Author: Euronews

South by Southwest – or SXSW – the annual US conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals has dropped its US Army sponsor following protests at this year’s event. ADVERTISEMENTFollowing a tumultuous year in which multiple acts opted out, SXSW festival have announced that they have dropped the US Army and defense contractor RTX Corporation as sponsors for next year’s edition.  More than 60 artists refused to play at the festival in Austin, Texas last March, boycotting the event because of its ties to defense groups that supply Israeli weapons in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.  Shortly before the festival…

Video. Video shows Wikileaks founder leaving court in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, and landing in Canberra, Australia, where he is greeted by his wife, Stella. Source link

Updated: 26/06/2024 – 16:36 GMT+2 The Grand Prix was awarded to “LOEWE x Suna Fujita,” a collaboration between Spanish luxury fashion house LOEWE and and Japanese artisanal ceramicist studio Suna Fujita. …More Source link

The Scandinavian country the pitched ‘burp tax’ scheme which was met by industry-wide support, and is expected to be carried by national parliament. Source link

Two new groups could emerge from the ongoing post-election negotiations. Source link

Updated: 26/06/2024 – 12:38 GMT+2 Thousands of protesters stormed parliament following opposition to a new finance bill. At least five people have been killed. Thousands of protesters stormed parliament following opposition to a new finance bill. At least five people have been killed. Protesters had demanded that legislators vote against the bill imposing new taxes on a country, East Africa”s economic hub. Lawmakers voted to pass the bill, then fled through a tunnel as protesters, many of them youth, outmanoeuvred police to enter parliament. Protesters allowed opposition legislators who voted against the bill to walk out of the besieged building.…

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says there’s a huge opportunity in the “super competitive” artificial intelligence (AI) market, with the tech giant spending up to €37 billion this year on developing infrastructure. Source link

Video. The exchange was mediated by the United Arab Emirates, Kijv and Moscow said. Source link

Exclusion from a preliminary deal to allocate the bloc’s top jobs following June’s elections has enraged Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni who’s now considering formally abstaining from the decision, according to media reports. Source link

Spain’s Iratxe García Pérez and France’s Valérie Hayer will respectively preside over the socialist and liberal groups. ADVERTISEMENTThe next European Parliament will be led by familiar faces.Following their constitutive meetings on Wednesday afternoon, the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) and the liberals of Renew Europe re-elected their sitting leaders, betting on the status quo to weather what is expected to be a rowdy hemicycle where ambitious legislation will be subject to bitter, protracted fights.Spain’s Iratxe García Pérez, a close ally to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, was endorsed by her fellow socialists for a new term. With 136 seats, the S&D remains…