Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ dethrones Taylor Swift as the world’s most-streamed album in a week
Rosalía’s rise and rise continues apace with her latest album LUX breaking yet another significant and sizeable digital landmark for the biggest number of streams in a week. Read More
Fact check: Did Brazil chop down 100,000 trees for COP30?
As European leaders take part in COP30, claims that the controversial Avenida Liberdade — a four-lane 13km highway which cuts across the Amazon — was constructed specifically for the climate…
‘When you deliver, you progress’: EU opens final negotiations cluster with Albania
The European Union has opened the last remaining negotiation chapters with Albania, bringing the Western Balkan country closer to joining the EU by 2030. “There is no escape from Albania,”…
EU countries should have have ‘multiple’ security guarantees beyond Article 5, Kubilius says
The European Union has its own mutual defence clause but it is seen as weaker than NATO’s Article 5. The EU Commissioner for Defence appears to want to change that…
Greeks mark anniversary of 1973 Polytechnic uprising
Thousands in Athens commemorated the anniversary of the 1973 Polytechnic uprising with memorials and marches amid heightened police security. Read more at Read More
Moscow intensifies attacks as strike kills three in Kharkiv region
At least three people were killed and 11 injured in a Russian missile strike on Balakliya in the region of Kharkiv. Four minors were among the wounded. Read more at…
Tom Cruise finally gets his Oscar with a lifetime achievement trophy at the Governors Awards
Tom Cruise remains one of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars, and a competitive Oscar has eluded him – despite being nominated four times. Now, the leading man finally got to hold…
Fico drops joining Patriots, could create new Parliament group with ‘friends of peace’
The Slovak PM won’t join any other political groups for the moment, according to a close ally. Instead, he is considering forming a new alliance with like-minded left-leaning parties that…
Poland’s prime minister calls weekend rail line explosion near Warsaw act of ‘sabotage’
Meanwhile, Poland’s defence chief Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that the army would examine 120 kilometres of the Warsaw-Lublin-Hrubieszów line, which links the capital to Ukraine by rail and road. Read more…
Mike Pompeo joins board of Ukraine’s top defence company amid anti-corruption probe
The former US Secretary of State has been announced as a member of the advisory board of Ukraine’s defence company Fire Point amid an anti-corruption investigation that is allegedly probing…