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By Jakub Janas & Alessio Dell’Anna Published on 06/02/2026 – 9:40 GMT+1 Early data shows Americans drive over a third of foreign spending. And the bills are huge: Australians average €2,600 per booking, while the Dutch pay over €1,300. And the Italians? Because tickets are quite pricy, it looks like many are staying home. But maybe it is easier to watch from the sofa? These are the most dispersed Olympics in history, spreading over 22,000 square kilometres. So if you want to see skiing after the skating, get ready for a five-hour drive. And the organisers promise these games will be “green”. Other…
This month, “Le Parc”, the emblematic ballet by choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, will be revived at the Opéra National de Paris. Created for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1994, this piece in three acts, considered by many critics and admirers to be a masterpiece, explores the games of love with lightness and sensuality, set to the music of Mozart. Working on Le Parc means_”_feeling Mozart’s text come alive in every step”, explains Angelin Preljocaj. The choreographer feels privileged to be able to look back on his creative past: _”_Artists are so lucky to be able to do what they love: to…
“Amazing photo,” Bannon replied. “Powermove.” Hustler The episode epitomizes the Epstein method: leveraging existing connections and often inflating their significance to reinforce his standing among the world’s rich and powerful — a practice that continued right up until his arrest in July 2019 on charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to traffic minors. At the time Epstein was posing with the former culture minister at the Louvre, Lang’s political career was far behind him. The photo was likely taken on the sidelines of a ceremony celebrating the 30th anniversary of the museum’s iconic glass pyramid, where Lang would have been…
On Monday, 2 February, Israel reopened the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip at the border with Egypt, in a step forward in the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The crossing was supposed to reopen earlier, during the first phase of the ceasefire that began in October 2025. However, Israel postponed it until the return of the body of the last Israeli hostage, which happened last week. How have people in Gaza reacted to this development? What does it mean for the relationship between Israel and Hamas? And how has the European Union (EU) responded? To answer…
The US government announced on Thursday an additional $6 million (€5.1 million) in aid to Cuba as the island’s crisis deepens and tensions between Washington and Havana continue to soar, with Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel accusing the US of an “energy blockade.” The aid is largely meant for those living in Cuba’s eastern region, battered by Hurricane Melissa late last year. The Washington-provided supplies include rice, beans, pasta, cans of tuna and solar lamps, which will be delivered by the Catholic Church and Caritas. Jeremy Lewin, a senior official at the US Department of State, warned that officials from the…
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Economic models used by governments, central banks and investors are “increasingly understating” climate change risks as the world continues to heat up. A new report led by the University of Exeter’s Green Futures Solutions team, in partnership with financial think-tank Carbon Tracker, warns that today’s flawed damage models are creating a “false sense of security” for the global economy. It calls for closer collaboration between climate scientists, economists, regulators and investors before temperatures rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. This is the threshold scientists believe would trigger several catastrophic tipping points such as mass biodiversity loss and ocean acidification. “Current…
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The US and Russia have agreed to re-establish high-level military dialogue for the first time in more than four years in another sign of warming relations between the two countries since US President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office. High-level military communication was suspended in late 2021 between Washington and Moscow, just months before the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Trump campaigned on bringing the war, nearing its fourth anniversary, to a swift end. Many of his proposals so far have heavily favoured the Kremlin, including requiring Ukraine to cede territory to Russia in…
By Andreas Rogal with AP, EBU Published on 06/02/2026 – 6:15 GMT+1 Queen Máxima, the 54-year-old Argentine-born wife of King Willem-Alexander, has started training this week to become a reserve member of her adopted homeland’s army as the Dutch military seeks to boost recruitment. “Because the security of the Netherlands can no longer be taken for granted, Máxima has decided to become a reservist,” the Ministry of Defence said in a statement after she began training on Wednesday. Expected to be sworn in later this month, the incoming Dutch coalition government has announced plans to grow the nation’s militaryfrom some 80,000 to 122,000…