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US director Harmony Korine’s second EDGLRD production, now available online, is shallow and mind-numbingly dull First-Person Shooter nonsense. I’ve been putting off watching Baby Invasion for as long as I could, ever since it premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year. I’d been burned before with Harmony Korine’s first feature since starting his multidisciplinary, multimedia outfit called EDGLRD: the godawful AGGRO DR1FT. Still, open mind and all that – and considering his second movie has just been released online, I took it upon myself to finally see what the director-turned-troll had in store for audiences next, knowing that it couldn’t possibly…
The real bombshell is how much Vance and Hegseth despise Europe. This is no way for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to find out that the two men share a “loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.” Comments such as these require a strong response; our leaders have been planning how to hit back at the U.S. and we have proof (not really). Declassified was unintentionally added to another group chat — this time on Teams. And we’re very confident the conversation we witnessed and reported below is real and not a figment of our imagination. QueenVDL: Have you read…
According to recent reports, the bodies of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa have still not been claimed by family members. The investigation into their deaths revealed that the couple died of natural causes, but a week apart. The bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have reportedly still not been claimed a month after their deaths. The partially mummified bodies of the Oscar winning actor, Arakawa and their dog were found in their New Mexico home on 26 February. Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Denise Avila said deputies found the bodies while carrying out a welfare check. Arakawa…
The comments are striking given Farage’s long support of the U.S. president. He attended Trump’s inauguration, has appeared at Trump rallies — and even received a fawning 60th birthday message from the top U.S. Republican. But Farage faces his own domestic pressure over Ukraine, with the governing Labour Party trying to paint a leader who has previously argued that NATO and the European Union provoked Putin into his invasion as soft on Russia. Since entering office in January, Trump’s administration has ruled out NATO membership for Ukraine, downplayed the prospect of an American-backed peacekeeping force on the ground and suggested…
Ferrari announced that it would increase prices for certain models up to 10% in response to Trump’s 25% auto tariffs on European car imports. The company added that its 2025 profit margins face a potential 50 basis-point reduction risk. Italy’s luxury sports car maker, Ferrari, announced in a statement on Thursday that it would raise prices by up to 10% for some models in the US. The price hikes, which will take effect from 2 April, mark the first concrete response from a European auto manufacturer to the Trump administration’s auto tariffs.The company stated that it would update its commercial…
PARIS — France’s constitutional court ruled Friday that it is constitutional to remove an elected official from office as punishment for a crime before the individual has exhausted the appeals process. While the case concerns a little-known former local representative from the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, legal scholars have followed it closely, with some arguing the decision could impact the embezzlement trial of far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Prosecutors in Le Pen’s case had asked a three-judge panel to ban her from running for office for five years and immediately execute that part of the sentence, as…
The prosecution presented damning evidence that many of the assistants never worked the jobs they were said to have. “If you don’t work, it’s hard to prove that you did work,” the lawmaker said. Two years to go A lot can happen between now and 2027. If Le Pen is sentenced but appeals, there’s a chance that her new trial would take place before then. However, that’s beyond the National Rally’s control, and kicking the can down the road would be a risky tactic. If Le Pen is sentenced but appeals, there’s a chance that her new trial would take…
US tariffs and the EU’s countermeasures would result in economic disruption ripping apart global value chains, the director of European auto trade group ACEA tells Radio Schuman on Friday Trump’s announcement of a 25% tariff on imported cars and car parts came as a hard blow for European car makers, who export between 50% – 60% of their production to the US. EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen expressed her dismay over the sudden decision, saying that the tariffs would punish both European and American companies, signalling the bloc’s intention to retaliate. “I think the both sides will try…
In April 2023, former Luxembourgish lawmaker Monica Semedo was fined by an internal legislative committee for her treatment of a staff member in a bullying incident, leading the Parliament to rule in favor of the victim. After the committee’s decision, Semedo said in 2023 she would bring the ruling to the CJEU in an effort to overturn it. In March 2025, nearly two years after the second alleged incident was put forth to the court, it annulled the decision by Parliament President Roberta Metsola to fine Semedo due to “irregularities affecting Ms. Semedo’s rights of defence.” The ruling points to…
Oxam official: ‘What’s happening at the border is a humanitarian and human rights crisis, and we need to find humanitarian and human rights solutions to it.’ Human rights organisations have criticised Poland’s decision to temporarily suspend the right for migrants arriving via the border with Belarus to apply for asylum, fearing it may worsen the current humanitarian crisis.”What has already been a de facto reality at the Poland-Belarus border for the past three years may be further institutionalised with the implementation of the new law,” Oxfam wrote in a report published last week. Polish President Andrzej Duda, cemented the legislation…