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Published on 18/08/2026 – 13:55 GMT+2 In 2018, a Picasso print was stolen in broad daylight from a Milwaukee art gallery, leaving art dealer Bill DeLind convinced that the valuable work was gone for good. The rare “Torero” print, one of only 30 known to have been signed by Picasso, was valued at upwards of $50,000 (€43,000) at the time. It had been commissioned for sale through DeLind’s gallery. Eight years later, DeLind received an unexpected call from Milwaukee police asking him to come and identify an artwork that had been recovered. A local landlord, Tim Dertz, had found the…
PARIS — The Paris prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into disinformation efforts targeting two prominent candidates in France’s upcoming presidential election, according to Agence France-Presse. Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal, two former prime ministers who are high-profile contenders for the 2027 race, were reportedly the subject earlier this summer of fake news reports posted on social media aimed at undermining their campaigns. Fabricated videos posted on X that used branding from leading French news platforms claimed Philippe, who suffers from alopecia, was diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease, while fake reports on X and TikTok alleged Attal had Parkinson’s disease…
Germany has opened a new drone security research centre as the country steps up efforts to protect airports and critical infrastructure from hostile and unauthorised aircraft. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, Research Minister Dorothee Bär and Saxony-Anhalt’s state premier Sven Schulze officially opened the facility on Tuesday in Cochstedt, around 40 kilometres south of the eastern state’s capital Magdeburg. The Drone Security Technology Centre forms part of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), which has been operating at the former Cochstedt airport since 2021. “Together with the DLR we are creating, with the new technology centre, a facility that is unique nationwide,…
Published on 18/08/2026 – 11:05 GMT+2 The Nasdaq announced it will begin trading US stocks for nearly 23 hours a day from Sunday 6 December onwards. The move, still subject to SEC approval, means Nasdaq’s trading day will stretch from Sunday evening to Friday evening with barely a pause. For European investors, the new window of 9pm to 4am ET will be 3am to 10am CET, meaning Europeans could be trading Nasdaq-listed stocks for almost an entire session before London opens. Nasdaq already runs extended sessions from 4am to 9:30am, called pre-market session, and 4pm to 8pm ET, named after-hours…
Built around a concept of seasonal cuisine, closely tied to rainfall and the natural rhythms of the climate, Tuju occupies a three-storey building in São Paulo, the Brazilian metropolis that is home to around 12 million people. Despite the city’s size, meticulous attention to detail is the rule here. The key ingredient on the menu is seasonality, which shapes every element of each dish. Here, it is the rain, or sometimes its absence, that dictates what is served. “Here in São Paulo, there are times of year when, day after day, the weather brings us certain ingredients; there are transitional…
Published on 18/08/2026 – 13:03 GMT+2 A German court on Tuesday handed a jail sentence of one year and three months to a Ukrainian man for spying for Russia and helping prepare possible acts of sabotage. The court in Stuttgart acquitted two other Ukrainian men who were on trial for the same plot, which involved posting test packages containing GPS trackers to Ukraine, a plan the court found was aimed at “disrupting transport and infrastructure.” The court said the 30-year-old Ukrainian man was “most recently resident in Switzerland” and was guilty of “spying for the purposes of sabotage.” However the…
Published on 18/08/2026 – 10:46 GMT+2 Wladimir Klitschko has paid tribute to his former partner Hayden Panettiere following the actress’ sudden death at the age of 36, describing her as an “important part” of his life and promising to ensure their daughter remembers her mother with respect. The Ukrainian former heavyweight boxing champion shared a selfie of himself with Panettiere and their daughter, Kaya, alongside an emotional statement on Instagram. “Our family is going through a time of profound shock and grief,” Klitschko wrote. “The announcement of Hayden’s tragic death saddens me deeply. She left this world far too soon.…
Published on 18/08/2026 – 11:05 GMT+2 Video of a dramatic rescue by firefighters attending an apartment fire in the German capital has gone viral and is now being reported around the world. When the fire brigade arrived at around 6.30 am on Friday, the woman was already sitting on the outside windowsill of her burning flat on the eleventh floor of a tower block in Friedrichshain, regional public broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg (RBB) reported. “It really was touch and go,” a fire service spokesperson said, pointing out that the Berlin fire brigade’s turntable ladder only reached up to about the…
By Aleksandar Brezar & Euronews Persian Published on 18/08/2026 – 11:52 GMT+2 Iran’s top negotiator said the Strait of Hormuz would not open until the US lifted its naval blockade and released frozen Iranian assets, as a ship was hit by a projectile in the strait with a crew member reported as a casualty. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday that the crucial waterway will remain shut to cargo traffic until Washington meets Tehran’s demands. “I want to state clearly that the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until the American commitments stipulated in the memorandum of understanding… are implemented,”…
Published on 18/08/2026 – 11:16 GMT+2 There are films that fall under the “so bad, it’s good” category… And then there’s “ugly”, “eerie”, “godawful” and “disaster-level”. Those are some of the terms used to describe Niu Lai (‘Here Comes The Cow’), a new Chinese animated film directed by Xin Yumeng and produced by Dalian Jingyuan Culture Film and Television Media, formerly an interior design and decoration company. The film has been ridiculed for its shoddy animation and low-quality effects, and has even faced calls for theatres to stop screening it. However, in a surprising turn of events, the film has…