The New Glenn rocket of Blue Origin, owned by US billionaire Jeff Bezos, exploded during a firing test of the engines on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida.
The Louvre robbery, which became one of the most high-profile crime stories in France in the fall of 2025, will get a film adaptation. French director Romain Gavras is working on a feature film inspired by the audacious theft of royal jewels that took place on October 19, 2025 in one of the world’s most famous museums.
Russian universities may return to the practice of oral defense of diplomas amid the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, said that traditional written work is becoming less and less reflective of students’ real knowledge, as modern AI services are able to create high-level texts in a matter of minutes.
The company introduced paid subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp – Instagram Plus, Facebook Plus and WhatsApp Plus. In parallel, the company is testing tariffs for authors, businesses and users of AI services.
Hungary’s parliament has canceled the decision on the country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, abandoning former Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s course of breaking with the ICC. 133 deputies of his Tisza party voted in favor of the initiative of the new head of government Péter Magyar, while 37 Fidesz representatives opposed it.
The British edition presented a list of the 100 best novels of all time, prepared with the participation of more than 170 writers, literary critics and critics from around the world. Stephen King, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Colm Toibin and Ian McEwan took part in the project. Each expert was asked to name the ten greatest novels published in English and then rank them in order of importance. On the basis of these votes, the editorial team compiled a final ranking.
At Roland Garros, Naomi Osaka’s 6:3, 7:6 victory over Germany’s Laura Siegemund in the opening match was overtaken by a few minutes after the final draw. The main topic of the day was not the Japanese tennis player’s sports performance, but her appearance on the court in a gold dress embroidered with sequins.
An ad seeking shepherds in remote areas in northern China has suddenly gone viral on social media, garnering tens of millions of views and sparking a debate about the state of the country’s labor market.
The European Commission has unveiled the ‘One Trip, One Ticket’ initiative, which could significantly change rail travel across Europe by removing one of the key problems for passengers – the need to buy tickets from different operators for the same route.
Romania’s Culture Minister Andras Istvan Demeter resigned on Monday, May 25, following the scandal caused by the publication of an audio recording in which he reportedly makes harsh remarks about “national interests.”
It refers to the 2013 intergovernmental agreement under which Russia indefinitely canceled export duties on supplies of natural gas, oil products and rough diamonds to Armenia. The letter says that Moscow may suspend the document or denounce it unilaterally if Yerevan continues its course of integration with the EU.
Jonathan Andik, the son of Mango’s founder, has temporarily stepped down as vice president of the company after being implicated in the investigation into the death of his father, billionaire Isak Andik. In a statement to employees, he said he intends to focus on defending his innocence.
The Wertheimer family, which controls Chanel, has received dividend payments that could exceed $21 billion over the past decade, cementing the family’s position as one of the wealthiest dynasties in the luxury industry amid a slowdown in the sector.
Iran’s national soccer team will move its training base for the 2026 World Cup from the United States to Mexico’s Tijuana. The decision has been approved by FIFA, said Mehdi Taj, head of the Iranian soccer federation.
Tehran has once again sharpened its oil rhetoric amid a new round of conflict with Washington. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesman for the Iranian military command, said that continued U.S. strikes in the Middle East could trigger a sharp jump in global oil prices.
Negotiations between American cosmetics giant Estée Lauder and Spanish group Puig, which could have led to the creation of a luxury beauty holding company worth about $40 billion, broke down at the very last moment – after several months of almost finalized work on the deal.
The company has unveiled its first all-electric car, the Ferrari Luce. The premiere of the model marks the brand’s entry into the electric car segment amid uncertainty in an industry where the traditional “engine sound” is no longer a must.
The arrest of an archaeologist who discovered the alleged remains of the legendary d’Artagnan has turned a historical sensation into a high-profile scandal in the Netherlands. At the center of the conflict was 74-year-old Wim Deikman – a former city archaeologist of Maastricht, who devoted more than four decades to excavations. It was he who participated in the discovery of a skeleton under the church of St. Peter and Paul, which many historians hope to link to Charles de Batz de Castelmore – the real prototype of the hero of Alexandre Dumas’ novel “The Three Musketeers”.
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has approved one of the most controversial projects of President Donald Trump’s administration – the construction of a giant triumphal arch next to Arlington National Cemetery – despite a wave of criticism from veterans, historians and community organizations.
Italian fashion holding Benetton continues to emerge from the protracted crisis, which has become one of the worst for the company in recent decades. At the end of 2025, the group managed to significantly reduce losses and come close to financial balance.
