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The center-right Democratic Rally party scored the most votes in Sunday’s elections, which saw the ultranationalist National Popular Front double its share of seats in the 56-member parliament. “Fidias,” as Panayiotou styles himself, has gained some 2.6 million subscribers on his YouTube channel since he began posting in 2019. The 26-year old influencer shot to fame after embarking on a mission to hug tech billionaire Elon Musk, and in 2024 launched a successful bid to become a lawmaker in the European Parliament. Since his election, Panayiotou has raised eyebrows with a visit to Russia and caused uproar by referring to paralympians…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited damaged areas of Kyiv after Russia launched a large-scale overnight missile and drone assault on the Ukrainian capital. Video showed Zelenskyy inspecting destroyed residential buildings and the Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum, which was damaged during the attack. Ukrainian authorities said at least two people were killed and dozens wounded as explosions shook the city overnight. Zelenskyy accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilian sites, including schools, apartments and museums. He also said Moscow used the hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during the attack, marking the third reported use of the weapon in the war.
Published on 25/05/2026 – 16:57 GMT+2 Telecoms operator Meo has decided to bring legal action against the Portuguese state, seeking €81.7 million in compensation following the exclusion of Huawei equipment from Portugal’s 5G networks, the newspaper Público reported on Monday (source in Portuguese). The outlet cites information that will appear on the Citius portal, regarding proceedings brought in particular against the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the State Legal Centre, which were filed on 24 April this year with the Administrative Court of the Lisbon District. This step by Meo, which is part of Altice Portugal’s brand portfolio, was taken on…
Published on 25/05/2026 – 16:18 GMT+2 Bruce Springsteen has been receiving an increasing number of death threats during his new tour. “This tour has been a little bit different because of the high security,” Steven Van Zandt, Springsteen’s longtime guitarist in the E Street Band, shared with the Daily Mail. “It’s a very specific political theme to this tour and there’s been a lot of threats, death threats. Usually there’s always some, but this time it’s been increasing.” The legendary rocker’s politically-charged Land of Hope and Dreams Tour sees Springsteen, a vocal critic of Donald Trump, regularly speaking out against…
A health alert has been issued in Italy’s northern Lombardy region after two suspected cases of Ebola were detected in the province of Como. The cases concern a woman from Lurate Caccivio and a man from Bulgarograsso who returned from Uganda in the past 24 hours with other members of their families after spending around three months there as humanitarian aid workers. Both have developed symptoms consistent with the Ebola virus, including high fever, nausea, vomiting and intestinal problems. They were quickly transferred to Milan’s Sacco Hospital, a specialist facility for the management of high-risk infectious diseases, where tests required…
Contestants raced up a 14-metre tower covered in thousands of plastic steamed buns during the annual Bun Scrambling Competition on Cheung Chau. The event is one of the main attractions of Hong Kong’s traditional Bun Festival, which also features lion dances, lantern displays and street celebrations. Video showed climbers scrambling to the top of the tower before grabbing buns and descending as crowds cheered below. Residents and tourists packed the island to watch the contest, while vendors sold traditional steamed buns linked to the centuries-old festival.
Thousands of AI-generated “personalities” are competing in a new global awards programme that organisers say is the largest contest of its kind. The AI Personality of the Year Awards, co-organised by AI creation platform OpenArt and creator subscription platform Fanvue, asked participants to build, post and grow virtual characters across categories including entertainment, lifestyle, comedy, fitness, and anime, cartoon or fantasy personas. The competition ran over several weeks, with entrants required to publish at least four posts during the challenge period. Winners will be announced this month, according to OpenArt. “We saw an incredible response, around 3,300 total submissions,” Chloe…
There are plenty of reasons to move abroad, from job prospects and joining your other half to simply wanting to live somewhere with better weather. If you need a bit of guidance when deciding where to go, we have good news, as Remitly’s Immigration Index 2026 is out now. The index evaluates 82 countries across 34 metrics, including the cost of living in terms of food, rent, mortgages and purchasing power, culture, education systems, happiness, healthcare, safety and salaries. In this year’s ranking, Switzerland came out on top overall, having placed second in 2025. “Switzerland stands out for its exceptional…
While the document didn’t explicitly name China, it implicitly refered to Beijing by stressing that “some of the European Union’s (EU) main trading partners are breaking with this multilateral framework by imposing new trade barriers or contributing to systemic and structural industrial overcapacity.” The non-paper’s signatories, which include all of the EU’s biggest economies except Germany, urged the Commission to “contemplate more frequently the opportunity to open safeguard investigations in case of sector-wide trade disruptions.” The countries also called for the bloc to “be more proactive” in bringing breaches of trade rules before the World Trade Organization, and to allocate…
By Jane Witherspoon & Toby Gregory Published on 25/05/2026 – 13:52 GMT+2•Updated 13:55 Growing instability in the Gulf and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz are a direct challenge to European energy supply and trade, the UAE president’s top adviser said on Sunday. “We did not arrive at where we are in 2026,” Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President Dr Anwar Gargash told the GLOBSEC conference in Prague. “The seeds of discontent, so to speak, whether it’s in the international system or in the Middle East as a subsystem of the international system, have been there for a long time.” When asked about…