Børge Brende admitted dining with the convicted sex offender on three occasions between 2018 and 2019
The boss of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has quit following criticism of his connections to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Børge Brende said he will step down as president and chief executive after more than eight years leading the body, which is best known for its annual meeting held each January in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos.
Continue reading...Interim manager: ‘Now it’s a question of life and death’
Fulham clash is ‘not time to think about performance’
Igor Tudor says the salvage operation he has taken on at Tottenham is tougher than he envisaged and is most likely his hardest job in management.
The interim coach, who is preparing for Sunday’s Premier League trip to Fulham, has worked with his new squad since the beginning of last week, having replaced the sacked Thomas Frank. Tudor lost his first game 4-1 at home to Arsenal on Sunday, which left Spurs four points above the relegation zone.
Continue reading...Neve Campbell, Kevin Williamson and Courtney Cox return for another Ghostface whodunnit that is messy but mostly entertaining
Whether you love or hate the Scream franchise, it’s hard at this stage not to at least respect it. Even without the subterranean bar set by other lazy slasher sequels (stalk, stab, repeat, yawn) it’s a series that has now been around for 30 years and tasked itself with extending an ongoing narrative of insanely convoluted soap, finding new ways to comment on the horror genre and appealing to a savvier generation of younger fans (the sixth film managed to be the highest-grossing in the US). If nothing has rivalled the 1996 original, it’s still hard to argue that there’s been an objectively bad Scream movie, even at the franchise’s less effective moments, there’s been a buzz of effort and energy present.
The run continues, albeit with perhaps more notes than usual, with Scream 7, a scrappy, passably entertaining new chapter that limps to the screen with wounds on show. The original plan had been to continue the story of the Carpenter sisters, introduced in 2022’s hit relaunch, but after the shameful firing of star Melissa Barrera who dared to speak out about Israel-Gaza, it was back to the drawing board. Said drawing board was then just a headshot of Neve Campbell, the original Scream queen, and a bunch of dollar signs next to it as the actor had rightfully turned down the sixth film over what she said was a lowball offer. Some seven million reasons to rejoin later (according to reports) and she’s back front and centre, along with many amusing “why weren’t you in New York?” references, and with some familiar, and confusing, old friends.
Continue reading...‘Dynasty: The Murdochs’ will debut on the streamer on 13 March
The real-world drama that is said to have inspired the hit HBO show Succession is set for its own four-part series when Netflix debuts Dynasty: The Murdochs on 13 March.
The docuseries, based on thousands of pages of documents, emails and text messages, presents an exhaustive history of Rupert Murdoch’s rise while homing in on the tensions that have built for decades between him, his chosen heir Lachlan, and Rupert’s three other adult children: James Murdoch, Elisabeth Murdoch and Prudence MacLeod.
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De Amerikaanse minister van Defensie dreigt Anthropic met uitzonderlijk zware straffen als dit AI-bedrijf het Pentagon niet de vrije hand geeft bij het gebruik van zijn AI-model Claude. Beide partijen in dit conflict voeren principiële argumenten aan.
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Digitale geletterdheid is een basisvaardigheid die kinderen op school moeten leren. Terwijl leerlingen AI-tools als ChatGPT volop gebruiken, proberen docenten en bestuurders de technologische ontwikkelingen bij te benen. „Je moet geen dataslaaf worden.”
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DEN HAAG (ANP) - Jesse Klaver is niet onder de indruk van het standpunt dat Rob Jetten (D66) als premier inneemt over de situatie in de Gazastrook. "Dit had Dick Schoof ook kunnen zeggen, zij het dat de heer Jetten dat veel eloquenter doet", aldus de leider van GroenLinks-PvdA bij het debat over de regeringsverklaring.
Jetten reageerde dat zijn kabinet al extra stappen wil zetten. Hij noemde bijvoorbeeld dat de steun aan de voor de Palestijnen belangrijke hulporganisatie UNRWA wordt hervat.
