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Mar 1, 2026 - World

After a heist and the departure of its boss, the French institution wrestles with water leaks, strikes and much-criticised plans for a €1bn renovationJust over a year ago, Laurence des Cars, the intellectually brilliant (if famously prickly) former head of the largest and most-visited museum in the world, wrote a somewhat alarming note to her boss, France’s culture minister.Des Cars, who on Tuesday resigned as president of the Louvre, lamented the advanced state of disrepair of the iconic museum’s buildings and galleries. Continue reading...

Mar 1, 2026 - World

Regional authorities withdraw permit after citing risk of organised crime infiltration linked to a subcontractorIt is one of Europe’s most celebrated shorelines, framed by mountains and 19th-century villas and famed for its Caribbean-blue water and white sand.But Mondello beach in Palermo, Sicily, has also been mired in controversy, the subject of complaints stretching back a century from residents and tourists who say its private lidos, cabins and deckchairs have left scant room for public access. Continue reading...

Mar 1, 2026 - World

The attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel has disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond

Mar 1, 2026 - World

A military expert flagged the "most troubling" part of President Donald Trump's decision to coordinate an attack on Iran with Israel on Saturday. Mark Hertling, retired commander of the U.S. Army Europe, argued in a new article for The Bulwark that Trump's "campaign" to bomb Iran's ballistic and nuclear missile facilities has an "apparent gap between strategy and action." That makes it hard for Trump's domestic and international allies to line up behind the decision, he added. "Hope is not a method," Hertling wrote. "A regime-change strategy without a phased-action plan is not a strategy at all. It’s an aspiration untethered from reality, and it will quickly lose support, either from the rest of the government or our citizens or both."Early Saturday morning, Trump posted a more than eight-minute video on his Truth Social account where he described the action against Iran as a "war" that sought to topple former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a brutal dictator who had ruled the country since 1989. Khamenei was killed in the assault, but what comes next appears less clear, Hertling argued. He added that the move could cause foreign nations to trust the U.S. less than they already do. A report by the Washington Post revealed that Trump's decision likely came at the behest of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."When U.S. policy appears driven by another state’s security priorities, even an ally’s, it complicates coalition-building," he wrote. "European partners may question whether they are being drawn into a regional conflict that does not align with their threat assessments. Gulf states may cooperate tactically while resisting deeper political alignment. In the long term, perceived policy capture—however inaccurate—erodes confidence in American strategic independence."Read the entire article by clicking here.

Mar 1, 2026 - World

Many Algerians mark Ramadan with prayer and shared meals, but rising prices make the holiday table hard to afford