Charles Bronson has spent more than 50 years in prison (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) After more than half a century behind bars, Charles Bronson, born Michael Gordon Peterson and now legally known as Charles Salvador, and famously portrayed by Tom Hardy in the 2008 film Bronson, is once again at the…
Sweden’s Deputy PM Ebba Busch arrived in New Delhi with Swedish delegations for the AI Impact Summit/ Image: MEA Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch is in New Delhi today to attend the India-AI Impact Summit 2026, as India positions itself at the centre of global conversations on artificial intelligence. Busch, who also serves as…
Archaeologists in Sweden have uncovered a striking Stone Age discovery: The well-preserved remains of a dog buried around 5,000 years ago alongside a carefully crafted dagger made from bone. The burial was found in a wetland that was once a lake, a setting that helped protect fragile remains for millennia. What makes the find so…
Every morning before sunrise in Nuuk, when the streets are still quiet and the sky is only beginning to lighten, Jens Kjeldsen turns up outside the small wooden US Consulate building with a simple but striking message. In the biting mid-winter cold, he stands with three flags, Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, protesting against…
Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved Stone Age settlement, dubbed the “Stone Age Atlantis,” submerged off Denmark’s coast. This 8,500-year-old site offers unprecedented insight into Mesolithic life, revealing sophisticated fishing, hunting, and tool-crafting skills. The discovery, part of a broader European project, highlights early human adaptation to rising sea levels and provides valuable lessons for…
A major study published in Nature Medicine has issued a stark warning for Europe’s future. Led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the research projects that over 2.3 million additional deaths could occur across European cities by 2099 due to rising temperatures driven by climate change. Covering data from 854 urban…
A French parliamentary commission has called for a ban on social media usage for children under 15 and proposed a nighttime “digital curfew” from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. for teenagers aged 15 to 18. The recommendation follows a six-month inquiry into TikTok’s effects on minors, revealing that the platform exposes children to toxic, addictive,…
Europe’s space ambitions are at a critical juncture, according to Bernard Liautaud, managing partner at Balderton Capital. Speaking at the Italian Tech Week event, Liautaud warned that the continent risks falling behind in the rapidly expanding space and defence sectors due to an excessive dependence on American companies, particularly Elon Musk’s SpaceX. While European start-ups…
When the Eiffel Tower was first erected for the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, it faced harsh criticism. Prominent artists and writers labeled it “monstrous” and “useless,” and its creator, Gustave Eiffel, initially received only a 20-year permit to occupy the land. Despite its groundbreaking engineering, many Parisians disliked the structure, fearing it would scar…
“Literature can only ever hope to hold chaos together, perhaps only by a comma,” said Laszlo Krasznahorkai in his acceptance speech for the Man Booker International Prize — a sentiment that now resonates even more deeply with his 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature win. The Hungarian novelist, long revered for his labyrinthine sentences and apocalyptic…