Woensdag bleek tijdens de eerste helft van het debat dat D66 liever meer stelling had genomen in het coalitieakkoord. Fractieleider Jan Paternotte gaf toe dat hij graag had gezien dat de Palestijnse staat werd erkend, maar de coalitiepartijen het daarover niet eens werden.
Verschillende Kamerleden benoemden dat Jetten voordat hij premier werd bij de demonstratie was geweest, waarin werd geëist om een rode lijn te trekken tegen Israël. Stephan van Baarle van DENK had zelfs een foto daarvan meegenomen.
VEGHEL (ANP) - Supermarktconcern Jumbo sluit niet uit dat het ooit schade zal verhalen op Frits van Eerd. De voormalige topman van het bedrijf werd vorig jaar tot twee jaar cel veroordeeld voor omkoping, valsheid in geschrifte en witwassen. De rechter stelde in het vonnis dat Van Eerd ook Jumbo benadeelde bij die strafbare feiten.
"Jumbo behoudt zich het recht voor om eventuele schade te verhalen, als definitief zou blijken dat Jumbo is benadeeld", schrijft Jumbo in zijn jaarverslag. Het bedrijf wil zo'n eventuele schadeprocedure tegen Van Eerd, telg uit de ondernemersfamilie achter Jumbo, "op passende wijze en vertrouwelijk" afwikkelen.
Tijdens het strafproces werd duidelijk dat Van Eerd van medeverdachte Theo E. gratis of voor minder dan de marktprijs waardevolle spullen kreeg, zoals luxe gereedschapskisten, crossmotoren en een dieplader. De rechter stelde vast dat Van Eerd in sommige gevallen via vervalste sponsorcontracten betaalde met geld van Jumbo voor privéaankopen.
Het is niet alleen hier heerlijk weer, in een groot deel van Europa lijkt de winter eindelijk voorbij. Zo is het in de Pyreneeën maar liefst 28 graden en tikt het kwik in de Alpen meer dan 20 graden aan. Maar dat is niet zonder gevaar.
In het bekende skioord Chamonix was het 21,1 graden. Dat is de hoogste temperatuur ooit gemeten. Gemiddeld is het in een groot deel van West-Europa 10 tot 15 graden warmer dan normaal. "Er zijn echt records gebroken op verschillende plekken in Europa", aldus meteoroloog Maurice Middendorp van Buienradar bij RTL Nieuws.
In de Alpen vriest het pas op 3000 meter hoogte. Dus zelfs de bergtoppen zijn niet zeker van vrieskou. "In de nachten wordt het wel onder 0, maar desondanks wordt het steeds moeilijker om de pistes begaanbaar te houden", vertelt de meteoroloog.
Daarnaast is er eerder juist heel veel sneeuw gevallen. Dat zorgt voor een verraderlijke situatie, waarbij het warme weer de kans op lawines vergroot. Eergisteren was er in Chamonix nog een grote lawine. Gelukkig bleven skiërs ongedeerd, maar het scheelde niet veel.
Doordat de bovenste laag sneeuw smelt, wordt de onderlaag minder stabiel, waardoor lawines kunnen ontstaan. "Hogere temperaturen zorgen dus voor meer kans op lawines", legt Middendorp uit.
Bron: RTL Nieuws
DEN HAAG (ANP) - Minister-president Rob Jetten (D66) heeft niet expliciet gezegd dat minister van Buitenlandse Handel en zijn partijgenoot Sjoerd Sjoerdsma naar China kan voor handelsmissies. De vraag is relevant, omdat Sjoerdsma in dat land nog op een sanctielijst zou staan. "Hij kan een belangrijke rol vervullen", zei Jetten.
"Het voltallige kabinet zet zich in voor een goede relatie met China. Als er sprake is van handelsmissies, zullen leden van het kabinet daarbij aanwezig zijn", bleef Jetten vaag, nadat Joost Eerdmans (JA21) specifiek had gevraagd of Sjoerdsma naar China zou kunnen.
