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The shock US intervention in Venezuela reverberated across markets on Monday as Europe and the US eased into trading for the first full week in January, with the crisis affecting stocks and commodities. After the US captured President Nicolás Maduro over the weekend, gold and silver rose, while oil prices inched up after an earlier fall. Stock indexes also drifted up, with shares in defence companies outperforming. “Investors often reach for gold when the news headlines are bleak or worrying as the metal has a reputation for acting as a store of value during uncertain times… investors are hedging their…
According to the ruling by the Paris criminal court, the widespread publishing of these rumors on social media was “likely to cause serious harm to the complainant and those around her.” The court also ordered the suspension of several X accounts for a period of six months. In light of the defendants’ downplaying of the physical and psychological consequences of the cyberharassment, the court also ordered several of them to attend awareness-raising courses on the subject. During a trial last October, Brigitte Macron’s daughter Tiphaine Auzière testified that the conspiracy theories had made it “impossible” for her mother “to have…
A deadly fire tore through Le Constellation, a bar in located in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve, killing around 40 people and injuring 119, with the majority being teenagers. As photos and videos of the incident spread online, misleading content and AI-generated images also circulated, prompting false narratives as well as conflicting reports regarding the cause of the fire being an explosion. The Cube, Euronews’ fact-checking team, has identified multiple videos and images circulating online in the aftermath of the tragedy. The blaze broke out in the early hours of 1 January — turning New…
According to UN special rapporteur Mai Sato, at least eight people have been killed in protests in Iran so far, after demonstrations broke out last week over persistent hyperinflation and a cost-of-living spike. US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, warned the Iranian government on Friday that Washington would come to the aid of protesters by taking military action against the Islamic Republic if demonstrators were killed. A day after Trump issued that warning, the United States launched a military operation on Venezuelan soil, capturing the country’s leader Nicolás Maduro and taking him to the US. Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had previously…
Published on 05/01/2026 – 13:25 GMT+1 •Updated 13:30 Ruben Amorim has been sacked as Manchester United manager 14 months after arriving at Old Trafford, the English Premier League club announced on Monday. The decision comes a day after he made provocative comments about his position following a 1-1 draw with Leeds. “With Manchester United sitting sixth in the Premier League, the club’s leadership has reluctantly made the decision that it is the right time to make a change,” United said in a statement. “This will give the team the best opportunity of the highest possible Premier League finish.” United said…
Tusk’s warning came after U.S. President Donald Trump revived his threats to take control of Greenland, the self-ruling Danish territory that he has long coveted. “We need Greenland from a national security situation,” the American leader told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. “We will deal with Greenland in about two months. Let’s talk about Greenland in 20 days,” he added, without giving more information about what he meant. Those remarks came after the U.S. launched strikes on Venezuela and arrested its leader, Nicolás Maduro, in an audacious nighttime raid. The dramatic operation raised fears in Europe that Washington could attempt a takeover of Greenland, prompting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to issue a stern rebuke. Annexing the Arctic island would make “absolutely no sense,” she said Sunday, with fellow Nordic nations Norway, Finland…
By Euronews Published on 05/01/2026 – 12:41 GMT+1 A Paris court on Monday convicted 10 people of cyberbullying France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron over false online claims about her gender identity and sexuality, including allegations she was born male. The defendants, aged between 41 and 65, received sentences ranging from cyberbullying awareness training to eight-month suspended prison terms. The court cited “particularly degrading, insulting, and malicious” comments that falsely alleged Brigitte Macron was transgender and made baseless accusations linking her 24-year age gap with President Emmanuel Macron to paedophilia. Some posts were viewed tens of thousands of times. Brigitte Macron did…
Freeland, 57, served as deputy PM of Canada under former leader Justin Trudeau. More recently, she resigned from her post as transport and internal trade minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Cabinet in September to become Canada’s special envoy on the reconstruction of Ukraine. Freeland has Ukrainian roots through her mother, Halyna Chomiak, and is a prominent pro-Ukraine advocate. Freeland has not commented publicly on the announcement. When contacted, POLITICO received an out-of-office reply, saying she would be back at work later today. Freeland’s appointment is the latest step in Zelenskyy’s reboot of his office. The president recently appointed former…
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Published on 05/01/2026 – 10:39 GMT+1 Leonardo DiCaprio has shared his concerns for the state of cinema and the film industry as a whole, saying that movies are still meant to be a communal experience. “Movies are still meant to be experienced, together, in a theatre. Right now, that belief matters more than ever,” shared the actor, as he spoke at the Palm Springs Film Festival this weekend via a pre-recorded video. “Original films are harder to make and harder to protect. But movies still matter, not content, but cinema. Stories made by people meant to be shared in a…