Author: staff
Published on 27/08/2025 – 12:37 GMT+2 •Updated 28/08/2025 – 0:14 GMT+2 Guinness World Records is celebrating its 70th anniversary and to mark the publication of their first volume on 27 August 1955, the organisation has unveiled 70 unclaimed records. Craig Glenday, GWR editor-in-chief, said: “As we mark the 70th anniversary of the release of our first edition back in the 1950s, we’re proud to be building on 70 amazing years as the global curator of superlative facts and achievements.” “We’ve seen so many iconic moments, the most amazing feats of strength and skill and endurance from talent across the globe and…
Published on 29/08/2025 – 17:17 GMT+2 There is “broad support” among member states to extend the EU’s mission to train Ukrainian soldiers to sites in the war-torn country following a ceasefire, Kaja Kallas said on Friday. The EU’s high representative told reporters after a meeting of the bloc’s defence ministers in Copenhagen, Denmark, that she “welcome(s)” this broad support to extend the mandate of the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine). Some 80,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been trained in various sites across Europe by EU armed forces since it was launched in November 2022. Changing the…
A court annulled the Istanbul provincial congress of Turkey’s main opposition party on Tuesday, citing alleged procedural irregularities in a decision critics view as an escalating campaign to weaken the party. The ruling against the Republican People’s Party (CHP), led to the dismissal of Istanbul chair Özgür Çelik and other provincial administrators. An interim committee was appointed to oversee the party’s Istanbul branch. The decision followed a legal challenge seeking to nullify the CHP’s Istanbul congress on 8 October, claiming procedural violations. It comes just weeks before a separate court in Ankara is expected to rule on a similar case targeting the…
By Euronews Published on 07/06/2025 – 18:42 GMT+2 •Updated 09/06/2025 – 9:30 GMT+2 American Coco Gauff is this year’s champion of the French Open. In the Roland Garros final, she defeated Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in three sets. The incredibly hard-fought first game, which lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes, was won by the world number one on a tie-break – 7:6. In the second set, the American tennis player restored the balance – 6:2. The third game was also dominated by Gauff and ended 6:4. It was the 11th meeting between Sabalenka and Gauff, with the American taking the lead…
When a Ukrainian-made drone attacked an ammunition depot in Russia last September, it showcased Kyiv’s determination to strike deep behind enemy lines – and the prowess of its growing defence industry. The moment was especially gratifying for the woman in charge of manufacturing the drones that flew more than 1,000 kilometres to carry out this mission. For months after, Russia no longer had the means to keep up devastating glide bomb attacks like the one that had just targeted her native city of Kharkiv. “Fighting in the air is our only real asymmetric advantage on the battlefield at the moment.…
It is common knowledge that air fares fluctuate. But why might it be that after booking your tickets to Disneyland, the flight you were looking at the day before has suddenly shot up in price? The company you were booking could have been using personalised pricing, also known as surveillance pricing. This is where businesses tailor prices to individual customers instead of offering a standard fixed price. They do this by harvesting personal information from data analytics and your online behaviour to learn about your purchase history, location, and demographics. With this profile, they can use artificial intelligence to analyse…
The Venice Lido today becomes the new world capital of cinema as proceedings begin for the 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival. Directed by Alberto Barbera, the event, which continues until September 6, 2025, offers hundreds of hours of screenings, debates and no doubt some spectacular sights on the red carpet and on the city’s waterways. A particularly rich programme is promised between established and upcoming talents delivering political stories, social reflections and Hollywood style spectacles, making this year’s lineup one of the most eagerly awaited highlights of the international film season. Sorrentino opens with La Grazia Officially…
During the final weeks of the 2024 US presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump had a special message for voters: a promise of revenge and retribution. At rallies across the country Trump vowed to root out “the enemy from within” and said he would even use the military to go after his political opponents, perceived or real. In his words: “Those involved in unscrupulous behaviour will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our country.” It seems Trump, who began his second term as the only convicted felon ever to occupy the White House (following fraud…
Published on 03/09/2025 – 15:18 GMT+2 Protesters took to the streets across Israel for what they called a “day of disruption” on Wednesday, denouncing the call-up of tens of thousands of reservists for an offensive in Gaza City that critics fear could endanger the lives of the hostages still being held by Hamas. Demonstrators have accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet of failing to secure a ceasefire deal and intensifying an offensive in Gaza instead. “We have to take an extreme action so that someone will remember. There’s no such thing as a state abandoning its citizens,” Yael Kuperman, a…
Published on 27/08/2025 – 12:41 GMT+2 Consumer confidence in Germany continued to cool in August, with fresh data showing growing anxiety around job security and inflation. According to the latest GfK Consumer Climate survey, the forward-looking indicator is forecast to fall by 1.9 points to -23.6 in September, from a revised -21.7 the previous month. ‘Summer slump’ hits consumer sentiment “With the third consecutive decline, consumer sentiment is now definitely in the summer slump,” said Rolf Bürkl, Head of Consumer Climate at the NIM. He attributed the noticeable decline in income expectations to “growing concerns about job security.” The number…