PSG vs Bayern – a semifinal for the ages and football at its very best
In this special football edition of The Ring, we deconstruct a Champions League game that will go down in history as one of the best ever. Nine goals – can…
Professor expelled from university for inventing ‘fake Nobel prize’ and awarding it to himself
A lecturer-researcher from Besançon is at the centre of a scandal rocking academia: he is suspected of having fabricated an international philology award in order to give it to himself.…
Are you a ‘sitter’ or a ‘hoverer’? The airport habits that drive travellers crazy
From queue-jumping to seat-hogging, a new global survey reveals the airport habits that annoy passengers most, alongside how early we really arrive and which boarding style we fall into. Read…
French right-wing broadcaster shares fake magazine cover of French National Assembly president
Political commentators mocked Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of France’s National Assembly, for featuring on the cover of tabloid magazine “Closer” on 4 May, except that the image was made by AI.…
White House calls Europe ‘incubator’ for terrorism in new counter-terrorism strategy
The fresh criticism of Europe comes just months after Trump’s new national security strategy said the continent faced “civilisational erasure” due to immigration. Read More
The Italian maxi-plant changing the energy balance in Libya
Eni’s maxi module starts from Ravenna to Libya: less waste, more gas and an increasingly strategic Italy-Libya axis in the Mediterranean Read More
Iran could strangle Strait in future crisis, ex-Trump envoy warns
After more than two months of war between the US and Iran, a deal appears in sight to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s…
Two drones from Russia crash in Latvia with one causing oil depot fire, army says
Europe is on high alert after drone flyovers into NATO airspace reached an unprecedented scale last September, prompting leaders to agree to develop a “drone wall.” Read More
The Wedding at Cana: French artist JR transforms Venice Venice hotel in latest social project
JR’s latest project celebrates real and complicated contemporary human lives, while seeking to forge new social connections. Read More
Pocahontas actress sues James Cameron for ‘stealing’ her face for Avatar character
Avatar franchise director James Cameron is being sued by Q’orianka Kilcher over her allegation that he based an Avatar character on her image, without credit or compensation. The lawsuit says…