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“Streamer University” is a project for aspiring content creators, founded by American streamer Kai Cenat, the most-subscribed streamer on Twitch. In recent years, he’s become a global internet celebrity, known for coining viral catchphrases like “rizz.” The term, which is internet slang for charisma, even became so popular that Oxford University Press named it the 2023 Word of the Year.Cenat also made headlines after a giveaway that he organized in New York City spiraled out of control – ultimately leading to him being charged with inciting a riot. It was during a Twitch stream, Cenat had announced a “huge giveaway”…

Fidan is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his visit. Fidan plans to stress Turkey’s commitment to “achieving a fair and lasting peace in the Russia-Ukraine war,” the state-run news agency Anadolu reported on Saturday. Fidan will reiterate that Turkey “is ready to do its part as a facilitator in the negotiations,” but he will also discuss other regional and international issues, “including Syria, Gaza and the South Caucasus,” Anadolu added. Fidan will also meet with other high-level Russian officials, including Vice President Vladimir Medinsky and Defense Minister Andrey Belousov.

Published on 24/05/2025 – 15:34 GMT+2Women’s jobs are at a higher risk of automation by artificial intelligence (AI) than those occupied by men, according to a new study from the United Nations. The recent report from the UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Poland’s National Research Institute of the Ministry of Digital Affairs (NASK) found that automation could replace just under 10 per cent of female-dominated positions in high-income countries compared to the 3.5 per cent it could replace for men. The biggest disparity between male and female-dominated jobs happens in high-income countries, where 41 percent of all high-income work for women…

The southeastern part of France, including the city of Cannes, suffered a power outage on Saturday, temporarily disrupting the international film festival. About 160,000 households lost power on Saturday morning around 10 a.m. following a fire at a high-voltage transformer and damage to power lines, France’s electricity operator RTE said, adding it is working to restore the system. Both the fire and the damage to the power lines appeared to be of criminal origin, according to the local police which opened an investigation.

Ukraine’s capital came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack overnight and into early Saturday that left at least 15 people injured, according to Ukrainian officials. The assault came amid a prisoner exchange between Moscow and Kyiv. Russia and Ukraine on Saturday completed a significant prisoner exchange of hundreds of soldiers and civilians after Friday’s first stage of the deal was reached following talks last week in Istanbul.Explosions and machine gunfire were heard throughout Kyiv as many sought shelter in subway stations.Yurii Bondarchuk, a resident, said the air raid siren “started as usual, then the drones started to fly…

The sun is (hopefully) shining wherever you are — and great food, art, disco and flower shows are calling… Although we’re most excited about watching Tom Cruise hanging upside down off a plane’s wing in the upcoming Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning. If you’re still catching up with last week’s happenings — check out the latest culture catch-up, in which our critic David Mouriquand and editor Tokunbo Salako delve into the vinyl release of Pink Floyd’s iconic 1971 live recorded set, Cannes’ opening filmPartir un Jour, and the latest gory Final Destination instalment. Until next time, here are this week’s…

The fund seeks to counter a “clear funding gap” that European companies experience when scaling risky, capital-intensive technologies that need investments above €100 million. The lack of scale-up capital “poses several risks for the EU,” such as the loss of companies and critical technologies domestically, according to the plan. “A European scale-up with critical mass, operating at market conditions, is needed to fill this gap and strengthen the EU’s economic security and tech sovereignty,” it reads. The draft — which contains more details on the fund than a version reported previously by POLITICO — shows the Commission is upping its…

At stake is not just who gets to be president, but whether Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Trzaskowski’s party boss, can get his agenda off the ground after nearly two years of obstructionism by President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally. For PiS, the outcome will determine whether the defeat the party suffered in the 2023 parliamentary election was just a temporary setback. Trzaskowski and Nawrocki are virtually level in the polls ahead of the June 1 runoff, suggesting that even small shifts in voter attitudes or turnout could decide the outcome. In the first round of the presidential vote on May 18, Trzaskowski…

This prisoner swap has become the only big success of Trump-brokered direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. The first night of the exchange, Russia attacked Ukraine with 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles, while claiming that it would present its own version of a peace proposal after the end of the POW exchange. Ukraine attacked Russia with 94 drones the same night. ‘Thank you, heroes’ Several hours before the attack, hundreds of women, men and children roared with joy as they saw the first buses arriving at a meeting spot. For some of the crowd, that day would have become…

“The longer Russia wages war, the tougher our response,” High Representative Kaja Kallas declared this week after foreign ministers of the European Union formally adopted a new round of sanctions against Russia for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.The measures blacklisted 189 vessels belonging to Moscow’s so-called “shadow fleet”, bringing the total number of ships under restrictions to almost 350.The following day, Poland made a startling announcement.”A Russian ship from the ‘shadow fleet’ under sanctions was performing suspicious manoeuvres near the power cable connecting Poland and Sweden,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media.”After effective intervention by our military, the…