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More than a million children who have never been schooled are estimated to have been reached by Rouble Nagi’s educational initiative across India. What began 24-years ago with 30 children in a small workshop has grown into 800 learning centres and murals used to teach literacy, mathematics and history among a wide range of subjects. Now her work, and that of her Art Foundation, has been recognised by the World Governments Summit which earlier this month awarded her its $1 million Global Teacher Prize. Speaking to Euronews after receiving the award, Rouble Nagi, an art and social science teacher from…
Starmer said that “there will be action coming out of this consultation,” even if that’s not an outright ban, and suggested that specific features including infinite scrolling and autoplay could be targeted. “Some of the addictive features on social media that mean you never stop scrolling, or once you want watch one thing, another thing comes up and you’re on your screen the whole time, we need to look at that, because even if it’s good stuff, the question is, how do we get people off it and not simply on their screen?” Starmer said. He reiterated the point in…
By Dr Alexander Wolf, Head of Berlin Office, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung Published on 16/02/2026 – 13:19 GMT+1 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. When the first “wind of change” blew in 1989, it symbolised the promise of a united, liberal world order. The end of bipolarity seemed to mark the triumph of democracy and the beginning of an era in which the West would determine the global rules of the game. For three decades, this optimism was Europe’s tailwind. Today, at the end of the 62nd…
The highly classified U.S. Air Force facility Area 51 in Nevada has long been the subject of conspiracy theories involving extraterrestrial life. “There is no underground facility. Unless there is this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States,” Obama added on the podcast. Asked what the first question he wanted answered when he became president, Obama replied sarcastically: “Where are the aliens?” After the comments sparked an uproar about alien life, Obama later wrote on Instagram: “Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there. But the distances…
By Quirino Mealha with AP Published on 16/02/2026 – 12:22 GMT+1 Japan’s economy barely expanded at a 0.2% annual pace in the last quarter, with private consumption rising by 0.4% between October and December. The minor growth in consumption was offset by a 1.1% drop in exports, according to the latest seasonally adjusted preliminary data. Growth for all of 2025 came in at just 1.1% as Japan’s export-reliant economy has been shaken by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. On a quarterly basis, the economy grew only 0.1%, the Japanese government reported. The country narrowly avoided a technical recession which is defined by two…
By Farnoush Amiri, Edith M. Lederer and Matthew Lee with AP Published on 16/02/2026 – 12:20 GMT+1 A tiny Pacific island nation is pushing the United Nations to secure climate reparations from countries that fail to act on emissions. Vanuatu’s bid, set for a vote by the end of March, has the Trump administration scrambling to stop it. In guidance issued this week to all US embassies and consulates abroad, the State Department said it “strongly objects” to the proposal being discussed by the UN General Assembly and that its adoption “could pose a major threat to US industry”. The US is urging…
By Euronews Published on 16/02/2026 – 11:17 GMT+1 The Austrian developer behind the viral AI personal assistant software OpenClaw is joining OpenAI. Peter Steinberger built OpenClaw as an open source project designed to build AI assistants that “actually do things.” Agents built through the platform can manage calendars, book flights, or join a social media network full of other AI assistants without human assistance. It also powered Moltbook, the controversial social media platform specifically built for AI bots. Steinberger said he’s joining OpenAI because his next mission is to “build an agent that even my mum can use.” “That’ll need…
Published on 16/02/2026 – 11:54 GMT+1 YouTube content creator and WWE wrestler Logan Paul has entered the history books by selling an extremely rare Pikachu Illustrator card for a world record $16.5 million at auction. Widely known as the ‘King of Collectables’, the Pikachu Illustrator Pokemon card is regarded by some as the holy grail because it’s the single most expensive card of its kind and only about 40 copies are believed to exist. Paul bought it back in 2021 at a private sale for $5.2 million, setting another world record at the time as the most expensive Pokémon card…
“To conceal his involvement, two companies were created in the Marshall Islands, integrated into the structure of a trust registered in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The high-ranking official’s ex-wife and four children were registered as beneficiaries of the companies,” NABU said in a statement Monday. NABU did not name Galushchenko directly, but described him as Ukraine’s energy minister in 2021-2025 in its official communication about the case. Galushchenko was the only energy minister serving from 2021 until July 2025. Detectives, with the help of anti-corruption authorities from 13 countries, established that money was transferred out of the fund to accounts…
French government officials have blamed the “ultra-left” for the death of a far-right activist in Lyon, after he was attacked on the sidelines of a conference by hard left France Unbowed (LFI) MEP Rima Hassan. Quentin D, 23, died in hospital from a traumatic brain injury on Saturday evening. Supporters said he was providing security at a protest against Hassan’s appearance at the Science Po university when he was assaulted by rival activists. “It was clearly the ultra-left that killed him,” said Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin, accusing hard-left politicians — including those from LFI, the largest left-wing faction in the…