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Hundreds of mourners gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin on Tuesday for the funeral of Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who died last week in a motorcycle crash at age 56. Family, friends and fans were joined by figures including Bono, Steve Coogan, Chris O’Dowd, Hozier and Imelda May, while crowds outside watched the service on large screens in St. Patrick’s Park. Eddie Vedder performed “The Song of Good Hope” with Markéta Irglová, Hansard’s former musical and screen partner. Bono remembered him as a man whose warmth left a lasting impression on everyone he met.
Exploring Italy in the footsteps of Saint Francis is about to get easier thanks to a new project bringing together walks tracing the history of the Franciscan Order. Tourists can now discover the various routes of the Cammino di Francesco – Il Cammino della Luce (The Way of Francis – The Way of Light) on the Italian tourism board website. In total, the routes cover a length of 1,546 kilometres and span the regions of Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Marche, Tuscany and Umbria. All of the routes end in Assisi, the birthplace of Saint Francis. The network launch is part of…
It sounds like a Ray Bradbury story come to life. Somewhere in America’s sprawl of warehouses, book spines were sliced by machines like cuts of salami. Scanners then processed their contents in bulk. Within milliseconds, work that may have taken humans years to produce was uploaded into the digital ether, and later used to train AI models to replicate the voice and structure of our languages. From there, the paper became waste, which was shipped off to recycling plants to be pulped and repurposed into products like toilet paper and cardboard boxes. In a name that evokes both a covert…
“Once again we wake up to the news of horrible atrocities by Russia through its aerial attacks on Ukraine,” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on X. “Russia must pay for the destruction it has caused. And we are using the proceeds from the immobilised Russian assets to make sure it does.” Von der Leyen said the EU was making “a further €1.4 billion” available to support Ukraine’s “continued resistance against Russia’s illegal war.” Her comments came after one of the deadliest Russian attacks on Kyiv this year. Ballistic missiles and drones killed at least 17 people and wounded…
Published on 05/08/2026 – 15:11 GMT+2 Legendary Portuguese footballer Luis Figo offered a damning assessment of Gianni Infantino’s time in charge of FIFA on Wednesday as he called for the embattled president to resign from his role. In a post on X, the former Real Madrid and Barcelona star said Infantino had “debased the office that he promised to elevate,” adding that he “lied, deceived and tried to feather his own nest at the expense of the game he is supposed to serve.” “It is too late to save his dignity but it is not too late to save football.…
Former European Parliament President Klaus Hänsch has died, current Parliament President Roberta Metsola confirmed on Wednesday. “His Parliament mourns the loss of a champion of Europe, who took office at a time of profound change for our continent, and who never stopped believing in the potential of this project,” wrote Metsola in a social media post. “At our last meeting just a few weeks ago, his unwavering optimism shone through as he described his ongoing efforts to promote civic engagement and nurture young European leaders. Europe will miss him. May he rest in peace,” she added. Hänsch, a German Social…
The first participants in Moderna’s clinical trial have been vaccinated against Bundibugyo Ebola virus as the company begins Phase 1 trials in Canada. The vaccine is being developed using Moderna’s mRNA platform, the same underlying technology used in its COVID-19 vaccine, the company said in a press release. The first phase of the trial will involve around 80 volunteers and will evaluate safety, tolerance and immune response for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus disease, for which there is currently no vaccine. “Getting Moderna’s vaccine candidate into a Phase 1 trial this rapidly is a major step forward in the…
By Una Hajdari with AP Published on 05/08/2026 – 9:42 GMT+2 SpaceX has reported a smaller loss than Wall Street expected alongside a surge in revenue in its first quarterly results as a public company. The rocket, satellite and AI firm sharply increased spending in the quarter, particularly on artificial intelligence. The company run by Elon Musk posted a loss of $541 million (€469mn) or 9 cents a share in the three months to the end of June. That was less than half what analysts had forecast. Revenue jumped to $7.8 billion (€6.8bn) up more than 90% from the year-earlier period. The standout…
Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler widmen sich in dieser Sonderfolge einem mysteriösen Politikberater, der seit der AfD-Gründung im Hintergrund mitzumischen scheint und der selbst behauptet, als bezahlter Söldner für Nachrichtendienste und Großunternehmen zu arbeiten. Gemeinsam mit der Investigativ-Journalistin Katja Riedel (WDR) beleuchten die beiden, wie der angebliche Strippenzieher intern agiert und unter anderem Personalentscheidungen durch gezielte Desinformation beeinflusst haben soll. Sie diskutieren die Hintergründe des jüngsten Kontaktverbots, das der AfD-Bundesvorstand auf Druck von Funktionären wie Björn Höcke und Stephan Protschka gegen Rohrböck verhängt hat. Dabei gehen Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler auch der Frage nach, warum viele Parteimitglieder…
By Christina Thykjaer Published on 04/08/2026 – 22:11 GMT+2•Updated 05/08/2026 – 13:00 GMT+2 Spain’s Interior Ministry has denied confirming reports published by Spanish news outlets El Español and The Objective, which claimed that security services had identified several people investigated for jihadism-related offences among the migrants who arrived in Ceuta last week. “At no point have we confirmed those reports,” a ministry spokesperson told Euronews. The ministry added that “Spain’s security forces carry out continuous work to monitor and combat jihadist terrorism throughout the country, not only in Ceuta.” However, it neither confirmed nor denied the accuracy of the reports. The…