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By&nbspAbdulla Al Dosari Published on 23/04/2026 – 12:47 GMT+2 A national heritage row has erupted between Mexico and Spain over 18 works by Frida Kahlo, which are set to move to Spain. This move follows Spanish bank Santander taking control of 160 out of 300 works by major Mexican artists from the Gelman Collection. A transfer of the famous Mexican painter’s works to Spain has caused backlash in Mexico’s art world as the move would be against Mexican law, since works designated as being national artistic monuments can’t be permanently exported from Mexico. Concerns started to grow when Daniel Vega…

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The US and its NATO allies have, on “a practical and military level”, an “excellent relationship” and cooperate continuously, Latvian Defence Minister Andris Sprūds told Euronews’ flagship morning programme, Europe Today. “I see that the alliance remains strong, that it is one for all, all for one, that it is beneficial for all member states, including the United States,” Sprūds said, adding that he prefers to focus more on “practical cooperation” rather than the denigrating public statements coming from the White House. Minister Sprūds also affirmed that he has “no doubt that the US would come to help” should the…

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Published on 23/04/2026 – 11:38 GMT+2 The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that Navy Secretary John Phelan has left his post, making him the latest top US defence official to step down or be fired. The news was announced late on Wednesday in a post on X by Pentagon spokesperson and Defence Secretary assistant Sean Parnell, who said the US Department of Defence “wish him well in his future endeavours.” No reason was given for the unexpected departure of the Navy’s top civilian official, coming as the sea service has imposed a blockade of Iranian ports and is targeting ships linked…

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By&nbspPascale Davies&nbsp&&nbspAP Published on 23/04/2026 – 12:38 GMT+2 Thousands of Samsung Electronics workers protested on Thursday at its chip complex in South Korea, demanding higher bonuses and threatening to strike as the company sees record profits due to artificial intelligence driving up memory chip demand. Holding signs and waving banners, the workers gathered at a factory compound in Pyeongtaek, amid a heavy police presence, shouting “make compensation transparent and remove maximum limits on bonuses!” Union representatives put attendance at around 40,000 members, though police did not state an official count. The protest unfolded the same day that Samsung’s main competitor,…

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A multidisciplinary team of eleven researchers has reconstructed the sinking of an Italian ship that lay barely eight metres deep under the mud of the Bay of Cadiz. The ship is the San Giorgio e Sant’Elmo Buonaventura, one of between 30 and 35 ships that the English explorer and privateer Sir Francis Drake destroyed in the port of Cadiz on 29 April 1587, on the express orders of Queen Elizabeth I. The results of the study (source in Spanish), entitled “Experimental sciences in underwater archaeology: Delta II wreck (San Giorgio and Sant’Elmo Buonaventura)”, have been possible thanks to the combination…

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“Tory and Labour governments have failed a generation of young people with a substandard curriculum that undermines academic rigour and national identity in favour of promoting their mass migration agenda,” Suella Braverman, Reform UK’s education spokesperson, said in a statement. Farage has been critical of Britain’s monarch in the past. Before Charles became king, the Reform UK chief branded him an “eco-loony” over his support for tackling climate change. He has since defended the outburst, telling the BBC ahead of the 2024 general election: “He wasn’t the King then, and I can’t speak ill of the monarch obviously.” As education…

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It’s not even been two weeks since Péter Magyar won Hungary’s elections, and the incoming prime minister is still facing a deluge of misinformation. Misleading claims circulating on X have targeted Magyar’s immigration policies and suggested the prime minister-elect endorsed his rival and outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orbán, as president of the European Commission or the European Council. One post, which amassed thousands of likes, claims that one of Magyar’s policies after he won Hungary’s parliamentary elections on 12 April is to ensure “All Ukrainians and other immigrants from outside the EU will lose their work permits starting June.” It…

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At the start of this week, a robot beat human runners in a half-marathon in Beijing. Now, another one can apparently outplay table tennis professionals. Is this how it begins – machines quietly overtaking us, one task at a time? The answer is yes – and no. In a new study, a robot built by Japanese electronics giant Sony has beaten professional players. But the features that make this possible are anything but human-like. The robot, called “Ace,” has a single arm with eight joints and uses its nine camera eyes to track the ball’s logo and detect its spin.…

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