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Updated: 11/05/2026 – 14:11 GMT+2 From a naked performer acting as a giant bell ringer to drone-powered flying carpets suspended inside a church, take a look at some of the most talked-about works at this year’s Venice Art Biennale. … More
Two stray Ukrainian drones flew over the Russian border last Thursday and crashed on Latvian soil, one of them exploding at an oil storage facility in eastern Latvia. According to Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Andrii Sybiha, the drones were diverted by Russia’s electronic warfare. Latvia and Lithuania have called on NATO to boost air defenses in their region after the incident. Sprūds, an academic first appointed in Sept. 2023, said in a long post on X that he decided to leave “to protect the Latvian army from being dragged into a political campaign” and to prevent critics from doubting the…
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and his Ukrainian counterpart Mykhailo Fedorov signed an agreement in Kyiv on Monday to launch “Brave Germany,” a joint programme focused on developing defence technology and supporting innovative start-ups. According to the Ukrainian news outlet Ukrinform, Fedorov said Germany was now “the world’s leading provider of security support for Ukraine.” He added that Berlin accounted for around a third of all assistance provided to the country. Pistorius arrived in Kyiv on Monday for a surprise visit aimed at deepening defence cooperation between Germany and Ukraine. Speaking to German news agency dpa, Pistorius said the trip…
Updated: 11/05/2026 – 12:55 GMT+2 A humanoid robot named Gabi became an honorary Buddhist monk during an ordination ceremony held at Seoul’s Jogye Temple on May 6, ahead of Buddha’s birthday celebrations in South Korea. … More
A small Portuguese liqueur producer has won a legal battle against luxury fashion giant Louis Vuitton over the use of the initials “LV”. Louis Vuitton argued the branding copied its famous logo, but the court ruled in favour of Licores do Vale, based in the northern town of Monção. The dispute over the “LV” initials had lasted for more than a year. Following the ruling, Licores do Vale thanked supporters in a social media post and said the initials “belong to everyone”. “The last few months have been intense,” the company wrote. Louis Vuitton challenged the registration of the “LV…
The woman started to feel unwell on the repatriation flight Sunday night, after the ship docked in Tenerife, Spain, reported Le Figaro. The other passengers will be re-tested, Rist said. All five passengers are now in isolation in Paris. One of the 17 repatriated U.S. citizens has also tested positive while another is showing symptoms, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Sunday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen thanked Spain and other authorities for swiftly disembarking passengers Sunday, adding they are working “hand in hand” with health agencies to evacuate passengers. World Health Organization officials said…
Published on 11/05/2026 – 13:33 GMT+2 Sweden’s intelligence service said on Monday that it suspected two people of skirting sanctions and exporting “advanced products” to Russia, with media reporting it was industrial products intended for Moscow’s military-industrial complex. The Swedish Security Service (Sapo) said in a statement the two suspects had been arrested last week and were both remanded in custody. It added that several searches had been conducted in southern and western Sweden in connection with the arrests. “The Security Service has carried out several operations and house searches and an extensive investigation is currently under way,” Sapo said…
European oil and gas companies benefited from higher energy prices caused by the disruption linked to the Iran conflict, helping boost profits across the sector. Oil giant Shell plc reported a 24% rise in first-quarter profit on Thursday. Rival BP also reported higher profits last month, while France’s TotalEnergies said net profit jumped 51% to $5.8bn in the first quarter. Analysts expect earnings to remain strong this year. According to Oxfam, six of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies — Chevron, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies — are projected to earn an additional $37m (€31.5m) a day in 2026…
When Anthropic’s chief product officer Ami Vora took the stage at the company’s Code with Claude developer conference in San Francisco last week, those present likely expected updates on new models. Instead, Vora announced that Anthropic had signed a deal with SpaceX to take full control of the Colossus 1 data centre in Memphis, in a pairing that would have seemed unthinkable just a few months ago. The deal gives Anthropic access to more than “more than 300 megawatts of new capacity [and] over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs within the month,” according to a subsequent Anthropic statement, and will directly benefit…
“The last government was defined by breaking our relationship with Europe. This Labour government will be defined by rebuilding our relationship with Europe, by putting Britain at the heart of Europe, so that we are stronger on the economy, stronger on trade, stronger on defence,” he told an audience of Labour activists and lawmakers. Asked by attending reporters whether this meant he might ditch the tight red lines in his manifesto ruling out membership of the EU single market and customs union, Starmer replied: “What I want to do is take a big leap forward with the EU-U.K. summit this…