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Monday is for the most part a travel day, with the opening concert taking place mid-evening. That’s accompanied by just the one major panel event, entitled “Open Forum: Which 2050 Do We Want?”  Speakers include the co-founder of Distyl AI, Arjun Prakash, WEF Managing Director Alois Zwinggi and Agnes Callamard, secretary-general of Amnesty International.  Notable speakers on Tuesday include French President Emmanuel Macron, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and He Lifeng, the vice premier of the Chinese Republic.  The Americas will come into the spotlight on Wednesday with both Trump and Milei addressing the eventImage: Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS Spanish Prime Minister Pedro…

Senegal won their second ever African Football Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy on Sunday, beating hosts Morocco 1-0. The game’s only goal came at the fourth minute of extra time, when Pape Gueye’s decisive kick landed the ball in the top-right corner of the goal. “Senegal are champions of Africa and we are so happy,” Gueye told French broadcaster M6. “It was a really difficult match but we were determined to win here. This is a beautiful country and they have incredible supporters.”Senegal’s midfielder Pape Gueye scored the AFCON final’s only goalImage: Paul Ellis/AFP Hosts Morocco were fighting for their second AFCON…

  Over 100 million records sold, 25 number-one hits on the US country charts, eleven Grammys, and three Emmys — country star Dolly Parton is one of the most successful singers in the world, and there’s still so much more to her. At 80 years old, she’s bringing the same energy she did when her career was just getting started. Here are eight facts from 80 exciting years. 1. Cornmeal for the doctor Dolly Parton came from humble beginnings: She grew up with eleven siblings in Sevier County, Tennessee. Born January 19, 1946, her parents paid the doctor who assisted…

The first year of Donald Trump’s second term has been anything but calm amid a flurry of executive orders by the US president targeting alleged “opponents” at home and abroad, and negatively affecting transatlantic trade and business. Trump’s so-called Liberation Day announcement of “reciprocal tariffs” last April shocked governments and companies alike across the world, as did his crackdown on corporate diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. German companies operating in the United States, for example, are now wondering whether they can maintain their diversity or equality programs amid Trump’s “anti-woke” push that seeks to punish companies for a progressive staffing policy. At…

Space enthusiasts and amateur astronomers will have plenty of action to enjoy throughout 2026, with supermoons, solar eclipses and meteor showers across the night skies. Four eclipses in 2026 February 17. Except for penguins and Antarctic scientists, few will be able to enjoy February’s annular solar eclipse. That’s because this eclipse will see the Moon pass between the Earth and Sun across the path of the southern continent, reaching a maximum at around 12:12pm UTC.  People living in Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the southern parts of Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia,  will only see a partial eclipse…

European cinema is having a moment — and not the kind engineered by marketing departments or toy companies. As much of Hollywood doubles down on sequels, superheroes and slasher movies, the most vital films of the past year have come out of Europe. Not as escapist fantasy adapted from comic books, toys or video games, but as demanding, politically engaged stories aimed squarely at adults. These are films that assume viewers are willing to sit with ambiguity, moral discomfort and unresolved questions. They don’t flatter their audiences; they challenge them. Movies for grown-ups That sensibility is on full display at this year’s…

The Swiss Alpine town of Davos is once again welcoming the cream of the political, economic and cultural world for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The event is taking place at a time US President Donald Trump is seeking to dismantle the international order: From upending established trade rules and mass withdrawal from international organizations, including the UN climate treaty, to capturing Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro following an attack on the capital Caracas and threatening to annex Greenland from close ally Denmark. Trump’s assault on the international rules that have largely been in place since World War II,…

Apart from cricket,India has long been seen as an underachiever on the international sporting stage, as demonstrated by a 71st ranking in the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, a surge in the participation of women in a wide range of sports could help change this. The number of registered women football players in India grew from 8,683 in 2016 to 37,829 last year. Participation in national javelin championships rose from 31 juniors in 2019 to 137, while in shooting, the number of female competitors jumped from 1,033 to 2,181 over the same period. At the Asian Games, women won just 36%…

Often referred to as the European equivalent of the Oscars, the European Film Awards are one of the continent’s most important accolades for cinema.  The awards have been presented by the European Film Academy since 1988. The ceremony, held in Berlin on January 17, can be watched live here starting at 6 p.m. CET. The awards will be presented in 25 categories, including three prizes that are chosen by the audience. Here are the nominations in the main categories: European Film  “Afternoons of Solitude” “Arco” “Dog of God” “Fume O Morte!” “It was Just an Accident” “Little Amelie” “Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake”…

Federal prosecutors in the United States have launched a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony to Congress on the $2.5 billion (€2.14 billion) renovation of the US central bank’s headquarters in Washington, DC. Powell confirmed the probe Sunday in a statement posted on the social media platform X, hitting back at what he said was pressure from the Trump administration on interest rate policy. During US President Donald Trump’s first term and since he returned to the White House one year ago, the pair have clashed repeatedly over interest rate decisions made by Powell The Fed chair has maintained that the central bank must set policy independently — guided…