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The museum’s plans for two new sites – one in Guernica and another within the Urdaibai reserve – have drawn ire from activists who warn of environmental degradation. Plans to establish a new Guggenheim Museum outpost in Guernica and the Urdaibai biosphere reserve in Spain have ignited controversy.While supporters argue that the development could rejuvenate Spain’s northern Basque region economically and culturally – particularly given that the Guggenheim’s Bilbao flagship is lauded as a key factor in the city’s economic and social transformation – critics have expressed concerns about potential harm to the protected natural area.The proposed museum would be…

The EU’s involvement falls within a broader G7 initiative to hand out $50 billion to support Ukraine’s war-battered economy by the end of the year. Finance ministers from G7 countries are expected to finally agree to the carveout of the loan during an upcoming meeting in Washington on Friday. The loan will be paid back using the profits generated by over €250 billion of Russian assets held in Western banks that were immobilized after the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022. The U.K. and Canada announced they will lend respectively $3 billion and $3.6 billion to Ukraine under…

“Blade Runner 2049” producers filed a lawsuit against billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk for allegedly using images from the film without permission at the Tesla robotaxi launch event. Alcon Entertainment, one of the production companies behind “Blade Runner 2049,” is suing Musk — along with Tesla and Warner Bros. Discovery — for copyright infringement.The company claims it rejected Musk’s request to use material from “Blade Runner 2049” as part of the marketing event for the new Cybercab, but Tesla’s CEO didn’t take no for an answer.“Alcon refused all permissions and adamantly objected to defendants suggesting any affiliation between BR2049 and Tesla,…

Moldova’s President Maia Sandu said the authorities have clear evidence of malign interference and “fraud of unprecedented proportions” at the vote on October 20. With the presidential elections now going into the second round, what can the Kremlin do within the next 10 days to influence the vote? While Moldovans who went to the polling stations on Sunday opted for their country’s EU future by the slimmest of margins, the Kremlin — which has long been vying to bring the eastern European country under its sphere of influence — has hardly been deterred.If anything, Moldovan authorities have been adamant in their claims…

Manhattan’s Vessel has reopened with enhanced safety features, including steel mesh nets, after a series of suicides led to its 2021 closure, After closing in 2021 following a series of deaths by suicide, tourists returned to Manhattan’s beehive-shaped Vessel structure following its reopening with new safety features. On Monday, around 75 visitors purchased tickets and lined up to explore the metallic honeycomb structure when it opened in the morning. They passed through a security checkpoint and buzzed about the stairways and vista platforms, the highest of which is around 150 feet (45 metres).Flexible steel mesh netting allowed visitors to stick…

Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s internal market committee will work on this topic as part of one of their future reports, while governments are considering a minimum age for using social media or a crackdown on porn sites that don’t keep minors away with blanket blocks. The rulebook “introduces real accountability for online video sharing platforms and requires them to take action to protect those that use their platforms, including by having robust complaints handling procedures and introducing effective age-verification,” Ireland’s Media Minister Catherine Martin said. “It will make all of us, but particularly our children, safer online,” she added.…

The attack was part of a mass overnight strike on Ukraine targeting several parts of the country. At least three people, including one child, were killed in a Russian drone strike on the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, officials said on Tuesday.The attack was part of a mass overnight strike that hit several parts of Ukraine. Some 45 explosions were recorded in the Sumy region, and the Ukrainian military said air defences destroyed 42 out of 60 drones launched by Russia across the country.According to the regional governor, Ihor Kalchenko, the strike on Sumy targeted a residential neighbourhood and…

As Disney appoints a new chairman, the struggle continues to find a suitable replacement for CEO Bob Iger. A successor must be named in 2026. Disney has named former boss of Morgan Stanley James Gorman as its new chairman – set to begin his duties early next year.He will succeed Mark Parker, who has spent nine years on Disney’s board.Gorman previously served as Morgan Stanley’s CEO from 2010 to 2023 and chairman from 2012 to 2023.Disney also outlined on Monday a formal timeline for replacing long-serving CEO Bob Iger.Although Iger had originally planned to retire by 2015, he prolonged his…

Even as Blinken landed, Hezbollah fired waves of rockets at two sites near Tel Aviv: the Glilot base used by Israel’s military intelligence and the Nirit suburb. Rockets were also fired at a naval base outside the port city of Haifa, further north, and several sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, according to Reuters. Tel Aviv will be the first stop on Blinken’s larger Middle East tour this week, which also includes stops in Jordan and Qatar. According to a statement, the top U.S. diplomat will discuss “the importance of ending the war…

As the Israeli army continues to pressure the UN peacekeepers to abandon southern Lebanon, the international community remains seemingly hesitant in its response, turning UNIFIL into a should-I-stay-or-should-I-go mission. As US diplomacy seeks last-minute solutions for a ceasefire in Lebanon right before the presidential elections, the Israeli army has increased its pressure against the alleged Hezbollah hideouts in southern Lebanon and Beirut.On Sunday, an IDF bulldozer demolished a watchtower of the UN peacekeeping contingent UNIFIL in Marwahin, triggering the defence ministers of the G7 to express their “concern for all the threats” to its security and renew their support to…