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In the wake of the recently announced Brendan Fraser-starring The Mummy 4 (set to hit cinemas in 2028), there’s been a relentless social media campaign regarding the actor’s potential presence in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. So, let’s get this out of the way from the get-go: No, Brendan Fraser is not in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. And yes, that is its full title – a branding stunt that is simultaneously bold and very pretentious, a clear studio move aiming to differentiate 2026’s Mummy issues from past (and future) iterations. This year’s mummified menace movie is an entirely separate reinvention of…

He added that continued assistance to Kyiv “must not rely on significant U.S. contributions,” urging allies to step up funding and production instead. Under Donald Trump, new U.S. military aid to Ukraine has fallen to almost nothing. However, Washington is willing to sell weapons to Kyiv financed by other allies under the NATO-led Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List program, which gathered €3.7 billion last year for arms purchases. U.S. military help to Ukraine fell by 99 percent in 2025, said the Kiel Support Tracker which monitors aid to Kyiv. “At the same time, Europe sharply increased its aid allocations, by 59 percent for…

Published on 17/04/2026 – 9:46 GMT+2 On paper, Bulgaria is a recent European success story, having finally adopted the euro on the first of January and joined Schengen. But there is a big euro hangover. On the ground, citizens feel impoverished and ignored by the political class. This profound frustration has set the stage for a bitter showdown between two major figures. On one side is Boyko Borissov. He is the veteran centre-right leader of the GERB party. While firmly pro-European, he was plagued by scandals during his decade in power, making him the symbol of the entrenched establishment. Facing…

Published on 17/04/2026 – 14:43 GMT+2 Israel’s defence minister said on Friday that the campaign against the militant group Hezbollah was not yet complete, just hours after a 10-day ceasefire came into force in Lebanon. He also warned that if the fighting resumed, displaced residents returning to the country’s war-torn south would have to evacuate again. “The ground manoeuvre into Lebanon and the strikes on Hezbollah have achieved many gains, but they are still not complete,” Israel Katz said in a broadcast statement. There remained areas of the south that had not yet been cleared of Hezbollah militants, which would…

A new airport has opened in Qaqortoq, giving international travellers direct access to the main town of South Greenland for the first time. It marks the opening up of one of the Arctic’s most diverse and lesser-visited areas. “South Greenland offers a rare combination of powerful nature and a living culture shaped over generations,” says Visit Greenland Director Anne Nivika Grødem. “Improved access allows us to welcome visitors with greater intention – encouraging travel with curiosity, while creating lasting value for local communities and more meaningful experiences for our guests.” Discover the fjords and fertile valleys of South Greenland Previously…

The two-day event aims to build a counter to advancing authoritarian and far-right forces, from the nationalist right in Europe — including parties aligned with the Patriots for Europe bloc — to global politics in the age of U.S. President Donald Trump. “This is not an isolated trend,” Löfven said. “It’s a shared challenge that requires a coordinated global response.” The Barcelona program includes a leaders’ dinner on Friday followed by a day of events featuring Socialist group chief Iratxe García and European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera as well as Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, South Africa’s Cyril…

On Sunday, 12 April, Hungarian voters cast their ballots in the country’s parliamentary election, ending Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule. Tisza, the pro-European, conservative party led by Péter Magyar, secured a two-thirds majority in one of the most anticipated and closely watched elections of 2026. The outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has, in fact, been a central actor in the European Union (EU), where he’s well known for his anti-EU rhetoric and his use of the veto mechanisms to block, among others, aid to Ukraine. On the contrary, Prime Minister-designate Péter Magyar has taken a more positive stance on…

Forbes has already weighed in on the best new hotels debate, declaring The Red Sea EDITION in Saudi Arabia the greatest opening this year. For Esquire, Collegio Alla Querce, Auberge Collection in Florence captured the hearts of its editors. Now Travel + Leisure has released its 2026 It List, with 100 brilliant properties highlighted across the globe. While there’s no overall winner, the listings are split into categories including best city hotels, cruise ships and “splurge-worthy stays”. The latter is defined as any hotel that will set you back more than €1,000 a night, and 19 properties on the list…

National governments can equally design their own apps, and the apps are meant to work together to allow for smooth age checks across the bloc.  But critics of age blocks say the technology to check people’s ages with proper privacy and data protections just isn’t ready — and even if it was, internet users would easily bypass it with things like virtual private networks (VPNs) that mask their location. Blazy was part of a group of more than 400 privacy and security experts who sent an open letter to the Commission in March to impose a “moratorium on deployment plans…

Bulgaria holds its eight parliamentary elections in five years on Sunday, with former president Rumen Radev’s new party leading polls in a vote many hope will end now-chronic political instability. Radev, a former air force general who resigned as president in January, formed his Progressive Bulgaria coalition after the resignation of the government in December. His party leads with 33% support according to the latest polls, positioning him as a key power broker in what is expected to be another fragmented parliament. The election follows five years of near-permanent crisis in which no government has survived a full term. Instead,…