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Published on 08/09/2026 – 11:10 GMT+2 Not groovy. Not groovy at all. Celebrated actor Bruce Campbell has revealed that he has about five years to live after being diagnosed with cancer. Best known for playing the iconic Ash Williams in Sam Raimi’s cult Evil Dead horror series, Campbell, 68, first shared the news of his diagnosis in March. At the time, he wrote that the cancer was “treatable” but not “curable”. “I am not trying to enlist sympathy – or advice – I just want to get ahead of this information in case false information gets out, which it will.…
According to staff representatives, female employees were told to step aside so as not to be seen by the group during the visit. Staff went on strike Monday to protest the move, forcing the monument to close. Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire, a member of the center-left Socialist Party, said on X that “gender equality will never stop at the foot of our historic monuments, nor anywhere else in this city. It must apply everywhere, for everyone.” Marine Le Pen, the far-right front-runner in next year’s presidential election, stressed that “in France, we will never accept the presence of women being…
Published on 08/09/2026 – 11:06 GMT+2 Ukraine’s prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko has resigned amid a major corruption investigation involving officials in his office. The country’s anti-corruption agencies, NABU and SAPO, say they uncovered a criminal group whose members allegedly took bribes from fraudulent call centres and laundered millions in criminal proceeds. Kravchenko’s office was searched during the investigation, while recordings released by NABU refer to a person described as the “boss.” Investigators say the person has the patronymic Andriiovych and previously headed the State Tax Service, details that match with Kravchenko. Kravchenko has not been named as a suspect and…
Russia and North Korea opened their first road bridge across their shared border on Monday, marking a new development in ties between the two countries. The one-kilometre bridge spans the Tumen River and has two lanes, with the newly built crossing expected to handle up to 300 vehicles a day. Footage shows officials from both countries cutting ribbons to mark the opening, followed by trucks and other vehicles crossing the bridge. The project was agreed in 2024 and construction began last year.
Britain’s biggest automaker plans to cut almost one in 10 jobs worldwide over the next two years. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to cut around 4,000 jobs globally as part of a plan to reduce costs and strengthen its finances, the company said on Monday. The company, which employs around 43,000 people worldwide, said the voluntary redundancy programme would focus on salaried and management roles rather than direct manufacturing jobs. “The automotive industry faces significant challenges, with technological change amidst intense competition and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty,” chief executive PB Balaji said in a statement. JLR said the savings would help…
Waving flags, “chanting” slogans and marching in circles, around 30 robots took to the streets of Warsaw on Monday to campaign for AI regulation in front of Poland’s digital affairs ministry. The protest was organised by Democratism, an initiative that, according to its website, aims to launch debate on how AI and robotisation affect the labour market. In a scene that blurred the line between protest and product demonstration, one of the machines fielded questions directly from journalists. “The robots present here are meant to show that this technology is already a reality,” Agibot A3, one of the AI-powered humanoid…
Another day, another AI slop rampage from Donald Trump, whose latest Truth Social posting spree has left the internet saying one thing in unison: Enough. Trump is no stranger to bulk posting AI-generated imagery as part of what has been referred to as “memetic warfare” – a tactic which sees him and his administration flood the zone when it comes to AI-generated imagery in order to appeal to his base and beyond. But the increasing frequency and quantity of the posts (as well as the very bizarre content) is leading people to seriously wonder about the mental health of the…
Both Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered a pause on attacks on Moscow and Kyiv as Witkoff and Kushner traveled to both capitals for talks over the weekend. “Please come more often, so that our people have the chance to live normally,” the Ukrainian leader joked at a press conference with the U.S. envoys in Kyiv on Sunday. “As soon as the U.S. presidential peace envoys left the city, Putin launched another massive and horrific attack on Kyiv,” Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday. “[Putin’s] ballistic missiles speak louder than his words on…
A fake story on X has claimed that former French prime minister and current Le Havre Mayor Édouard Philippe bought a luxury villa in Sicily, and linked it to a real but unrelated investigation into his alleged misuse of public funds. A video shared online said Philippe acquired the estate from Le Havre local councillor Stéphanie de Bazelaire, and raised questions about how the alleged purchase was financed. It was initially shared by a mock-up Italian online newspaper called “Repupplica.com”, which has now been taken down. The domain, however, sounded very similar to the genuine news outlet Repubblica.it. In other…
Published on 08/09/2026 – 10:07 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump’s name-changing spree found an unlikely new target earlier this week when he suggested the state of New Mexico could be renamed “New America.” His proposal, which was immediately dismissed by the state’s governor, comes days after he signed an order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” in the middle of a trade war with neighbouring Canada. “Many people suggested changing the name of New Mexico…to NEW AMERICA,” the Republican president posted on social media. “So much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State. Wow,…