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The 700-kilogramme buffalo belongs to farmer Zia Uddin Mridha and gained popularity on social media because of its long blond hair, which many visitors compare to the hairstyle of US President Donald Trump. Families, influencers and curious residents have travelled to the farm throughout May to photograph the rare animal. Caretakers wash the buffalo four times a day and carefully brush its pale hair beneath its curved horns before visitors arrive. The owner says the animal has recently lost weight because of the constant crowds and attention, prompting the farm to restrict public access. Despite those measures, visitors continue to…
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By Euronews Published on 21/05/2026 – 9:29 GMT+2 An earthquake tremor was recorded on Thursday morning in the Campi Flegrei area of Naples. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) reports that the epicentre of the 4.4-magnitude quake was located off the Gulf of Pozzuoli at a depth of 3 kilometres. The quake was felt throughout the Naples area. Many residents posted messages on social media to report the tremor. No damage to people or property has been reported so far. The municipalities of Pozzuoli, Bacoli and Quarto have decided to keep schools closed. The seismic zone in the Campi…
Video released by the office of Itamar Ben-Gvir showed detained Gaza flotilla activists handcuffed on the ground at Ashdod port in Israel on Wednesday. Images showed police officers dragging and restraining activists while Ben-Gvir walked among them carrying an Israeli flag and speaking to detainees. One activist shouting “Free Palestine” was seen being pushed to the ground by security personnel. Additional footage from Israel’s parliament later showed Ben-Gvir defending the treatment of the activists and criticizing calls for an apology over the incident.
“In my view, it’s a tactically astute move to bring Gerhard Schröder — who, after all, still enjoys considerable popularity in Germany — back into the picture, as if to say, ‘If you want, we can negotiate,’” said Georg Maier, the SPD interior minister of the eastern state of Thuringia. “It’s basically a lie, because if you actually wanted to negotiate, you wouldn’t need Gerhard Schröder for that. But of course, the impression meant to be created is that the [German] government wants this war and wants to sell weapons, wants to expand NATO’s influence — and this disinformation is…
Published on 21/05/2026 – 7:56 GMT+2•Updated 8:02 Also on today’s show hosted by Mared Gwyn: Euronews’ Sasha Vakulina reports on the political reactions to the drone incursion row. Interview with Henna Virkkunen, Commissioner responsible for tech sovereignty, security and democracy. Explainer by Jakub Janas: Why is German Chancellor Friedrich Merz increasingly disliked in Germany? Shona Murray reports on the gathering of NATO foreign ministers in Sweden today, where US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected. We report on global reactions on a video from Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir showing him taunting handcuffed activists from the Gaza-bound aid…
Egypt is pressing Europe to share more of the cost of hosting what Cairo says are millions of refugees and migrants, as the EU weighs its dependence on a country it sees as a crucial buffer against irregular migration across the Mediterranean. The two sides are not short of bargaining chips over each other: Europe needs Egypt to keep irregular migration in check while Egypt needs European money to manage a refugee crisis it says is costing more than €8.5 billion a year, experts say. “Egypt’s leverage has clearly increased with the EU because EU governments are under domestic pressure…
Countries and institutions track many indicators to measure economic growth, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth among the most closely watched. However, GDP growth does not reflect what people are actually taking home in real income, even when adjusted for inflation. Real household income per capita measures the change in earnings that households actually have available to spend or save, providing a more accurate reading of living standards. So, which European countries recorded the highest annual real household income per capita growth in 2025? Among 16 European countries, 14 saw increases in real household income per capita last year compared…
Marco Rubio reist morgen nach Helsingborg zum NATO-Außenministertreffen. Als Europas liebster Trumpist oder als geschickt positionierter Kandidat für 2028? Hans von der Burchard analysiert Rubios Balanceakt zwischen Europa-Diplomatie und Hardliner-Linie. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview die stellvertretende SPD-Fraktionsvorsitzende Siemtje Möller. Angesichts der US-Pläne, massive Truppenteile aus Deutschland abzuziehen, stellt sich die Frage: Wie wehrhaft ist die Bundeswehr eigentlich im Alleingang? Rasmus Buchsteiner ordnet ein, warum das Verhältnis zwischen dem Bund und den Ländern gerade so schlecht ist. Anlass ist die Konferenz der Chefs der Staatskanzleien, zu der Kanzler Friedrich Merz seinen Kanzleramtschef Thorsten Frei schickt, statt selbst zu kommen. Den neuen Instagram-Kanal des…
Published on 21/05/2026 – 7:06 GMT+2 An Australian judge fined X Corp., the company Elon Musk set up which holds social media platform X, 650,000 Australian dollars (€398,500) on Thursday for failing to provide information to an online safety watchdog in 2023 about how it tackled child sexual exploitation content. Federal Court Justice Michael Wheelahan also ordered the Texas-based social media giant to pay AU$100,000 €61,326) of e-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant’s court costs within 45 days. The ruling ends a three-year legal battle in which X had argued it was not obliged to answer e-Safety’s questions. X admitted it…