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EU could hit X with fine before 2025 ends
EU could hit X with fine before 2025 ends

The European Union could fine Elon Musk's X platform for breaking its digital rules by the end of 2025 -- two years into a probe that has tested the bloc's resolve to police the online space.

November 27, 2025

Most Asian markets track latest Wall St rally as rate bets rise
Most Asian markets track latest Wall St rally as rate bets rise

Most Asian markets rose Thursday to extend the week's global rally as traders ramp up bets on a third successive US interest rate cut next month.

November 27, 2025

Naively brilliant: Serbia's world-famous village painters
Naively brilliant: Serbia's world-famous village painters

Pavel Hajko never tires of painting roosters. Inside his home studio in Kovacica -- a sleepy town in northern Serbia famous for its style of naive art -- the brightly coloured creatures cover the walls.

November 27, 2025

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Kharkiv's lute-playing publisher champions 'cultural resistance'
Kharkiv's lute-playing publisher champions 'cultural resistance'

With his eyes closed, Oleksandr Savchuk plucks the strings on his bandura, a lute-like Ukrainian folk instrument, as he delivers a gently melancholic performance in the frontline city of Kharkiv.

November 27, 2025

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Beer giant Asahi not engaging with hackers after cyberattack
Beer giant Asahi not engaging with hackers after cyberattack

Japanese beer giant Asahi said Thursday it had not received any specific demand from the hackers behind a "sophisticated and cunning" cyberattack that is about to enter its third month.

November 27, 2025