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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans judge ordered actor Shia LaBeouf to return to drug and alcohol rehabilitation and set a $100,000 bond Thursday after the film star was charged with two counts of battery over an alleged assault outside a bar during Mardi Gras.LaBeouf, who appeared in court…

AN “EXPERIENCED” skydiver who tragically died while taking part in a wingsuit jump has been pictured – as his devastated family pay tribute. Chas McNeil, 49, was sadly pronounced dead at Dunkeswell Aerodrome, in Devon, on Saturday afternoon. Chas was described as highly experienced and had completed 10,000 jumps. Skydive…

Published on 27/02/2026 – 12:13 GMT+1•Updated 02/03/2026 – 8:01 GMT+1 Card payments are gaining ground among Europeans: they accounted for 57% of non-cash payments in 2025. Yet the EU’s level of dependency on foreign-owned payment schemes has never been higher. The non-interoperability of national payment schemes leaves 13 out of…

Listen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Follow Winter Olympic SportsPersonalize Your Feed Jon Cooper started practice roughly 26 hours before Canada’s first do-or-die moment at…

Published on 26/02/2026 – 14:04 GMT+1 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has proposed that a “fact-finding mission” be deployed to the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline to assess the damage caused last month by a Russian attack, which precipitated a halt in oil deliveries. “It is in the interest…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost transplants but also raises public confusion, researchers reported Thursday. What’s called donation after circulatory death,…

Israeli minister Gideon Sa’ar said Europe “does not have unified position” on what role it should play in Iran as European ministers sought to establish a joint approach Sunday. As Israel and the United States conducted a joint military strike on Iran, leading to the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah…

Published on 01/03/2026 – 15:58 GMT+1 The Belgian navy has intercepted and seized a tanker suspected of forming part of Russia’s shadow fleet, used to circumvent EU sanctions, Euronews has learned. The operation was carried out by the Belgian Ministry of Defence in the country’s exclusive economic zone. Authorities say…

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoAfter fleeing the inferno of war in el-Fasher in North Darfur State and travelling more than 1,600km (9,995 miles) to safety, Sanaa Ahmed thought the worst was behind her. But in the Al-Sarraf camp in eastern Sudan, she has faced suffering of a different kind.“We fled…

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoThe United States has said it will allow the resale of some Venezuelan oil to Cuba in a move that could ease the island’s acute fuel shortages, as neighbouring countries raised the alarm over a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation caused by Washington’s oil blockade.In a statement…