Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual abuse. A man is on trial in southern France accused of drugging and sexually abusing women, as well as filming some of the assaults. Dance teacher and self-taught hypnotherapist Cyril Zattara is charged with raping 14 women over a decade, as well as allegedly secretly filming around 20 […]
Continue ReadingPope Leo XIV closed the final “Holy Door” in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome on January 6, the day of Epiphany, signalling the end of the 2025 Jubilee year that drew millions of pilgrims to the city. This jubilee was also unique: the last time there were two popes due to the first one passing […]
Continue ReadingMark your diaries — POLITICO has all the dates in a year of make-or-break elections, a closer U.K.-EU relationship and laws on migration control that Keir Starmer hopes will save his premiership. It’ll be a wild ride. Dec 19 15 mins read
Continue ReadingTomorrowland, the hugely popular European electronic dance music or EDM festival, will stage its first-ever full-fledged Asia edition in Thailand this December. Thailand was chosen for its “growing influence on the global stage of music, innovation, and experience-driven tourism”, Tomorrowland said on Tuesday. Founded 20 years ago by Belgian brothers Manu and Michiel Beers, Tomorrowland […]
Continue ReadingNvidia has unveiled a new tech platform for self-driving cars as the world’s leading chip-maker seeks more physical products to embed AI into. Speaking at the annual CES technology conference in Las Vegas, boss Jensen Huan said the system – called Alpamayo – would bring “reasoning” to autonomous vehicles. That would allow cars to “think […]
Continue ReadingJan 4, 2026, 11:09 p.mJan 4, 2026, 11:09 p.m Prime Minister of Latvia: Evika Silina.Image: keystone A submarine cable in the Baltic Sea has been damaged again – this time off Latvia. “Damage to a fiber optic cable belonging to a private company was discovered in the Baltic Sea near Liepaja,” said Prime Minister Evika […]
Continue ReadingDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Sunday urged Washington to stop “threatening” Greenland following President Donald Trump’s claim that the US ‘absolutely’ needs the territory for national security. This came a day after the US operation in Venezuela, sparking further concerns over Trump’s intentions for the Danish autonomous region.
Continue ReadingJan 4, 2026, 7:34 p.mJan 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m Former US President Barack Obama is said to have been wiretapped on Air Force One.Image: EPA/dpa The Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has according to “Zeit” journalist Holger Stark the then US President Barack Obama was wiretapped. In the podcast by Bild deputy Paul Ronzheimer, Stark said […]
Continue ReadingAleks Phillipsand Nikos Papanikolaou Getty Images Thessaloniki Airport closed entirely after air traffic communication was knock out Thousands of passengers are stranded across Europe after a communications failure forced Greece to close its airspace, causing widespread cancellations and delays. Officials are working to understand why radio communications were disrupted on Sunday morning, prompting the temporary […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 4, 2026, 1:35 p.mJan 4, 2026, 2:03 p.m Fewer and fewer people are applying for asylum in Germany. According to a statement from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the number of initial applications was 113,236 in 2025. In the previous year there were 229,751. In 2023, the number of initial applications was 329,120. […]
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