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Published on 23/07/2026 – 15:03 GMT+2 One soldier died and four were injured after a Czech military helicopter crashed at an air base in the southeast of the Czech Republic on Thursday, according to the country’s armed forces. The military said the crash occurred at the 22nd Helicopter Air Force Base in Náměšť nad Oslavou. The aircraft involved was a UH-1Y Venom military helicopter, it added. “At this exceptionally difficult time, we express our deepest and most sincere condolences to the family, loved ones, friends and colleagues of the deceased,” the armed forces said in a statement. “Our top priority…
Published on 23/07/2026 – 15:02 GMT+2 Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s fintech company Block has released Buzz, an open-source workplace platform that treats AI agents as full members of a team, not a browser tab you quietly close when a colleague walks by. The platform launched on Tuesday and is available now at buzz.xyz. It combines channels, threads, direct messages, voice, media sharing, code repositories and automated workflows, giving it a similar shape to Slack. The key difference is how it handles artificial intelligence. Agents in Buzz get their own cryptographic identities and permissions, letting them post, review code, run automations…
On Saturday, Butch was forced to interrupt a show in the southeastern town of Grenoble amid heckling and reports that objects had been thrown at the stage. “I was extremely scared, so much so. And the shock was such that I couldn’t move for days,” Butch said on Thursday. “And now there are new calls to boycott that have been made by the France Unbowed [locally].” Critics, including former prime minister and presidential hopeful Gabriel Attal, have accused the far left of targeting Butch because she is Jewish. France Unbowed and Mélenchon, who has been gaining ground against centrist candidates…
Published on 23/07/2026 – 13:50 GMT+2 Norway has been reeling from a huge fire that broke out in a townhouse in the southern city of Drammen last week and spread through the surrounding area and into nearby forests. More than 100 homes were destroyed, and hundreds of people were forced to evacuate following the start of the blaze on 17 June. The Associated Press reported that Norway’s Directorate for Civil Protection described it as the “largest fire of its kind in modern times”. Since then, posts circulating online have attempted to link the blaze to a decision allegedly taken by…
It is widely reported that the changes will be funded by a 20 percent increase in business rates for large fulfillment warehouses used by companies like Amazon and ASOS. Stephens also criticized the government’s social media ban for under 16s — calling it “a little draconian from a freedom of speech point of view.” “I don’t think we see it as an attack on U.S. companies, but U.S. companies are the ones that are most affected by it,” he said. “But I think we’ll find a way, as best as we can, to work with the laws and rules of…
NATO says it is poised to defend Bulgaria against any threat from Iran after Sofia agreed to host US tanker aircraft as part of Washington’s operations against Iran. A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry warned Bulgaria on Tuesday against hosting up to eight US military aircraft at an air base on its territory. Bulgaria is both an EU and NATO member. Iranian Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told state media that any action that supports US attacks on Iran would be regarded as participating in hostilities and amount to “aggression and war crimes”. Meanwhile, NATO’s Colonel Martin O’Donnell told Europe Today…
Before the war, roughly 15 million barrels of Gulf oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz every day, as roughly a fifth of the world’s traded oil moved through the maritime chokepoint in peacetime. With the channel still largely closed and prices elevated, at least seven major pipeline projects are now under construction, in planning or under discussion to push supplies out through the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Oman instead, according to Gulf officials, energy companies and market analysts. With the Iran war reignited this month, Brent crude is trading again at around $93 a…
Teenagers’ use of social media and digital services is a popular subject among politicians worldwide, including those in the European Union (EU). While some countries are currently considering bans up to age 16, others are considering more modest approaches with lower thresholds. Meanwhile, a digitally advanced Estonia openly rejects the idea of an EU-wide minimum age for social media use, emphasizing the importance of digital literacy among minors, teachers and parents, as well as stronger enforcement of existing legal frameworks, such as the Digital Services Act (DSA). A few weeks ago, a special expert panel, led by Prof. Dr. Jörg…
Setting off on your first solo trip can be daunting, but there are definitely ways to make it less so. While no destination can be 100% safe (the same goes for the city you live in), you can certainly minimise risk by opting to visit a place known for things like being able to walk around at night, or being stable in terms of wars and conflicts. To help you narrow down your search, Squaremouth has compared more than 100 countries to identify the safest countries to visit. The US travel insurance comparison site evaluated destinations which have “very high”…
Famous Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and stunt performer Jackie Chan arrived in Kazakhstan to start filming the fourth Armour of God movie. He will return as Asian Hawk, a treasure hunter, who springs back into action in the quest to find an ancient artifact known as Tumar worth more than €20 million. On Saturday, the crew officially started filming by breaking a ceremonial dish. “Many years of preparation, finally, we start the movie. We have a long way to go. Only the first shot, we have a thousand shots,” Jackie Chan said. Filming will take place in Almaty city, Almaty…