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Published on 07/05/2026 – 12:17 GMT+2 Social media giant Meta has asked a United States judge to throw out a verdict that found the company liable for a woman’s depression and addiction, according to court filings and media reports. In March, a jury found that Meta and Google, the parent company of YouTube, had been negligent in how they designed their platforms and failed to warn their users of the dangers of using them. The jury decided the companies owed the 20-year-old plaintiff identified as KGM, $6 million (€5.1 million). KGM testified that she spent up to 16 hours a…
Published on 07/05/2026 – 12:31 GMT+2•Updated 12:42 The long-running holiday ritual known as the “sunbed wars” has now reached the courts. A German tourist has won compensation after claiming he and his family were unable to use poolside loungers during a holiday in Greece, because other guests repeatedly reserved them with towels before sunrise. The unidentified tourist won a payout of more than €900 following a trip to Greece with his family in 2024. He claims he spent around 20 minutes a day hunting for sun loungers – despite getting up at 6 am to secure them – and that…
Published on 07/05/2026 – 12:12 GMT+2 Nobel laureate and renowned author JM Coetzee has refused to attend the Jerusalem International Writers Festival, taking place from 25 to 28 May, citing Israel’s “genocidal campaign” in Gaza as the main reason. The festival has previously hosted authors like Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates. Coetzee communicated his refusal in a letter sent to the Israeli festival’s artistic director, Julia Fermentto-Tzaisler. “For the past two years the state of Israel has been conducting a genocidal campaign in Gaza that has been vastly disproportionate to the murderous provocation of 7 October 2023,”…
The White House has issued no information on the potential meeting. Although officials in Kyiv insist they have been in regular contact with the American side, Zelenskyy has admitted that the U.S. has shifted focus from Ukraine to Iran and that this has weakened pressure on Russia. “The problem is that the priority for the United States has now shifted to the Middle East,” Zelenskyy told Newsmax last week. As a result, “Russia will not feel the most important thing that America can give us — pressure on them,” Zelenskyy said. Russian President Vladimir Putin is still demanding Ukraine withdraw…
By Eduard Wolter Published on 07/05/2026 – 12:28 GMT+2 Reinhold Würth describes the period from 1945 to 2026 as Germany’s 80 golden years, without war, with increasing prosperity and a functioning democracy. “My professional development and career can also be compared with the development of the Federal Republic of Germany. My father Adolf was able to found the Würth company in Künzelsau a few days after the end of the Second World War. I joined this two-man company as an apprentice in 1949 and had to continue running it as a 19-year-old after my father’s rapid death in 1954, which was…
Published on 07/05/2026 – 11:26 GMT+2 The Israeli military said on Thursday it would investigate after a soldier was photographed placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon. An image appearing to show an Israeli soldier with his arm around the revered Christian figure and holding a cigarette up to her mouth was widely shared on social media on Wednesday. When asked for its response to the image, the Israeli military said it “views the incident with utmost severity and emphasises that the conduct of the soldier completely deviates from the values…
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Fatih Yetim Published on 07/05/2026 – 10:22 GMT+2 Artificial intelligence is no longer just a tech matter — it is rapidly becoming an economic imperative. From jobs and productivity to competitiveness and regulation, AI is reshaping the global economy at speed. That’s why this year’s Brussels Economic Forum, the annual high level gathering about the European economy, is dedicated to AI and where Europe stands in the global race. Hosted this year by Euronews’ journalists Méabh Mc Mahon and Sasha Vakulina, the 26th edition of the Brussels Economic Forum will bring together leading economists, MEPs, business leaders and…
The Iranian regime will stay in place, and can choke off shipping in the Persian Gulf any time it wants, regardless of a deal between the US and Tehran, former US Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker told Euronews’ Europe Today show. “The regime does stay in place, and it does have the capability and the will to shut down shipping in the Persian Gulf if it wants to,” he said. The US and Israel launched surprise attacks against Iran this week, even as negotiations regarding Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes were ongoing. In response, Iran blockaded the Strait, a…
Shipping giant Maersk reported sharply lower earnings in the first three months of the year, despite strong demand for container transport. Net profit for January to March fell to $100m (€85m), around 12 times lower than a year earlier, when earnings were boosted by exceptionally strong demand for sea freight. Revenue slipped 2.6% to just under $13bn (€11bn), while earnings per share dropped to $4, down from $74 in the same quarter last year. The Copenhagen-based company said weaker freight rates in its Ocean division were the main drag on earnings, although a 9.3% rise in volumes across its business…
Airports are rarely a traveller’s favourite part of their journey, bringing out plenty of bad and baffling habits, seemingly exclusive to the hubs. Now, a new survey has revealed what kinds of behaviour annoy people the most, from queue-jumping and seat-hogging to a general lack of airport etiquette. Online travel agent Opodo asked 9,000 respondents around the world about their airport routines and also found out what irritates them the most. Here’s what the findings show… Check-in behaviours Opodo asked poll-takers whether they tend to arrive at the airport with plenty of time to spare, or push it to the…