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Social media accounts linked to three individuals sanctioned by the European Union for pro-Russian foreign interference activities continued to display tools on their profiles after sanctions were imposed, according to a report by Dutch tech and accountability non-profit WHAT TO FIX. The analysis found that 21 accounts linked to Nathalie Yamb, Sylvain Afoua and Justin Tagouh on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube and X, with a combined audience of more than 4 million followers. Yamb, Afoua and Tagouh were sanctioned by the EU in 2025 over pro-Russian foreign interference activities, with the EU accusing the trio of taking part in influence…

Published on 30/05/2026 – 12:36 GMT+2 Football fans clashed in central Budapest overnight ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final between last year’s winners Paris Saint-Germain and newly crowned English champions Arsenal, local police said. According to a statement from the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK), several supporters became involved in a fight at around 00:20 on Király Street in the city’s 7th district. The 7th District Police Station has opened a criminal case against unnamed individuals for violent disorder. Officers are also reviewing CCTV footage and are working to identify others who were involved. Video footage posted to social media appeared…

AUKUS is a trilateral security partnership established in 2021 by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. It focuses on countering China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region by enhancing the three countries’ military capabilities through the deployment of nuclear-powered submarines, what is known as the “Pillar One” of the alliance. The three countries also are cooperating to develop advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cyber capabilities, and other undersea and defense systems — referred to as “Pillar Two.” The alliance encompasses Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines from the United States, the joint development of a new AUKUS-class submarine,…

Edgar Morin, one of France’s most emblematic public intellectuals, a former member of the Resistance during the Second World War who devoted his life to promoting critical thinking and fighting intolerance, has died at the age of 104, his wife announced on Saturday. “He is the grandfather of all French people and the memory of the 20th century,” wrote the left-wing daily Libération in a 2021 profile of this elegant philosopher, a lover of hats and silk ties. On Saturday morning, French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on X to the memory of this “universal spirit”, “humanism personified”. For former…

Nach einer Woche voller Spekulationen über einen vorzeitigen Kanzlertausch und scharfen Reaktionen aus dem Merz-Umfeld rekapituliert Gordon Repinski die Lage mit Veit Medick, Politikchef des Stern und Host des Podcast “5 Minuten-Talk”. Gemeinsam analysieren die beiden die subtile Entfremdung innerhalb der Union , Friedrich Merz’ Hang zur impulsiven Überdramatisierung und die verheerenden handwerklichen Fehler der letzten Monate wie das jüngste Prämie-Fiasko im Bundesrat. Im Zentrum der Diskussion steht der mögliche Schicksalstag für Merz: der 6. September. Sollte die CDU die Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt krachend an die AfD verlieren, droht ein politisches Erdbeben, das Hendrik Wüst als personifiziertes Stabilitätsversprechen in Stellung…

Published on 30/05/2026 – 8:41 GMT+2 How do you go about creating a show and a book about the relationship between two couturiers who never met in real life? That’s the question I put to Carla Sozzani, co-founder of the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa. She met the Tunisian couturier in 1980s while working as a fashion and book editor and the two became firm friends. Sozzani played a crucial role in promoting his designs and their bond was strengthened by a mutual love of fashion and art. After explaining their story, it was easy to understand how and why the exhibition…

Published on 30/05/2026 – 8:53 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump’s presidential physician said the leader remains “in excellent health” following an annual medical examination at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland. Trump underwent a series of cardiac, respiratory, neurological and other types of tests during a visit to the facility earlier this week. In a memo released by the White House on Friday, Capt. Sean Barbabella, Trump’s official physician, said the results showed the president was “fully fit to carry out all duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State”. “President Trump remains in excellent health, demonstrating…

Earlier this year, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns by a private contractor in 2019 and 2020. The lawsuit immediately triggered questions about conflicts of interest: How could the Justice Department and IRS now controlled by Trump appointees defend against a lawsuit brought by their boss? But before the lawsuit advanced, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed that a settlement had been reached. Instead of a payout to Trump, the settlement would result in the establishment of the nearly $1.8 billion fund to make payouts to people described in the settlement as…

Anyone over the age of 30 has heard at least one business manager, entrepreneur, or university professor complain that the younger generation is remarkably AI-savvy and quick to complete tasks with AI, yet young people are often unable to adequately question, think through, or explain the outputs they receive. The concept of human oversight is also still a highly abstract idea – what is a proper human oversight? How do we teach that? Without strong foundations for critical thinking, AI tools risk amplifying issues already present in many societies, where people believe everything they read. Previously, this over-reliance applied to…

Back-to-back crises have limited the power of the public purse, so policymakers are hoping professional financiers and savers can do the heavy lifting by putting their money to work in the right places. EU citizens alone have €11 trillion of cash savings sitting in their bank accounts. But vying interests from within the industry and national governments, such as Ireland and Luxembourg, threaten to derail negotiations. That’s convinced the E6 group to agree on the fundamentals among themselves to speed the process along, triggering fears of a two-speed Europe in which some countries are left behind. “I don’t think a…