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The Venice Art Biennale's official awards ceremony usually marks the event's opening, and the Golden and Silver Lion prizes typically contribute to launching artists' international careers. But this year's Biennale — often described as the "Olympics of the art world" — is embroiled in controversy, and the traditional awarding of the coveted accolades at the start of the event on May 9 has been canceled after the

India is transforming Great Nicobar Island, its southernmost territory in the Bay of Bengal, into a major strategic asset. Located at the tip of the Andaman and Nicobar chain, closer to Indonesia's Sumatra than to the Indian mainland, the island sits near the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping corridors. New Delhi

Romanian governments rarely stay in power for long. The last time a Romanian prime minister completed a full term was between 2004 and 2008. Since the constitutional crisis of 2012, the country has had no less than 11 elected prime ministers, seven interim leaders and 19 different cabinets. In short, Romania has been chronically unstable

President John Mahama's call to criminalize so‑called "sex for jobs" marks one of the clearest signals yet that Ghana's leadership is willing to confront a practice that is widely acknowledged but rarely addressed head‑on. The issue came up during a town hall in Koforidua on May 1, when a female student challenged persistent gender inequality in

Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Spain's Health Ministry has said it will allow a luxury cruise ship to dock at the Canary Island of Tenerife The regional government of Spain's Canary Islands objects, saying there is insufficient information to reassure ‌the public South African health authorities say they

Ukraine said on Wednesday that Russia had violated a unilateral ceasefire called by Kyiv by attacking Ukrainian cities overnight with more than 100 combat drones and three missiles. At least 27 people were killed and dozens more injured in Russian strikes across eastern Ukraine late on Tuesday night, just hours before Kyiv's proposed ceasefire came into effect

Hungary's premier-in-waiting, Peter Magyar, is keen to secure a return to the European Union mainstream and is moving quickly to mend fences.  Part of that mission is a plan to have the country ready to join the euro by the end of the decade. Some, including the governor of the central bank, suggest that timeframe could be overly ambitious, given that outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban will

Skip next section CDU, SPD sign coalition agreement in Rhineland-Palatinate May 6, 2026 CDU, SPD sign coalition agreement in Rhineland-Palatinate Lead negotiators Gordon Schnieder (r, CDU) and Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) agreed on an coalition last weekImage: Boris Roessler/dpa/picture alliance Germany's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate

Should our worst fears materialize, flying could become a nerve-racking ordeal for passengers in the coming weeks and months. If, as a result of the Iran war and the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, jet fuel begins to run short, significant disruptions to air traffic are likely. Both the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and

To many observers, the career of Spanish pop star Rosalia could look like an overnight success. One moment, the now 33-year-old artist seemed relatively unknown to an international audience; the next, she was performing on the world's biggest stages and collaborating with major names like Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and Björk. In reality, her rise