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Activists gathered outside London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) to show support for the Gaza Biennale and protest the ICA’s sponsorship ties. The streets outside the ICA in London were alive with voices and projections on Tuesday night, as protesters gathered for the first UK event of the Gaza Biennale. Led by Gaza Biennale – Jinnaah UK (with Jinnaah meaning “pavilion” or “wing”), artworks were projected onto the ICA’s walls, making a visible statement about the resilience of Palestinian creativity in spite of Israel’s military onslaught.The Gaza Biennale is a global project that aims to showcase Palestinian art both within…

More than three-quarters of the planes that Boeing furnished were 737 Max jets, a stark reminder of how integral its best-selling airline model has been to the company’s fortunes and challenges. Boeing delivered less than half the number of commercial aircraft to customers than its European rival in 2024 as the American aerospace giant’s output suffered under intensified government scrutiny and a factory workers’ strike, according to new data. Boeing said it supplied 348 jetliners during the year. That was more than a third fewer than the 528 the company finished for airlines and leasing outfits in 2023 and less…

The rise in the interest rate investors are charging the UK government to borrow money over 10 years hit a 16-year high in recent days, piling pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to cut spending or raise taxes. UK Inflation unexpectedly fell in December, a move that is likely fuel pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates again next month.Inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index, was 2.5% in the year to December, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday, largely as a result of easing price pressures in the services sector, which accounts for around…

Inflation in the U.K. edged lower on the month before, giving some breathing room to a government under severe pressure from soaring borrowing costs. Price rose by 2.5 percent on an annual basis in December, the Office for National Statistics said today, down from 2.6 percent in November. Analysts had expected it to stay at 2.6 percent. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the annual rate fell more clearly, to 3.2 percent from 3.5 percent. Notably, inflation in services fell to an annual rate of 4.4 percent from 5 percent. Services prices are tightly tied to wages and have been…

The euro has rebounded against the US dollar over the past two trading days on news that the US president-elect may consider a gradual pace of hiking tariffs. However, the trend may be vulnerable to the upcoming US CPI, which is expected to remain sticky in December. The euro-dollar pair, EUR/USD, rebounded after hitting a fresh two-year low of 1.0176 on Monday. By Tuesday, the pair extended gains, maintaining levels above 1.03 in the early hours of Wednesday’s Asian session. The comeback in other currencies against the dollar was broad-based as the greenback retreated sharply following a Bloomberg report that Donald…

“It does underscore how much the U.K. is one part of a much wider, interlinked global phenomenon,” she said. Yang, a former Financial Times journalist, said the government shouldn’t shift policy because of daily market moves driven by news out of Washington. “We’re a medium-sized economy in the global market, so we will always be affected by what happens in the U.S.” she said. “There’s no getting around that.” Andrew Goodwin, chief U.K. economist for Oxford Economics, agreed that market troubles have been triggered by global issues. However, he told POLITICO, the chancellor did make a mistake by limiting her…

During a meeting with NATO allies in Helsinki, Finnish President Alexander Stubb spoke exclusively to Euronews about the new normal of hybrid warfare deployed by Russia. The state of hybrid warfare with Russia has to be considered the new normal, Finnish President Alexander Stubb told Euronews in an exclusive interview featured on Radio Schuman today.Stubb told Euronews’ Shona Murray that he “sleeps quite well at night” knowing Finland’s state of defence is well-prepared, but endorsed the need for more spending on defence, speaking after the Baltic Sea summit in Helsinki.Yesterday, NATO secretary general Mark Rutte pledged to send drones, frigates…

Since a young age growing up in Italy, the workings of the human body have fascinated me — a curiosity that brought me to medical research. I’ve always wanted to help people. And through discovering new medicines, we can potentially help millions of patients. What drives me — and so many other scientists in Europe and around the globe — is a desire to find new therapies that will improve people’s lives, especially in areas where there is currently an unmet need. As a personal example, my passion for psychiatric diseases stems from witnessing the profound suffering they cause not…

Der Unions-Kanzlerkandidat erntet im Wahlkampf seinen ersten Shitstorm. Für seine Äußerung, er glaube nicht daran, dass die Transformation der deutschen Stahlindustrie hin zur Produktion mit grünem Wasserstoff überall und so schnell gelingen könne, hat er nicht nur den Zorn von SPD, Grünen und der IG Metall auf sich gezogen. Auch in der Branche mit 90.000 Jobs und mehr als 55 Milliarden Euro Umsatz sorgt seine Aussage für Stirnrunzeln. Warum Merz mit seiner Skepsis einen Punkt hat, wie er ein wichtiges Thema auf ungeschickte Weise anspricht und weshalb es ein Fehler ist, dabei nicht gleich auf Lösungen zu verweisen, analysiert Gordon…

At least 17 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes on the enclave continue as Israel and Hamas appear to narrow in on a ceasefire deal. Israeli airstrikes targeted homes in the Gaza Strip killing at least 17 Palestinians late on Tuesday, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.The bodies of 11 people were brought to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after a strike smashed into a house in Deir al-Balah. Another strike killed six people and wounded seven others in the densely populated Nuseirat refugee camp.The fresh attacks came as Israel and Hamas appeared to be narrowing in on a…