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Meta ordered to pay an additional $567 million in public nuisance ruling
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay a further $567 million after finding its platforms significantly contributed to a teen mental-health crisis in the state. The ruling treats Meta’s services as a public nuisance and adds to pressure on social-media companies to account for alleged harms to young users. The money will fund…
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Claes Bang Plays a Masseur of Nazi Leader Heinrich Himmler in ‘I Is Another’ – But John Paul in ‘Bad Sisters’ Is Still One of His ‘Worst Characters’
Claes Bang stars in “I Is Another” as Felix Kersten, Heinrich Himmler’s personal physical therapist, in a film premiering at Locarno. The drama examines Kersten’s contested claim that his influence over the Nazi leader helped save many lives during the Second World War, making him a morally complex historical figure rather than an uncomplicated hero.…
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Susanne Sundfør announces new album ‘Revelations Of Divine Love’ with ethereal single ‘I It Am’
Susanne Sundfør has announced her seventh studio album, ‘Revelations Of Divine Love’, and released its first single, the ethereal ‘I It Am’. Due on 2 October via Bella Union, the record marks a highly stripped-back project centred on love, motherhood and spiritual writing. The album was recorded live in a Norwegian church with only Sundfør’s…
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Locarno’s Match Me! Projects Push New Voices, Timely Relevance and Authenticity as a Younger Generation Moves Center Stage
Locarno’s 2026 Match Me! co-production strand is highlighting emerging producers and projects aimed at younger arthouse audiences, particularly stories about Gen Z and millennial uncertainty, identity and belonging. The selection suggests European and Latin American filmmakers are responding to a changing cinema audience as younger viewers become more central to upscale theatrical releases. – Brazil’s…
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Buried for not being Brueghel: overlooked masterpiece by still-life pioneer discovered in storage area
A still-life painting long kept in storage at Norway’s National Museum has been reattributed to the Flemish baroque artist Clara Peeters, an early pioneer of the genre. Previously thought to be by Ambrosius Brueghel and later labelled anonymous, the work’s reassessment restores it to a significant female artist and will feature in a major exhibition…
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German airport drone-bomb: Could Russia be involved?
German authorities are investigating how an explosives-laden drone reached Leipzig airport, prompting concern that the incident could represent an escalation in suspected foreign-backed sabotage. There is currently no evidence directly linking Russia to the device, and Moscow denies involvement, but officials say foreign powers may be involved and point to previous Russian-linked plots as relevant…
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Putin could ‘send armed group to occupy NATO territory within weeks’, warns US intelligence
US intelligence has reportedly warned that Vladimir Putin could test NATO’s resolve within weeks through a limited action against alliance territory, rather than a full-scale invasion. Possible scenarios include an unmarked armed group occupying a small area, a cyberattack or a limited incursion on NATO’s eastern flank; any such action would be significant because it…
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Mexico break ranks to join Argentina in backing Infantino
Norway’s football federation has called for Fifa president Gianni Infantino to resign, arguing that he no longer has the trust needed to lead the organisation. The demand follows his abandoned proposal to sell private-investment stakes in World Cup-related competitions, exposing a widening split among football’s governing bodies over his leadership. Mexico has backed Infantino despite…
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Pokémon princess, 20, with £90 MILLION collection poses for glamorous photoshoot as she denies being ‘fake AI’ and reveals how she gathered so many valuable cards
A 20-year-old Swiss woman known as the “Pokémon Princess,” Jolina Gisèle, has spoken out to deny claims she is an AI-generated persona, insisting her reported £90 million Pokémon card collection is genuine. Speaking to Tatler for its September edition, she explained how a childhood hobby shared with her father grew into one of the most…