“I don’t remember the first book I ever read in my life. I do remember the first film I saw. In the village pub: The Sons of Katie Elder by Henry Hathaway, with John Wayne. This is the best thing that ever happened to me. You would go to that café to see a film…
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 29. The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) in Baku conducts plenty of projects to support Italian businesses wishing to operate in Azerbaijan, Andrea Maccanico, Director of the ITA said in an interview with Trend. According to Andrea Maccanico, the agency is particularly interested in providing more real made-in-Italy products, and in order to…
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Alina Polyakova is the president and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). Matthew Eitel is a program officer for the Digital Innovation Initiative at CEPA. The European Commission of President Ursula von der Leyen vowed in 2019 to make “a Europe…
US President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy reached a tentative deal to suspend the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Saturday evening (27 May), ending a months-long stalemate. However, the deal was announced without any celebration, in terms that reflected the bitter tenor of the negotiations and the difficult path it…
Elon Musk’s company Neuralink said on May 25, 2023 that it received permission from the US Food and Drug Administration to begin clinical research involving the placement of brain implants on humans, Reuters reported. At least four times since 2019, Musk has predicted that his company will soon begin human trials of brain implants At…
Russian mercenaries from the private Wagner Group have reportedly begun relocating from some of their positions in and around the eastern city of Bakhmut, the epicenter of the war in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk, according to senior Ukrainian officials and British intelligence. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the mercenary group that has spearheaded the…
The European Parliament’s leadership has decided to scale back a heavily-indebted MEP luxury pension scheme. The parliament’s Bureau, a political body composed of the president and its vice-presidents, on Monday (22 May) decided to slash payouts from the fund by 50 percent, freeze automatic indexations, and increase the pension age from 65 to 67. “So…
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 28. The congratulatory message from President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following his win in the presidential elections, has received extensive coverage in Turkish media, Trend reports. This news was aired on the majority of Turkish TV channels and featured on websites of renowned news agencies….
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set for another five years as Turkey’s president after prevailing in divisive elections that at one point seemed to threaten his hold on power. The 69-year-old, who has dominated his country’s politics for two decades, was on track to win the runoff vote by 52 percent to 48 percent, with more…
Kyiv was hit by what appeared to be the largest drone attack on the city since the start of Russia’s war, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday (28 May) as the country’s capital prepared to celebrate the anniversary of its founding. Russia had targeted military and critical infrastructure facilities in the central regions of Ukraine, and…