Ten years after a beach attack that killed 30 Britons and delivered a crippling blow to Tunisia’s tourism industry, European holidaymakers are finally returning in what authorities hope will be record-breaking numbers. In June 2015, a Tunisian university student slipped a rifle out of a beach umbrella and opened fire on vacationers outside a hotel […]
Read MoreBeijing lit up with pomp and pageantry on Wednesday at a massive parade showcasing China’s latest military hardware, watched by world leaders including North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Members of the public gathered from the crack of dawn at the capital’s Tiananmen Square, the entrance gate of the historic Forbidden City and the […]
Read MoreA new film about the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl by Israeli forces in Gaza last year is set to screen at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, after drawing backing from Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix. The Gaza conflict has been a major talking point at the 2025 Italian cinema extravaganza, with thousands […]
Read MoreDynamic Argentine duo Leandro Bojko and Micaela Garcia were crowned winners of the Stage category Tuesday, the final dance-off of the World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires. Representing the host city, Bojko and Garcia triumphed in a category characterized by choreography that allows breaks in the dancers’ embrace, as well as jumps and pirouettes. The […]
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President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC’s authorization to export US chipmaking equipment to China without a license, further restricting access to US technology in the country. The move comes as the US Commerce Department moved to end the “validated end-user” (VEU) program allowing select foreign semiconductor manufacturers to export US-origin goods […]
Read MoreAmerican artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple said the system encouraged their teenaged son to kill himself.”Within the next month, parents will be able to… link their account with their teen’s account” and “control how ChatGPT responds to their teen […]
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Das EU-Gericht in Luxemburg entscheidet am Mittwoch (09.30 Uhr) über verschärfte Regeln für den Online-Modehändler Zalando. Die EU-Kommission hatte Zalando 2023 als sehr große Online-Plattform eingestuft. Solche Unternehmen werden nach dem Gesetz für digitale Dienste stärker kontrolliert. (Az. T-348/23)Unter anderem müssen sie stärker gegen Falschinformationen vorgehen und die Algorithmen hinter ihren Inhalten und personalisierter Werbung […]
Read MoreNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin flanked Xi Jinping at a massive parade in Beijing on Wednesday, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against the West. In unprecedented scenes, Xi shook both their hands and chatted with the pair as they walked down a […]
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Chinas Präsident Xi Jinping hat Kreml-Chef Wladimir Putin und Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong Un vor einer großen Militärparade in Peking zum 80. Jahrestag der Kapitulation Japans im Zweiten Weltkrieg begrüßt. Xi gab beiden am Mittwoch die Hand und unterhielt sich mit den beiden Ehrengästen, wie auf Fernsehbildern zu sehen war. Xi, Putin und Kim gingen […]
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