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10+ min ago (335+ words) Nemo, the artist who won the 2024 Eurovision, announced Thursday he would return the trophy in protest of Israel's inclusion in the contest. The Swiss artist was the contest's first-ever winner who claims to be non-binary posted Dec. 11 on Instagram to tell the public why he was no longer interested in keeping the trophy. "Even though I'm immensely grateful or the community around this contest and everything this experience has taught me both as a person and artist, today I no longer feel this trophy belongs on my shelf," Nemo wrote. "Eurovision says it stands for unity, inclusion, and dignity for all," Nemo continued. "Those values made this contest meaningful to me." "But Israel's continued participation, during what the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry has concluded to be a genocide, shows a clear conflict between those ideals and the decisions…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago (109+ words) We would like to hear from young people who have left the UK in recent months "or are planning to do so Young people are leaving the UK in high numbers and we'd like to find out more about the reasons why. Is it about finding a better salary abroad or concerns about rising costs and tax in the UK? How did you choose where to move? How have you found the experience? You can tell us your experience of moving abroad using this form. For more information, please see our guidance on contacting us via WhatsApp. For fully anonymous communication please use our Secure Messaging service instead....

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (365+ words) iOS 26.2 is the next major iPhone update, and its launch appears imminent. There are lots of new features coming in the release, including these four changes I've been using almost every day. Daily puzzle games, recipes and cooking mode, and dedicated sports and politics hubs are all among my favorite additions. And in iOS 26.2, Apple has revamped navigation in the News app to make its various offerings easy to access. At the top of the Today tab, you'll now find quick links to Puzzles, Food, Politics, and more. These sections used to be buried inside the over-cluttered "Following' tab. But it's been great having them more accessible, so I can now open my daily crossword with ease. I love when podcasts offer chapters. They provide a helpful overview of everything an episode will cover, and allow listeners to skip to…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago (462+ words) En un video de Instagram, Nemo sostuvo la presea de cristal en forma de micr'fono y expres': "hoy ya no siento que este trofeo deba estar en mi estante. "Eurovisi'n dice que representa la unidad, la inclusi'n y la dignidad para todas las personas, afirm' Nemo en la publicaci'n del jueves, a'adiendo que la participaci'n de Israel, dado su manejo de la guerra contra Ham's en Gaza, muestra que esos ideales est'n en desacuerdo con las decisiones de los organizadores. "Respetamos las opiniones profundamente arraigadas que Nemo ha expresado y siempre ser'n una parte valiosa de la familia del Festival de la Canci'n de Eurovisi'n, a'adi'. El cantante no binario gan' el concurso en mayo de 2024 con la oda pop-oper'tica "The Code. Cinco pa'ses han anunciado que boicotear'n el concurso de 2026 despu's de que los organizadores se negaran a expulsar…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago (864+ words) BOUNCING down Benidorm's strip on an inflatable horse, a wall of 15 Popeyes hurtles past me. Party hits blast from a DJ on stage in the packed street as a man with a dartboard painted on his face dances around two nuns on a mobility scooter. This is Benidorm's annual British Fancy Dress Party and it's the most unhinged, brilliant thing I've ever witnessed. Every second or third Thursday in November, Spain's Brit-favourite resort hosts Europe's biggest fancy-dress gathering " part Rio Carnival, part hen do on steroids " and this year it attracted 30,000 Brits for a day and night of parades, fireworks and mayhem. But the Fancy Dress Party isn't your average Benidorm knees-up. Having exploded in popularity since its beginnings in the 1990s, it's the grand finale of Benidorm's annual November Fiestas " a week of parades, fireworks, religious and cultural celebrations, concerts…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago (936+ words) JERUSALEM " The Palestinians needed a win. Not on the battlefield, or at the United Nations, or in The Hague " but on the soccer field. For the first time, the Palestinian national soccer team had made it into the quarterfinals of the Arab Cup, a regional tournament dating back to 1963. And on Thursday night, in packed cafes in Cairo, restaurants in Ramallah in the West Bank, hookah bars in Arab towns in Israel and even in tents in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, Palestinians were out together, riding the emotional roller-coaster of watching their team fight for its survival against an opponent with a much stronger record. For many watching the game, the parallels with other struggles were inescapable. "We didn't win the war, but maybe we can win the match," said Muhammad Abu Erjaila, 24, a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip now…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago (344+ words) Friday, December 12th | 22 Kislev 5786 Casey Wasserman, the Jewish-American chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, visited Israel for the first time ever this week and spoke about security measures being taken for the Olympic Games in two years. Wasserman, who is also the CEO of a sports and entertainment agency he founded in 2002, arrived in Israel for a three-day visit as the guest of honor of the Olympic Committee of Israel. He concluded his trip on Thursday by speaking at the annual year-end ceremony for Israel's Olympic Committee in Tel Aviv. On stage, Wasserman said security, particularly for the Israeli delegation but also all Olympic athletes, is his "number one concern." Olympic organizers are partnering with the US federal government on security and there will be a "very meaningful present show of force" at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles,…...

3+ hour, 34+ min ago (412+ words) Spain is experiencing an unexpected shift in migration patterns, as increasing numbers of its residents are packing up for life in the'United Kingdom, even as the once-large British population in Spain continues to decline. The change has caught many off guard, with thousands of Spaniards trading Mediterranean staples for life in British cities and a taste of traditional pub culture. Recent official data indicate that the British community in Spain has decreased by 2.2% over the past year, resulting in a total of around 400,000. In contrast, the Spanish population in the UK has risen to roughly 200,000, with about 7,000 newcomers arriving in recent months alone. The rise has been steady for several years and shows no sign of slowing. A significant share of these movers are young professionals who have found it difficult to secure stable work at home. The UK continues…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago (305+ words) Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has challenged Frenkie de Jong to get back into the starting XI, with Eric Garcia having featured there of late. The Dutchman has been a fixture in midfield for Hansi Flick when fit, but Garcia's performances in recent weeks have raised questions about perhaps altering his starting status. De Jong missed two games through illness in the last two weeks, but despite returning to fitness, has not returned to the starting XI. "Right now, with Eric as a central midfielder, the team has been functioning very well. I want to maintain that stability, although I'm not sure. It's important that they recover well, and we'll decide tomorrow. It could be that Eric will play as the number 6." This week Eric Garcia signed a fresh contract with the club until 2031, and has arguably been their most consistent player…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago (428+ words) Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ever sequenced. But many of 2025s biggest discoveries also came from classic excavations. In Belize, a dig at a pyramid at Caracol unearthed a chamber containing a royal Maya burial. Near Egypts Valley of the Kings, archaeologists unearthed the last missing tomb of an 18th-Dynasty pharaoh. Taken together, they hint at how much human history still lies hidden'in deep waters, dense jungles, and desert sands'waiting to be found. Here are some of the most interesting and exciting findings in archaeology from 2025. For nearly 40 years, archaeologists Arlen and Diane Chase from the University of Houston have excavated the ancient Maya structures of Caracol in the jungles of modern-day Belize. This year they announced one of their biggest finds yet: a 1,700-year-old royal tomb dating…...