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Sexual harassment trial opens in France for former Ubisoft bosses

ADVERTISEMENTThree former top executives from French video game giant Ubisoft – the maker of games like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry - went on trial on Monday.Serge Hascoët, Thomas "Tommy" François and Guillaume Patrux appeared before the Bobigny criminal court on charges of psychological abuse, sexual harassment and attempted sexual assault.The trial is due to

The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

ADVERTISEMENTHello, and welcome back for another week of exciting new recommendations. If May was all about movie mania with Cannes, June marks the beginning of a music festival frenzy. While Glastonbury might be the most notable, Europe is brimming with other, lesser-known events that have equally incredible line-ups and even more unique atmospheres. One such

Miss World 2025 crowned amid new exploitation claims

ADVERTISEMENTThe 72nd Miss World beauty pageant was held this weekend in India and Opal Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand was crowned Miss World.Chuangsri topped a field of 108 contestants in the contest held in India’s southern Hyderabad city on Saturday.Hasset Dereje Admassu of Ethiopia was the first runner-up in the competition.Chuangsri received her crown from last

SoundCloud updates AI policy following backlash

ADVERTISEMENTFollowing controversy over a quiet update to the terms of use that seemed to permit the content uploaded to the streamer being used to train AI, SoundCloud has updated its AI policy.  Futurism had previously reported that SoundCloud “quietly” updated its terms and conditions in February 2024 in which users were “explicitly agreeing” by using the platform

Shock finale: Fans divided over possible identity of new Doctor Who

ADVERTISEMENTThis weekend’s final episode of the 15th season of Doctor Who, ‘The Reality War’, saw Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor exit the role and regenerate into Billie Piper, who is already established in the beloved British sci-fi drama as former companion Rose Tyler. Piper played the character Rose Tyler for 35 episodes between 2005 and 2013 opposite the

Elon Musk brands Bono a ‘liar’ and an ‘idiot’ over USAID comments

ADVERTISEMENTFirst, Donald Trump lashed out at one music icon... Now, Elon Musk is following suit and making his own rock star enemy.Bono was on the Joe Rogan podcast on Friday (30 May) to talk about the release of his documentary Bono: Stories Of Surrender.  During the three-hour conversation, the U2 frontman took the opportunity to critise the

Fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli gets doctorate in architecture

ADVERTISEMENT“When we build, let us think that we build forever,” Italian fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli quoted English polymath John Ruskin at an address to celebrate being the first recipient of an honorary doctorate in “Design for Made in Italy: Identity, Innovation, and Sustainability”.The same quote is inscribed on a plaque in the centre of Solomeo

Why butter yellow is suddenly spreading across European fashion houses

ADVERTISEMENTThe appeal of butter yellow — luminous, optimistic, sunny — is undeniable. Some fashion industry leading lights are dubbing it "the new neutral", applauding its versatility and compatibility with a whole host of staples like blue denim and black. And like butter, it slips into one’s repertoire with ease.At legendary London department store Selfridges, which

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Fire in the Mosque of Cordoba extinguished

ADVERTISEMENT A fire, reported shortly after 9 pm on Friday, affected the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba. The blaze began in the Patio de los Naranjos, near the Puerta de San José, prompting the evacuation of the area around Magistral González Francés Street to allow fire crews to carry out their work. According to the town's mayor
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How the UK’s Green Man Festival has managed to stay independent

ADVERTISEMENT Amid the tranquil verdant hills of the Brecon Beacons in south Wales, one of Europe’s most special music festivals finds its home. While many festivals might turn their sites into cacophonous blurs of hedonism and noise, Green Man Festival is a little different.   Sure, there’s plenty of noise. After all, this year’s line-up includes

AI & memes: How the Trump administration engages in ‘memetic warfare’

ADVERTISEMENT The FBI arresting Barack Obama in the Oval Office. The devastated Gaza Strip turned into a luxury seaside resort. Donald Trump as the next Pope, a jedi, Superman or in Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans. If you have been online in recent months (chronically or no), chances are that you have come across these

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Fire in the Mosque of Cordoba extinguished

ADVERTISEMENT A fire, reported shortly after 9 pm on Friday, affected the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba. The blaze began in the Patio de los Naranjos, near the Puerta de San José, prompting the evacuation of the area around Magistral González Francés Street to allow fire crews to carry out their work. According to the town's mayor

How the UK’s Green Man Festival has managed to stay independent

ADVERTISEMENT Amid the tranquil verdant hills of the Brecon Beacons in south Wales, one of Europe’s most special music festivals finds its home. While many festivals might turn their sites into cacophonous blurs of hedonism and noise, Green Man Festival is a little different.   Sure, there’s plenty of noise. After all, this year’s line-up includes
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ADVERTISEMENT A Palestinian activist, journalist and community leader has been shot and killed in front of a community centre in a village near Hebron, in occupied West Bank - a village which was documented in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land.  Local officials have said that an Israeli settler killed Awdah Hathaleen, who helped make

Israeli soldiers bar West Bank tour organized by Oscar winners

ADVERTISEMENTIsraeli soldiers on Monday barred journalists from entering villages in the West Bank on a planned tour organized by the directors of the Oscar-winning movie No Other Land.The directors of the deeply compassionate and powerful documentary, which focuses on the systematic Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, said they had invited the