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The first look at Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season four is here. The footage has plenty of dramatic intensity and emphasizes a season full of action-adventure. The trailer strikes a rather different tone than the marketing for the last couple of seasons, which have played up stunt-y episodes like a musical episode and an animated crossover. The fourth season of SNW premieres July 23 on Paramount+ and will consist of 10 episodes. In season four of the Paramount+ Original Series, “the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise embark on a series of thrilling and emotional adventures across the stars. As…

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Daily Newsletter The artist’s stirring commencement speech at RISD, the best art shows in NYC this summer, and can you really have friendships in the art world? “Beauty and poetics carry weight. They are how human beings have always processed what is unbearable, imagined what is not yet possible, and kept alive the sense that something else could exist.” These beautiful words belong to artist Julie Mehretu, who delivered the commencement address to the Rhode Island School of Design class of 2026. Today, we’re publishing the full speech, courtesy of the artist. It’s a great read, even if your college…

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Published on 16/06/2026 – 16:03 GMT+2•Updated 16:04 The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to lift the immunity of the Italian MEP Fulvio Martusciello, who is part of an investigation by Belgian prosecutors on alleged corruption and illicit lobbying by Chinese tech company Huawei. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the secret-ballot vote on Tuesday, 344 MEPs voted in favour of lifting his immunity, while 234 were against and 25 abstained. Martusciello, a member of the European People’s Party (EPP), is believed to have been the promoter of a letter signed by eight MEPs in 2021, urging the EU Commission not ban the use…

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Maná, Plácido Domingo and Alejandro Fernández – some of the most renowned names in Spanish-language music – will perform live in the host city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, as part of the state’s strategy to turn the city into one of the main celebration hubs of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.  Maná and Alejandro Fernández are set to perform at La Minerva, a Guadalajara monument where thousands of fans have historically gathered to celebrate titles, championships and important victories of the local team (Chivas) and Mexico’s national team (El Tri).  Meanwhile, Plácido Domingo’s concert will take place in a more intimate…

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Global central banks are removing gold from vaults in London and New York as they become more skittish about storing bullion outside their own borders, according to a new survey.The central banks of India and France are among those that have relocated huge volumes of gold out of the US and UK in the past year to store more domestically — part of a trend of the institutions bringing bullion home and also diversifying the storage location of their reserves.For years, central banks have been increasing their holdings of gold, which recently surpassed US Treasuries to become the world’s top…

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It’s been two years since Walter Salles’s Oscar-winning “I’m Still Here” catapulted Rio de Janeiro to screens all over the world, and momentum has continued to build thanks to coordinated efforts by RioFilme. The municipal film and audiovisual agency of Rio de Janeiro has ramped up investment in the city’s audiovisual industry, supporting projects that now bring the city’s name all over the world.  And the agency is reaping what they sowed, with RioFilme having backed three films set to play at this year’s high-profile Shanghai Film Festival: Alan Minas’s “Luiza’s Desert” (“O Deserto de Luiza”) in main competition; Eliza…

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The New York rap group helped to celebrate the Knicks’ championship victory by revisiting Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan performed a medley of two songs, “Bring Da Ruckus” and “C.R.E.A.M.,” on The Tonight Show to help celebrate the Knicks‘ big win. Appearing on the late-night show ahead of their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame later this year, the Staten Island group donned Knicks gear and repeatedly shouted out to New York City during their performance. Both tracks come off the band’s iconic 1993 effort Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Wu-Tang Clan stopped by The…

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The World Cup on Tuesday features tournament heavyweights Argentina and France, who are beginning their campaigns.France, the 2018 World Cup winners, take on Senegal in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in a repeat of their famous opener in the 2002 edition while Lionel Messi’s reigning champions Argentina face Algeria in Kansas City, Missouri. In Tuesday’s other matches, Norway return to the World Cup for the first time in 28 years against Iraq, and Austria meet Jordan in the day’s final fixture.Away from the games, Cape Verde are still celebrating their historic draw with Spain while Iraq’s return to the tournament has…

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It’s a season of firsts for Troy baseball, some more inauspicious than others. First appearance in super regionals. First College World Series appearance. And on a broader scale, first 30-loss team to make the College World Series.Troy competed in the brutal Sun Belt, headlined by Hattiesburg Regional hosts Southern Miss. Though the Golden Eagles were bounced without winning a game, the Trojans were able to survive Gainesville by way of 26 runs over two games against the Gators to make it out of the loser’s bracket and get to supers. From there, they drubbed Little Rock by a combined score…

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A mayor in the southern state of Oaxaca was murdered on Saturday, weeks after his request for protection from state authorities went unmet. Joel Ángel Bravo Martínez, mayor of the Mixtec region municipality of San Miguel Amatitlán in northern Oaxaca, was shot dead by armed men who broke into his home, according to media reports. The Oaxaca Attorney General’s Office (FGEO) said in a statement on Saturday that it was investigating the homicide. “Multidisciplinary teams, made up of members of the State Investigation Agency (AEI) and personnel from the Institute of Forensic Services, were deployed to the scene to conduct…

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