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How can a carpet be transformed into contemporary art? What happens when a painter uses a syringe instead of a brush? And how can a photograph capture beauty and destruction in a moment when the human eye might miss the details? At “Fly to Baku” art weekend, these questions came to life through painting, sculpture, photography, digital art and film. Artists from around Azerbaijan and abroad brought their artistic offerings to the city, raning from Karabakh carpets to experimental painting. Themes and threads Nature was one of the event’s central themes. The Caucasus “Wild Five”, an Eastern imperial eagle, a…

The meeting in Berlin also comes a day before talks hosted by the European Commission with representatives from the U.S., Ukraine and key European allies on Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction and economic future. Merz also sharply criticized the U.S. decision to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to December’s G20 summit in Miami, saying the move is shutting Ukraine out of talks about its own fate. “If President Trump were to decide to invite the Russian president, then Ukraine must be the first topic of discussion,” Merz said. “And if Ukraine is discussed, then the president of Ukraine must be seated at…

Americans are heading to polling stations across the United States on Tuesday, November 3, for the 2026 midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. In Fairfax, Virginia, voters filled out ballots, checked in at polling stations and cast their votes as Election Day voting got underway. Polling stations are opening at different times across the country due to time zone differences, with voting continuing in some western states yet to open their polls. Millions of Americans had already cast their ballots ahead of Election Day, with early voting turnout…

Rees-Mogg said he was very surprised that Carlson was “verging on defending Hitler,” adding: “I think this is not really what you want to be doing,” in a clip that went viral and catapulted the Brexit hard-liner back into the British public consciousness.  The algae scum mogged Donald Trump  Donald Trump’s bid to clean out the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. was initially hampered by persistent pond scum.  After a money-spinning renovation in early summer, algae came back with a vengeance, turning the water green and murky, while the blue paint job began to peel off the…

Investigators in Turkey probing a multi-billion-dollar investment fund scandal have uncovered a “comprehensive criminal network” that infiltrated the highest levels of financial markets, Justice Minister Akin Gürlek said on Tuesday. His remarks came days after police detained the Istanbul stock exchange boss as part of a sprawling probe that began in mid-September into allegations of widespread market manipulation affecting the savings of nearly half a million investors. The scandal has dominated the headlines for weeks, raising uncomfortable questions about who might have profited and putting pressure on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling AK Party (AKP), with one of its top…

A fire breaks out at a petrol station. Rather than sending firefighters into the most dangerous areas, emergency crews could deploy a remotely controlled robot to approach the flames and direct a water cannon at the blaze. Developed in Uzbekistan, the tracked prototype was among the technologies showcased at InnoWeek 2026 in Tashkent, where researchers, companies and students were presenting inventions designed to address challenges ranging from industrial safety to agricultural productivity and energy efficiency. A firefighting robot with commercial ambitions The firefighting robot can be operated from a distance of 500 to 800 metres, allowing emergency crews to remain…

Published on 3 November 2026 – 10:19 GMT+1 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s 18-year-old daughter Vivienne has officially changed her surname and will now be known as Vivienne Jolie. Vivienne filed the paperwork in Los Angeles County Superior Court on 12 July and she becomes the fifth of the former couple’s six children to no longer go by “Jolie-Pitt.” It is not known whether Vivienne’s twin brother Knox has legally changed his surname, but he did publicly use the name “Knox Jolie” when he graduated from high school in June. Shiloh, 20, was the first of the children to be…

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Published on 3 November 2026 – 14:26 GMT+1 There was still hope for a deal between the US and Iran, Qatar said on Tuesday as mediators exchanged proposals in real time after talks in Tehran. “If there were no hope, there would be no negotiations,” Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said at a weekly briefing in Doha. A Qatari delegation met Iranian officials for more than three hours on Monday before returning to Doha that evening, and Washington and Tehran were now reviewing proposals, Al Ansari said. Meanwhile, Qatar was working towards an interim agreement intended to build…

Published on 3 November 2026 – 14:24 GMT+1 Anthropic, the US company behind the Claude AI models, brought in $17 billion (€15.1bn) in the third quarter, up 47% on the previous quarter and more than twelve times its sales a year earlier. However, it swung to an operating loss and disclosed about $895.4 billion (€800bn) in purchase and lease commitments, mostly for computing, in an updated prospectus filed with US regulators on Monday, ahead of its stock market debut. The operating loss of $567 million (€506mn) compares with a $974 million (€870mn) profit in the second quarter. Anthropic blamed it…