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Several countries pull out of Eurovision over Israel’s participation
Public broadcasters in Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia have withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest after organizers confirmed Israel will be allowed to compete. More countries are said to be weighing similar decisions. The walkouts follow a meeting of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which consists broadcasters from 56 countries. According to NPR, the…
Read MoreEurovision 2026 crisis: Israel kept in – Who’s out and what next?
Israel has been given the go-ahead to compete in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, amid calls for the country’s exclusion due to the war in Gaza and allegations that voting at this year’s contest had been manipulated in favour of Israel’s contestant. At the general assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organises the…
Read MoreAre We Getting Stupider?
For nineteenth-century writers like Gustave Flaubert, the concept of stupidity came to encompass the lazy drivel of cliché and received opinion; one of Flaubert’s characters says that, in mass society, “the germs of stupidity . . . spread from person to person,” and we end up becoming lemming-like followers of leaders, trends, and fads. (This “modern stupidity,” Jeffries…
Read MoreBuilding a State of Fear in “Extremist”
On November 16, 2023, Sasha Skochilenko, a thirty-three-year-old artist, poet, and musician, stood in court to give what is known in the Russian judicial system as the “last word”—final remarks of the accused before the judge delivers a verdict. Skochilenko, from inside a metal cage, where defendants are confined during courtroom hearings, said her case…
Read MorePutin and Modi to speak to media as leaders hold trade and defence talks in India
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Read MoreIreland, Spain, and Others Withdraw from Eurovision As Israel Granted 2026 Entry
Photo illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Slovakia have all withdrawn from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) declined to hold a vote on Israel’s participation in the competition during its general assembly meeting today (Thursday, December 4). The Eurovision organizer had postponed…
Read MoreIDF, Border Police arrest terrorists, weapons dealers in Kalkilya counterterrorism op.
During the operation, soldiers also shot and killed a terrorist who “hurled a suspicious object” at them. The IDF, Israel Police, and Border Police officers arrested multiple terrorists, weapons dealers, and those suspected of “preparing explosive devices” as part of a large-scale counterterrorism operation in Kalkilya in the West Bank on Thursday, the military confirmed.…
Read MoreThe Composer Making a Hip-Hop Musical About Anne Frank
A few years ago, Andrew Fox was struck by a transcendently bad idea. He would turn the story of Anne Frank into a satirical hip-hop musical: intersectional, inclusive, and inane. Fox was a theatre-loving composer who had grown dispirited by the industry in general, and by humorless and preachy productions in particular. His gloomy outlook…
Read MoreHostages as leverage: Iran’s secret demand aimed at crippling Israel’s agriculture
If Thailand complied, it would deliver a painful blow to Israel’s agricultural sector at the very moment it was struggling to recover from the shock of the attack. Iran offered Thailand help in securing the release of Thai hostages held in Hamas captivity on the condition that Bangkok label Israel an “unsafe country” and instruct…
Read MoreCourt administration warns of major hurdles in prosecution of October 7 attackers
The Court Administration issued an assessment cautioning lawmakers that, whether they choose a civilian court, a military court, or a special tribunal, legislative changes will be needed. The Court Administration on Wednesday issued its most detailed assessment to date of the legal and operational obstacles Israel faces in prosecuting perpetrators of the October 7 massacre,…
Read MoreAmazon opens new Germany headquarters in Munich
US online retail giant Amazon has opened a new and expanded headquarters in Germany, the company said on Thursday. After the company’s German headquarters were previously spread across four buildings, the new 45,000-square-metre location centralizes operations at one site in northern Munich, Amazon said. The new building is further proof of the company’s long-term commitment…
Read MoreAI-generated footage falsely linked to Ethiopian volcanic eruption
A volcano in northeastern Ethiopia erupted for the first time in almost 12,000 years in November 2025, but a dramatic video of smoke and lava circulating online does not show the eruption. The clip was uploaded online several months prior in a post that labelled it as being AI-generated. “The Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia’s…
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