened an investigation into the AI chatbot Grok over its production of explicit images, MEP Regina Doherty said. Grok, which is integrated into social media platform X, has been embroiled in controversy in recent weeks as it has complied with user requests to produce realistic sexualised images of individuals – including children.
Continue ReadingA ship unloads Russian liquefied natural gas in the port of Bilbao in Spain (archive image).Image: keystone January 26, 2026, 11:15 amJanuary 26, 2026, 11:15 am The EU states have finally decided to completely stop importing gas from Russia by the end of 2027 at the latest. Accordingly, the import of Russian gas via pipelines […]
Continue ReadingKelly Ngand Shaimaa Khalil,Tokyo correspondent EPA Twin cubs Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei will return to China on Tuesday Thousands of people flocked to a zoo in Japan on Sunday to say farewell to the country’s last two giant pandas, who are set to return to China on Tuesday. Emotions ran high at the Ueno […]
Continue ReadingLarge parts of Australia are groaning under extreme heat with temperatures approaching 50 degrees. Bushfires have already triggered evacuations in the southeast. January 26, 2026, 11:08January 26, 2026, 11:08 The states of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland are particularly badly affected. Many Australian media reports are talking about one of the hottest […]
Continue ReadingAfter reports of blackened noses and swollen faces from back alley plastic surgeons, China is sounding the alarm on the booming aesthetics industry.
Continue ReadingThe use of renewable energy sources in heating and cooling continues to increase in the EU, with the share reaching 26.7% in 2024, the highest value since the time series started in 2004 (11.7%). The share increased by 0.5 percentage points (pp) compared with 2023 (26.2%), but was below the average annual increase from 2004 […]
Continue ReadingAfter reports of blackened noses and swollen faces from back alley plastic surgeons, China is sounding the alarm on the booming aesthetics industry.
Continue ReadingAn explosion and fire at a biscuit factory in central Greece has killed at least four workers and left one person unaccounted for, authorities said. Seven others, including a firefighter, were taken to hospital after the blast at the Violanta biscuit factory near the city of Trikala, about 200 miles north of Athens. The blast […]
Continue ReadingThe Kremlin said on Monday that Ukraine must cede the Donbas region as a “fundamental” condition of any peace agreement, Russian state media reported. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that Russia will take the region in east Ukraine – of which Moscow’s forces currently control 90 percent – by force unless Kyiv gives it up […]
Continue ReadingByEuronews Published on 01/26/2026 – 10:33 GMT+1 The European Commission will today launch a formal investigation into Grok, X’s chatbot, after its image-editing function was widely used to virtually undress pictures of real women and underage girls without their consent, according to a report by German newspaper Handelsblatt. The concerns emerged last summer after the […]
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