Oscars 2025: Nominees, predictions and what time to watch

Emilia Perez, Wicked, The Brutalist and The Substance are some of the top films up for trophies at the Academy Awards.

Source: Al Jazeera

Can Alternative for Germany be stopped?

The far-right party has made gains without seeking to moderate — rattling Europe and its largest democracy

Source: Financial Times

UK gives Ukraine’s Zelenskyy a warm welcome after Trump confrontation

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received a warm welcome in the UK after his fiery exchange with Donald Trump

Source: Al Jazeera

UK and France to work with Ukraine on peace plan

Starmer says European initiative would then be discussed with White House

Source: Financial Times

UK hosts European leaders for talks on security and support for Ukraine

More than a dozen European leaders gather in London Sunday for crisis talks, looking to boost security cooperation and support for Ukraine after an astonishing blowout between Kyiv and Washington. …

Source: France 24

Siri’s real AI upgrade could still be years away

Apple Intelligence was supposed to finally deliver a more natural version of Siri, but now, people who work in Apple’s AI department believe the company won’t release a ”true modernized, …

Source: The Verge

Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight M23

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Source: New York Times

‘Worse than the Tories’: cultural figures question Labour plans for arts in schools

Government must scrap English baccalaureate to make arts more accessible to working-class children, critics say

Leading cultural figures have expressed doubts about the government’s commitment to restoring the creative arts …

Source: The Guardian

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon

A private lunar lander carrying a drill and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on …

Source: NPR

Greek PM vows to upgrade railways as government faces confidence vote

Kyriakos Mitsotakis says protests over train disaster emphasise the need for ‘safe and modern’ transport system

The Greek prime minister has vowed to upgrade the country’s railways as his embattled …

Source: The Guardian

Trump's deportation threats spark fear among farmworkers in California

With planting season well under way in California, the leading US food-producing state, fear is taking root among thousands of migrants who labor to feed a country that now seems …

Source: France 24

ACLU and other advocates sue to block migrants from being sent to Guantánamo Bay

The lawsuit says there is no legitimate reason to send migrants to Guantánamo because the U.S. has ample detention facility.

Source: NPR