Ethiopia receives historic artefacts held in Germany for 100 years
Ethiopia has welcomed the return as part of a broader push to repatriate items of national significance. Read More
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Ripley’s revealed as buyer of $12m golden toilet
The first edition of Maurizio Cattelan’s work was stolen from Blenheim Palace in 2019. Read More
Cloudflare apologises for outage which took down X and ChatGPT
“We apologise to our customers and the Internet in general” the web infrastructure company said. Read More
Dutch government suspends intervention into chipmaker Nexperia
The move comes after Beijing blocked exports of the firm’s chips in response to the Hague intervening into Chinese-owned chipmaker. Read More
Paris court blocks auction of earliest-known calculator
The court blocked La Pascaline, a 400-year-old calculating machine, from being exported from France. Read More
Turkey set to host COP31 after reaching compromise with Australia
Australia will now support the Turkish bid to host the climate talks in return for their minister chairing them. Read More
Ukrainian teen saboteurs recruited on Telegram to attack their own country
Russia is using Telegram to recruit Ukrainian children and teenagers to carry out sabotage and bombings according to the Ukrainian government. Read More
Man who cryogenically froze late wife sparks debate by dating new partner
Gui Junmin froze his dead spouse as a sign of his devotion – but it’s now emerged he is dating again. Read More
On the front line of Europe’s standoff with Russia’s sanction-busting shadow fleet
With Europe imposing sanctions on Moscow, there has been a growing network of vessels sailing without a valid flag from Russia through European waters. Read More
Albanian PM accuses Mahmood of ‘ethnic stereotyping’
The home secretary told MPs on Monday around 700 Albanian families were “living in taxpayer-funded accommodation having failed their asylum claims”. Read More