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Italy’s Ministry of Culture said the foundation “decided entirely independently on the Russian Federation’s participation in the 61st International Art Exhibition in Venice, despite the Italian government’s opposition.” Biennale President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco defended the decision, telling Italian media that the exhibition is “a space of truce” where art prevails over geopolitics. He confirmed that Russia, Iran, Israel, Ukraine and Belarus will all be present. Mikhail Shvydkoy, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for international cultural cooperation, told media that Russia’s participation was “further proof that Russian culture is not isolated, and that attempts to ‘cancel’ it — undertaken for the…
Published on 06/03/2026 – 16:05 GMT+1 Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau praised the United Nations and its humanitarian work in an interview with Euronews, defending the power of “coming together” in a turbulent world. Coster-Waldau, who rose to international fame in the series Game of Thrones and is part of a group of Scandinavian actors to reach success in Hollywood, said the institution is far from a “woke club” and does valuable work for communities from climate to fighting hunger, even if he acknowledged it is in need of reform and “isn’t perfect.” “I believe it is valuable and it is important,”…
Published on 06/03/2026 – 15:36 GMT+1 Meta is facing a new lawsuit over privacy concerns related to its AI smart glasses. It follows the Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten (GP) recent report that employees at a Kenya-based subcontractor had been reviewing private footage recorded through customers’ smart glasses. This included sensitive content such as nudity, using the toilet, sex, bank card information, private messages and chats. The United Kingdom’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office, decided to investigate the matter, which then led to a US lawsuit by plaintiffs Mateo Canu of California and Gina Bartone of New Jersey,…
“Specifically in relation to the comments made by President Zelenskyy, we are very clear as the European Commission that that type of language is not acceptable. There must not be threats against EU member states,” Commission deputy chief spokesperson Olof Gill told reporters Friday, in a rare condemnation of the leader in Kyiv. Tensions between Ukraine and Hungary have escalated in recent weeks as Budapest continues to veto a €90 billion loan package for Kyiv. Orbán’s core complaint remains the halt of Russian oil flowing through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline, which Budapest believes Kyiv has deliberately shut off. Ukraine denies Orbán’s allegation,…
Published on 06/03/2026 – 14:59 GMT+1 The United Arab Emirates came under yet another massive aerial attack overnight on Friday, and public warning alerts and alarms rang through the night, Euronews correspondent in Dubai reported from the ground. **“**A contact down at Abu Dhabi International Airport said that they are hearing interception explosions around every 20 seconds,” Jane Witherspoon said on Friday morning. Since the beginning of the Iran war on Saturday, the UAE air defences intercepted1,072 drones, 196 ballistic missiles, and eight cruise missiles. “The general consensus for a lot of people is that they thought it would have…
Two scientists from Uzbekistan have been recognised by NASA for their contribution to observations that confirmed the first successful attempt to alter the orbit of an asteroid. Measurements from the high-altitude Maydanak Observatory helped verify that the trajectory of Dimorphos, a small asteroid moon orbiting the larger body Didymos, changed after the impact of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft. Scientists Kamoliddin Ergashov and Otabek Burkhonov of the Mirzo Ulug‘bek Astronomical Institute were among nearly 100 researchers from 28 observatories worldwide who monitored the outcome of the planetary-defence experiment. Their observations contributed to the international dataset used to measure…
Published on 06/03/2026 – 13:40 GMT+1 TIME magazine has never been afraid to ruffle feathers and use its cover as a way to contribute and reflect current affairs, as well as spark debate. Its upcoming issue has done just that, dividing social media and going viral mere hours after its unveiling. The 23 March issue’s powerful and striking cover features a collection of eight MAGA hats with “America” replaced with the name of nations including Iran, Venezuela, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria. It serves to illustrate the publication’s feature story titled “Trump’s War” by Eric Cortellessa, who examines not only the…
German media conglomerate Axel Springer announced Friday it is purchasing the U.K.’s Telegraph Media Group. Axel Springer, which owns POLITICO, is buying the right-leaning British publication for £575 million (€662 million). In a statement, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner said, “more than 20 years ago, we tried to acquire The Telegraph and did not succeed. We have admired this great publication for decades. Now our dream comes true.”
As the crisis in the Middle East escalates, social media has been flooded with an unprecedented amount of misleading videos and images claiming to show strikes and military action in both Israel and Iran. But many of the clips online don’t show the war at all. Some are footage taken out of context from other countries, while others, viewed by millions, come from video games or are generated entirely with AI. Here are three viral videos that have gained hundreds of thousands of views but do not show what they claim. ‘Strike on Tel Aviv’ or Algerian football celebrations? One…
Iran’s state media outlets have significantly increased disinformation efforts, including alleged battlefield victories which are supported by old or manipulated images, according to a report. Since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on 28 February, 18 war-related claims by Iran were found to be false, according to the news rating organisation NewsGuard. In contrast, five other false claims published by Iranian sources were identified in the two weeks before the US-Israel attack on Iran. NewsGuard also found that Iranian outlets are increasingly turning to AI-doctored images to spread false claims. In many cases, these images are created…