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Around 245 global news organisations across nine countries are attempting to block the Internet Archive’s crawlers. These are automated software bots that capture, display and archive content from web pages in the Internet Archive’s public-facing interface, the Wayback Machine. The Archive holds over one trillion web pages dating all the way back to 1996, making it one of the biggest collective public information resources in the world. This includes past articles from major news organisations such as CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today. These web pages are used for a variety of purposes, for example, as…

The US-Israel attack on Iran has impacted the travel industry around the globe, with flight cancellations and airlines shuttering as jet fuel prices soar. While airlines won’t retroactively add surcharges onto flights you’ve already paid for, you are likely to see flight price increases on future bookings. Some carriers in the United States, including American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta, have increased the cost of checked bags as a way to recoup some of the additional costs. However, the same cannot be said for package holiday providers. This is because the operator is not directly providing the service and so…

The kiwi, New Zealand’s sacred national bird, vanished from the hills around Wellington more than a century ago. Now the capital’s residents are waging an improbable citizen campaign to return the endangered flightless birds to the city. On a hill wreathed in mist above the dark sea that runs between New Zealand’s North and South Islands, Ward and others crossed rugged farmland late on Tuesday night, carrying seven crates in silence by dim red torchlight. Ward and his friends set their crates down in pairs, slid them open and gently tilted the boxes. Inside each one nestled a kiwi, including…

Train travel in Europe is getting another fresh boost. On Friday 1 May, a new direct route running from Prague to Hamburg and on to Copenhagen was launched, linking three countries in one smooth trip. It’s the first time the cities have been directly connected by train in more than a decade. Czech Railways (ČD), the Czech Republic’s largest rail carrier, has launched two daily return services between Prague’s main railway station, Hlavní Nádraží, and Hamburg in Germany. One of the two services will then continue on to the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Both trains will stop off in the…

Published on 01/05/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2•Updated 15:17 A UK jury convicted a Kuwaiti national on Friday of trying to break into Israel’s London embassy to launch a knife attack, shortly after Britain refused his asylum application. Jurors at London’s Old Bailey court found 34-year-old Abdullah Albadri guilty of preparation of terrorist acts and possession of two knives following the incident in April last year. Armed police had tackled Albadri as he scaled an eight-foot-high fence at the west London embassy while carrying two knives, with the court hearing he wanted to “exact revenge” for the killing of children in Gaza.…

Britain’s King Charles III concluded his four-day state visit to the United States on Thursday, departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after a series of public appearances and official engagements. During the final day of the visit, Charles paid tribute at Arlington National Cemetery and attended a “block party” celebration in Front Royal, Virginia, marking 250 years since American independence. Crowds gathered to greet the King and Queen Camilla during the parade and festivities. The visit ended with a formal farewell alongside US President Donald Trump before Charles boarded a flight to Bermuda, his first visit as monarch to…

The Iran war is threatening international food security as production costs jump and vital export routes are severed. In particular, a supply squeeze on fertiliser has already caused farmers’ affordability to reach a four-year low. That is the warning in a new report by the World Bank report which indicates the surge in costs is primarily driven by a spike in natural gas prices. European agriculture ministers are now reportedly calling for urgent intervention to prevent a prolonged food price crisis and to safeguard grain harvests for next year’s season. “Europe is not facing a supply issue for the current…

In Euronews Culture’s review of the film Kneecap, the award-winning biopic about the rise to fame of the Belfast rap trio, we called the comedy “fun, raucous and heartfelt”. The same could be said about their new album, ‘Fenian’ – but we’d add ‘scathing’, ‘layered’, and ‘very foul-mouthed’. Indeed, if Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street tops the non-documentary feature film list for the most uses of the word ‘fuck’, then ‘Fenian’ may well be the main contender for the album with the most ‘cunt’s. Before we get into all that, a quick recap. For those who haven’t yet…

Earlier this week, the Italian government dispatched officials to investigate the return of Russian artists to the Venice event. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told reporters Thursday that she did not know whether the jury’s resignation was linked to the inspection, but reiterated her initial position: “The government does not share the choice made on the Russian pavilion.” The Biennale opens its doors to the public on May 9, coinciding with Moscow’s Victory Day parade, which will be drastically scaled back for the first time in 20 years. Both events, along with major sporting fixtures, illustrate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s…

Sánchez has styled himself as a European counterweight to Trump, while Meloni — one of Trump’s European staunchest allies after his reelection in 2024 — has been distancing herself from the U.S. president recently, in a bid to save her premiership ahead of the national election expected in 2027. Merz said the U.S. is getting “humiliated” by Iran in the Middle East conflict. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto responded to the comments, telling media outlet ANSA he “wouldn’t understand the reasons” for a possible withdrawal of U.S. troops from Italy. The United States has around 12,000 armed forces personnel stationed…