Spanish official blames flood alert failure on Madrid, not his long lunch
Head of Valencia regional government spent three hours with a journalist on day emergency alerts were sent out late ...
Laurie Anderson’s ARK: United States V review — an artistic voyage hits turbulence
In 1982, Laurie Anderson embarked on an artistic voyage surveying America. United States Part 1-4 clocked in at eight hours and 78 scenes touching on subjects ranging from money to politics. Four ...
Your guide to how to dodge a tariff
For those fresh enough to fall into neither group, here is a short guide to the years ahead. Part one is for the executives terrified of tariffs. Your first task is to get as much stuff into the ...
Man investigated after calling German vice-chancellor ‘idiot’
Police raid home of 64-year-old accused of insulting Robert Habeck and uploading an image to X that referenced the Nazi era ...
Rupert Murdoch’s UK news group settles with almost 40 claimants over alleged phone hacking
A cast of almost 40 public figures have reached settlements with Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers over allegations of ...
Friedrich Merz, the man who yearns to be Germany’s next chancellor
Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...
How does the UK government want to reform the pension industry?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has proposed a major overhaul of the pensions industry as the government hopes to drive investment ...
Israeli police question Benjamin Netanyahu aide over alleged October 7 call tampering
Probe comes as prime minister is already under pressure over separate investigation into leaks from his office ...
Israeli strike flattens Beirut building as Lebanon bombardment intensifies
An Israeli air strike flattened a large residential building near one of Beirut’s busiest junctions on Friday morning, ...
EU judges grill Ursula von der Leyen’s lawyers over missing text messages
New York Times has sued European Commission over its refusal to release president’s exchanges with Pfizer chief ...
Disney tosses popcorn at its long-suffering audience
As an illustration, Disney stock is the same price it was a decade ago. Yet in that time, much has happened. The cruise ship-to-cable TV empire bought parts of 21st Century Fox for $71bn, and poured ...
British Museum chief Nicholas Cullinan: ‘I start with the idea that everything is possible’
The new director on transforming one of the world’s biggest cultural institutions, last year’s scandal over thefts — and what ...