Eurovision faces tough questions over country participation – POLITICO
Extra pressure The prospect of more country boycotts next year over Israel’s participation piles extra pressure on the EBU to be more consistent and clear…
Top ECB official warns oil shock may force interest rate hikes – POLITICO
Determined not to repeat the mistakes of 2022, Demarco said policymakers must stop higher energy costs from feeding…
‘We’re not the United Nations’: top official defends Eurovision ahead of tense final – POLITICO
The countries sitting out this year’s 70th anniversary contest (Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland) say their decision is due…
Waterloo and a revolution: Von der Leyen and Costa pick their Eurovision favorites – POLITICO
The song that “moves me the most,” the German politician went on, “is ‘Ne partez pas sans moi’…
Google says AI-powered cyberattacks are already here
Google has reported that threat actors are using artificial intelligence to develop exploits, improve malware and seek access…
Inflation reading Tuesday expected to show prices at nearly a three-year high
An inflation reading due Tuesday is expected to show price gains at their highest level in nearly three…
Russian debt defaults are surging as Putin hides in bunkers fixated on war instead of the economy
The Russian economy is now shrinking, and businesses are having more trouble keeping up with debt payments, representing…
The disaster unfolding on Russia’s Black Sea coast is of its own making | Environment
Southern Russia is facing one of the largest environmental disasters in its modern history. In April, repeated Ukrainian…
New Zealand adds 20 more Russia sanctions targeting cybercrime and payments
More than 2000 individuals, entities, and vessels have been the subject of sanctions since the Russia Sanctions Act…
Airline Lost ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Oscar
It may be the strangest lost luggage claim of the year: an Oscar statuette. Pavel Talankin, co-director and…
Brics to push for intra-currency payments as ‘immunity’ against Western clout
Brics nations are assessing whether a digital payments framework linking their currencies could lessen the impact of Western…
40 Years Ago, a Nuclear Catastrophe at Chernobyl
The reactor exploded early on April 26, 1986, sending a column of fire and radioactive debris high above…