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Oktoberfest 2026: Everything you need to know

This year, AI will be used to manage overcrowded situations. Find all the numbers surrounding the fest — including the price of water!...

Sep 19, 2026
Ed Sheeran continues US tour amid Palestinian controversy

Pro-Palestinian protests are expected at Ed Sheeran's first gig since Macklemore was dropped from the tour. The US rapper shouted "Free Palestine" at ...

Sep 19, 2026
Rebels, workers, radicals: The making of 'Red Berlin'

Bloody May, student sit-ins and the squatter movement: Berlin has long been a hotbed for working-class organizing and radical left-wing politics....

Sep 19, 2026
Oktoberfest opens as crowds race for best beer tent spots

Thousands of visitors have streamed onto Munich's Oktoberfest grounds as the world-famous beer festival gets underway. Some spent the night outside th...

Sep 19, 2026
US court rejects Trump policy on third-country deportations

The Trump administration has deported more than 25,000 people to countries other than their own. Now a federal appeals court has put the brakes on the...

Sep 19, 2026
India news: British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal granted bail after 9 years in detention

Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been granted bail after more than eight years without conviction. Meanwhile, India swapped its male flagbearer fo...

Sep 19, 2026
Russia votes for new parliament in controlled elections

Russia is holding its first State Duma election since invading Ukraine, with voting also imposed in occupied Ukrainian regions. President Vladimir Put...

Sep 19, 2026
Germany news: Campaigns wrap up in two state elections

Parties are campaigning for a last day ahead of polls in Mecklenburg-Vorpomerania and Berlin. And an association responsible for German sea ports says...

Sep 19, 2026
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: SPD seeks to fend off AfD

For nearly three decades, the Social Democrats have governed Germany's northeastern state. If they can fend off the AfD, the result may boost the fort...

Sep 19, 2026
Pakistan: Suicide bombing death toll rises to at least 31

More than 100 others have been injured in the militant attack on a police headquarters near the border with Afghanistan. Several militants were still ...

Sep 19, 2026
Ever more Israelis moving to and investing in Cyprus

Over the past three years, more and more Israelis have been purchasing property and investing in Cyprus, with many moving to the island permanently. H...

Sep 19, 2026
Cuba faces another nationwide blackout amid US fuel blockade

Millions were left without electricity as Cuba's aging power grid collapsed under the weight of fuel shortages, deteriorating infrastructure and US sa...

Sep 19, 2026

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