In about 1300BC, the major civilisations of the eastern Mediterranean made a cultural and technological leap forward when they began using bronze much more widely for weapons, tools and jewellery. While a form of the metal had previously been…
Israeli spyware company NSO Group was ordered by a U.S. federal court on Tuesday to pay WhatsApp and its parent company Meta almost $170 million in damages after its cyber tools were used to hack around 1,400 WhatsApp accounts.
NSO Group has become the poster child in recent years for the…
Blossoms have announced a 2026 European headline tour, making stops in cities including Amsterdam, Paris, Milan and Zurich.
The band is…
US President Donald Trump’s scrapping of a duty-free loophole has shattered Temu and Shein’s business model, choking their flood of cheap Chinese goods into the United States.
In 2024, 1.36 billion shipments entered the US under the…
Inter Milan’s stunning 7-6 aggregate win against Barcelona was one of the all-time great Champions League semi-finals, but where does it rank?
India launches ‘Operation Sindoor’ striking several areas across Pakistan in retaliation with last month’s attack on Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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An 81-year-old hunter in France has been fined and handed a four-month suspended jail sentence for killing an endangered bear in the Pyrenees mountains.
The man said he had “no other option” but to open fire on the brown bear when it attacked him during a boar-hunt in 2021.
Fifteen other hunters…
“Instead, I wanted to do something that benefitted the city.”
The city of Rotterdam and its citizens take pride in that “something”: the focus of most new developments is how they can improve the quality of life for locals, rather than…