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French President Emmanuel Macron was filmed singing Charles Aznavour’s classic song “La Bohème” during an official dinner in Yerevan while visiting Armenia. Video showed Macron seated beside a pianist with a microphone in hand as Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accompanied the performance on drums. Guests attending the dinner watched and applauded as the two leaders took part in the musical moment. The performance took place during Macron’s state visit to Armenia and featured a song closely linked to the country through Aznavour’s Armenian heritage.
By Angela Barnes & AP Published on 05/05/2026 – 7:12 GMT+2 Oil prices fell back in early trade but remained elevated as investors kept an eye on escalating tensions between the US and Iran and progress on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading 1.38% lower at $112.86 while US crude, or WTI, was down 2.27% at $104 per barrel. US futures edged 0.1% higher. Elsewhere, regional trading was thin overnight with markets in Japan, South Korea and mainland China closed for holidays. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 1.1% to 25,805.98. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200…
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Every time you ask an artificial intelligence chatbot with a question, somewhere, possibly a continent away, a warehouse full of computers is working hard to answer it and a mind-numbing amount of energy is churned to give you a quick reply. Data centres, the physical locations that house the supercomputers and associated components that underpin the dramatic increase in AI, are critical in our age of advanced data processing. But their appetite for electricity is becoming a problem in its own right. These facilities are growing bigger, more numerous and dramatically more power-hungry, and the energy required to run them…
Published on 05/05/2026 – 6:05 GMT+2 Doris Fisher, who co-founded the iconic clothing chain The Gap Inc. in 1969 with her late husband Don, has died aged 94, according to a statement by the company. A spokesperson for Gap announced on Monday that Fisher died on Saturday, surrounded by her family. The San Francisco-based company did not specify a cause of death. The couple co-founded The Gap after a frustrating shopping experience when Don Fisher couldn’t find a pair of jeans that fit, according to the retailer. The Fishers opened one small store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco. Initially…
The Spanish official, who has worked in the EEAS since 2010, took over as secretary general in February last year. She succeeded Italy’s Stefano Sannino, who is under investigation for alleged misuse of EU funds. Two of the officials said Carbonell is set to take a posting in Latin America. Carbonell’s husband, Raúl Fuentes Milani, is the EU’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic. In October last year, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas’ team created a new senior role in the service that saw some of Carbonell’s most important duties transferred to a deputy, including representing the EEAS at meetings…
If Labour does as badly as predicted — and the SNP wins power again, despite a long-running finances investigation and two changes of first minister since 2023 — there will be huge questions for Starmer about squandering the 2024 success. Sarwar has already called for Starmer to resign. He made the plea in February, hoping a change of PM in Westminster would limit the damage north of the border. Watch to see if anyone else comes out swinging as results filter in through Friday and Saturday. 3) Feeling the Farage factor Farage has embarked on an extensive tour of England, where…
“There is no strategy without money,” said Juliana Wahlgren, director of the European Anti-Poverty Network. “How are we going to implement it if, funding-wise, this is not a priority?” Poverty target slipping The EU wants to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 15 million from 2019 to 2030, and eradicate it by 2050. That target was set in 2021. But by 2025, that number had fallen by just 3.4 million, according to the draft of the strategy seen by POLITICO. Across the bloc in 2025, 20.9 percent of the population was…
German government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius batted off suggestions that Merz might have to jet off to Washington to cool the latest tensions with Trump, saying that the two were next scheduled to meet at a summit of the G7 leading economies in France, which won’t take place until June 15-17. Until then, Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil offered reassurances that Merz was in “constant communication” with Trump to avoid a further escalation. Kornelius, however, could not offer specific information on any planned telephone calls. Even though politicians from Merz’s coalition partner, the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), are now frustratedly arguing the…
By Toby Gregory with Peter Barabas and Gavin Blackburn Published on 04/05/2026 – 21:22 GMT+2•Updated 21:46 Euronews’ journalist Toby Gregory boarded his Emirates flight to Dubai at London’s Heathrow airport on Monday when mobile phone alerts started appearing that new Iranian drone and missile attacks were under way in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE’s defence ministry and state news agency said a fresh Iranian barrage had targeted the country following multiple alerts from authorities warning people to take cover. “Four cruise missiles launched from Iran were detected toward various areas across the country. Three were successfully engaged over the country’s…