‘My Favourite Cake’ directors Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam receive 14-month suspended prison sentences in Iran. The film’s heroine is seen without a headscarf, and the filmmakers were accused of ‘disturbing public opinion’.
Financial markets are expected to be less volatile this week after China suggested that it won’t be raising its 125% tariff on US goods any higher — dismissing potential further hikes from the US as a “joke”. The Trump administration also announced tariff exemptions for electronic…
Ageing animals that cannot be reintroduced into the wild are being given specialised geriatric care at Barcelona Zoo.
Despite the weeks-long protests and a brief disruption in the chamber just before the vote, the Hungarian constitutional amendment has now been passed, with 140…
It was a week when penguins, bonds, the new German coalition, Louisiana soybeans, fossil fuels, the EU’s Digital Markets Act, France’s creaking politics and American bourbon all became one news story. POLITICO explains what got us all…
Today, we’re announcing our plans to train AI at Meta using public content —like public posts and comments— shared by adults on our products in the EU. People’s interactions with Meta AI – like questions and queries – will also be…
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One of President Donald Trump’s top officials has warned European allies hesitant about working with Elon…
British actress Jean Marsh, best known for her role as Rose Buck in the series Upstairs, Downstairs, has died aged 90.
Marsh’s friend, director Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg, said in a statement to the PA news agency that the actress “died peacefully in bed looked after by one of her…
The European Union needs the US “on board” in a post-deal mission scenario in Ukraine, according to the Dutch Defence minister Ruben Brekelmans, who spoke to Euronews’ Shona Murray.
Last Thursday, ministers from more than 30 countries convened at a meeting led by France and the UK to…
The claims seem to feed into a general narrative of misinformation that European countries are trying to eliminate cash.