De minister is in 2021 op de Chinese sanctielijst gezet, omdat hij als toenmalig Tweede Kamerlid een motie indiende waarin wordt uitgesproken dat in China genocide plaatsvindt tegen de Oeigoeren. Volgens Eerdmans is dat een te grote belemmering voor Sjoerdsma om handelsminister te worden.
MOSKOU (ANP/RTR) - De Russische autoriteiten willen de populaire berichtenapp Telegram mogelijk vanaf begin april blokkeren, meldt het Russische nieuwsmedium RBC. Het land noemt de app een platform voor illegale en extremistische inhoud.
Telegram zelf ontkent en zegt dat de regering burgers dwingt om berichtenapp MAX te gebruiken, die in handen is van de staat.
Volgens RBC zal Telegram vanaf april alleen nog beschikbaar zijn aan het front in Oekraïne. Militaire bronnen gaven aan dat de Russische troepen afhankelijk zijn van de app. Niet alleen om met hun familie thuis te communiceren, maar ook voor operationele doeleinden.
De Russische inlichtingendienst claimde eerder dat buitenlandse inlichtingendiensten, inclusief die van Oekraïne, berichten kunnen zien en gebruiken voor onder meer militaire doeleinden. Het land kondigde dinsdag aan onderzoek te doen naar oprichter Pavel Doerov vanwege terrorismebeschuldigingen.
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers (free WSJ piece at MSN). “Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in.”
Shakyasom Majumder has added a photo to the pool:
After more than two decades as a commercial textile designer, often working digitally, Amy Gross was drawn to making something that felt more immediate and tactile. “I started making beaded jewelry, something I could hold and feel,” she tells Colossal.
The beading techniques gradually merged with canvases, which over time became more three-dimensional. They were “less about adornment and more about personal stories I felt I needed to tell,” she says. These eventually became sculptural objects, representative of the natural world that has long been a source of wonder and curiosity for the artist.
Gross’ imaginative compositions of flora, fungi, and sometimes even fauna tap into her fascination with scale. In her practice, it’s “not about size, it’s about what is most important to you,” she says. “It’s how we see and think and remember.” Beads, thread, yarn, and paper transform into otherworldly, miniature biomes.
The artist focuses on mushrooms, roots, leaves, blossoms, and tiny critters as a meditation on our planet’s smallest denizens. She also incorporates motifs evocative of elements we typically can’t comprehend with the naked eye, such as spores, pollen, viruses, molecules, and cells. “To my mind’s eye, they are of equal importance,” she says. “The health of the world we see is deeply dependent on the health of the tiniest elements.”
Gross’ work is currently on view in two shows at Momentum Gallery in Asheville, which also represents the artist. In late 2027, her work will be included in a group exhibition at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts, and one of her sculptures will be featured in a forthcoming book published by Phaidon about fungi. See more of the artist’s work on Instagram.
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Until now.
You know those mysterious emails we’ve been sending? The cryptic hints, the “something big is coming” energy? Well, the wait is over. Welcome MODE by Flickr—an immersive three-day photography festival coming to Minneapolis September 18-20, 2026.
For over 20 years, Flickr has connected photographers around the world — sharing work, building community, and proving that the lens is one of humanity’s most powerful tools. But there’s something that only happens when we’re together in person. Call it energy. Call it a vibe. The kind of spontaneous, face-to-face moment that can’t be recreated behind a keyboard.
So we did something never done before. We built MODE. MODE isn’t a conference. MODE isn’t a meetup. It’s a photographer’s playground — where you’ll rub elbows with your heroes, make new friends, and improve your craft all at once. Think live music, hands-on workshops, photowalks, darkroom sessions, lectures with your heroes, and so much more. MODE brings photography from behind the screen and into the scene.
Over the past year, we’ve had the privilege of spending meaningful time in Minneapolis while working alongside local partners to bring MODE festival to life. Throughout that time, this community has shown us what resilience, creativity, and togetherness look like. The city continues to navigate complex and defining moments in its history, and what we’ve witnessed is an unwavering commitment to connection, culture, and care for one another.
