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Published on 25/05/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2 Around 20 people were injured at a luxury shopping complex in central Tokyo on Monday after a man sprayed a substance inside, police and fire department officials said. Tokyo police spokesman Yusuke Koide told the AFP news agency that a man sprayed an unidentified substance at an ATM on the ground floor of the building, while a local fire department official said “around 20 people were injured” after a report of a “smell.” Roads around the building in the shopping district of Ginza, where the mall is located, were blocked off following the incident,…
Nothing gets you in the mood for visiting exhibitions like May – what better way to spend a Bank Holiday, after all? This week’s highlights include a unique new showcase of Edvard Munch’s works for a chocolate factory in Norway, while the Natural History Museum is launching one its biggest ever displays dedicated to prehistoric sea monsters. If you haven’t yet caught up on the Venice Biennale, take a look at the must-sees here. For movie lovers, there’s indie crime caper Tuner starring Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman, while found-footage horror Backrooms offers liminal chills (stay tuned for our review…
Lima, developed by Cascade Systems, a Ukrainian defense startup registered in the U.S., generates powerful jamming fields that disrupt satellite navigation. If satellite signals are blocked, Russian long-range weapons can continue flying using inertial navigation systems, but their accuracy can deviate by about 2 kilometers for every 100 kilometers traveled — meaning they are less likely to hit their targets. “When Lima is on, it makes missile deviation even greater. In addition to simply suppressing navigation, we use spoofing and the substitution of coordinates by several kilometers. We can make their missiles fall in fields instead of hitting their targets,”…
Published on 25/05/2026 – 7:30 GMT+2 On 13 May, the European Commission announced that travelling by train across Europe will become easier. The new Passenger Package offers citizens smoother booking options and stronger passenger rights. A 2025 Eurobarometer survey found that 25 per cent of respondents struggle to book multi-operator rail tickets. 22 percent cite limited options on ticketing platforms, and 76 per cent feel discouraged from cross-border travel due to the absence of single-ticket solutions. The way Europeans purchase tickets for regional, long-distance, and cross-border train journeys will change. By eliminating the need to book separate tickets across different…
With flight prices currently on the rise, short-haul city breaks are likely to be one of Europe’s biggest travel trends this summer as holidaymakers swap costly long-haul escapes for cheaper, easier getaways. Now, in the latest City Costs Barometer by the UK’s Post Office Travel Money, it has been revealed which European cities offer the best, and worst, value for travellers once they arrive in the destination. In its largest comparison yet, the annual report analysed the cost of 12 everyday tourist items for two people across 50 cities. Giving travellers a snapshot of what a city break could actually…
“C’était un débat plus humaniste que théologique, dans lequel certains représentants d’entreprises technologiques étaient personnellement investis — quand d’autres sont restés dans les éléments de langage”, poursuit le même. “La réunion montre en tout cas qu’une partie du Vatican ne rejette pas la technologie en tant que telle, mais veut la mettre au service de l’homme”. Les participants conviés par la Human Technology Foundation préparent une note de synthèse issue de ces échanges. Elle sera transmise à l’ambassadrice française au Numérique, Clara Chappaz, avec pour objectif d’influencer les débats sur le numérique qui auront lieu dans le cadre du G7,…
Published on 25/05/2026 – 6:10 GMT+2•Updated 6:13 Polls for mayoral elections in some 749 Italian municipalities reopen on Monday following the first day of voting on Sunday, the final electoral test before the 2027 general election. More than six million Italians are eligible to vote in the election to elect mayors and new municipal councils in 700 municipalities, including a regional capital, Venice, and fifteen provincial capitals. According to local reports, Sunday’s poll saw around 46.5% voter turnout, slightly lower than the previous election, where turnout was recorded to have been 50.1%.was recorded to be 50.1%. The run-off, for municipalities…
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Now an expert with the Holy See, Salobir chairs the executive committee of the Human Technology Foundation, an organization that promotes ethical reflection on technology and counts Google, Palantir and Qualcomm among its members. Working with the French Embassy to the Holy See, Salobir helped launch a “French AI Observatory in Rome” in 2024, creating a forum for closed-door exchanges between the technology sector and Vatican officials. Starting under Pope Francis, they have grown more frequent recently. The April 29 meeting was one of those. In addition to Salobir and the French government official El Haïry, those attending the meeting…
Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said that fragmentation is a pan-European phenomenon and is not unique to Cyprus. “I’m not worried; I believe these are part of democracy, and the democratic system has a way of self-regulating in the end. This government was not supported by major parties in parliament anyway,” he told POLITICO in an interview on May 23. “What matters is for a government to act rationally, to act as the government of all Cypriots.” Cyprus — which holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU until the end of June — has a presidential system of…