A tribute to Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has marked the first day of the iconic carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro. The samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói traced Lula’s life as a boy growing up in poverty in the Brazilian northeast, to a metalworker, union leader and then president, showcasing giant figures…
A foreign national has been arrested at Hong Kong International Airport on suspicion of criminal damage and drug possession after a viral video showed him wrecking self-check-in kiosks. The video, posted on social media on Monday morning, showed a man in the airport’s departure hall pushing over three self-check-in kiosks and hitting them repeatedly with…
ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant that owns TikTok outside the U.S., said it will “strengthen current safeguards” on its AI video-generating tool Seedance, following threats of legal action from Disney and other Hollywood studios over the use of their intellectual property in short-form videos that are taking over social media. Seedance 2.0 has caused an…
Right now, Bob said: “Every day there’s mail left behind, one, maybe two, maybe three rounds which are not covered… The tracked recorded parcels are done every day, because they make a difference to the stats for the office, but anything that’s not tracked every day there’ll be mail that’s not going out.”
Feb 16, 2026, 04:23 AM ET Real Madrid‘s Víctor Valdepeñas is among Arsenal‘s favored options to strengthen their defense, while Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur have an interest in signing Bayern Munich center back Kim Min-jae, and Juventus want to renew Weston McKennie‘s contract but won’t double his wages. Join us for the latest transfer news…
Photography and film interact and converge in The Hidden Face of the Earth (La Face cachée de la Terre), the feature documentary directorial debut of Arnaud Alain about a photographer losing his eyesight. Alain wrote and directed the film, which was produced by Mathilde Raczymow, and also handled the cinematography. The Hidden Face of the…
The British Film Institute, BFI, unveiled an increase in its support of U.K. documentary filmmaking on Monday. The BFI said it would “continue to prioritize dedicated support of the U.K. documentary filmmaking sector, thanks to National Lottery funding.” As part of the BFI National Lottery Funding plan 2026-2-29,Doc Society will receive £7.2 million($9.8 million) over…
Just one month after raising $11.75 million in a round led by Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, African defensetech Terra Industries announced that it’s raised an additional $22 million in funding, led by Lux Capital. Nathan Nwachuku, 22, and Maxwell Maduka, 24, launched Terra Industries in 2024 to design infrastructure and autonomous systems to help African nations…
Washington’s 2025 strike on Iran, the raid to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in early 2026 and its renewed interest in acquiring Greenland have clarified the country’s international priorities. Meanwhile, securing Ukraine’s independence, once a defining rallying cry of the liberal world order, has slipped to a second-tier concern, but remains central for Europe. Equally…