Every visit, every introduction, and every conversation reinforced why Minneapolis felt like the right home for MODE. There is a warmth here that is unmistakable, an enthusiasm for the arts, a spirit of collaboration, and a belief that creativity can help bring people closer together. Together with the city and its creative community, we’re building something bigger than a festival: a gathering place for artists, photographers, storytellers, and curious minds in one of the most culturally alive cities in the country.
And yes, Minneapolis in September is chef’s kiss. The city pulses with a thriving arts scene, incredible historic venues across downtown, and a community that knows how to celebrate creativity with heart and authenticity. With the support of Mayor Jacob Frey and city leaders, MODE will take over multiple iconic spaces throughout the weekend, bringing artists and audiences together across the city.
As Mayor Frey shared, MODE represents an opportunity to bring new energy to local streets, support small businesses, and create meaningful opportunities for artists, vendors, and residents alike. We couldn’t agree more. That shared belief is exactly why we’re so excited to welcome the global creative community to Minneapolis this September.
Minneapolis is a city that’s practically buzzing with creative energy. Whether your scene is food, fashion, dance, or architecture, you’ll find a rich community that can’t wait to welcome you and show you what this city is made of. And among those passionate creatives are our personal faves: the photographers documenting every memorable moment.
In this film, we take you through the streets, studios, and spaces that make this city unlike anywhere else. Because before the workshops, the keynotes, and the photo walks kick off this September, we wanted you to feel what’s waiting for you here.
We’ve organized MODE around seven thematic pillars, each representing a different expression of photography:
Change – World-shifting storytelling and photojournalism
Next – Emerging tools, technology, and the future of the craft
Money – The business side of photography
Motion – Video, moving images, and everything in between
Culture – Music, fashion, food, and the moments that define us
IRL – Analog processes, film, and tangible photography
Earth – Outdoor, environmental, and conservation photography
Whether you’re a street photographer, a landscape shooter, a portrait artist, or someone who just loves taking photos of their dog, there’s something at MODE for you.
Leading this year’s festival as MODE’s Artist-in-Residence is Brooke Shaden – a fine art photographer and storyteller whose ethereal, cinematic self-portraits blur the line between photography and painting. Brooke will be embedded throughout the weekend, bringing her singular creative vision to workshops, conversations, and collaborative moments across all three days.
Taking the keynote stage are photographers who have shaped the way we see the world: Chris Burkard, who has spent his career pushing into the planet’s most remote and extreme environments; Keith Ladzinski, an award-winning photographer and filmmaker who follows humanity’s most extraordinary pursuits; and Jimmy Steinfeldt, an iconic rock photographer and Minneapolis native whose career behind the lens spans decades and legends.
MODE’s programming spans every genre and discipline in photography. Attendees will hear from legendary portrait and fine art photographer Sandro Miller, celebrated for his masterful command of lighting and iconic visual storytelling; Polly Irungu, founder of Black Women Photographers and a leading voice advancing equity and representation in the industry; and documentary photographer and visual storyteller Penny De Los Santos, renowned for her immersive work exploring food, culture, and identity around the world. The full lineup is growing – Check out the lineup
MODE isn’t just about photography, it’s about creating an entirely original and unrepeatable experience that reflects who we are as a community. That means:
MODE is built with the same care and intention that goes into everything we do at Flickr, and that includes the planet: MODE is 1% for the Planet certified
Early Bird passes are on sale now and availability is limited.
Flickr Pro members receive exclusive festival perks, including access to a dedicated Pro Lounge and early access to workshops throughout the event.
View pass options and pricing at modefestival.com
More speakers, workshops, and musical acts will be rolled out in the coming months.
On Flickr: Join the MODE group
Also, follow us on; Instagram: @modebyflickr TikTok: @modebyflickr Threads: @modebyflickr
