EPA The entire jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned just nine days before the inauguration of the prestigious art event, amid growing tensions over the return of Russia for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In a brief statement, the jury said it was acting in accordance with its previous decision not to consider countries "whose leaders are currently charged with crimes against humanity" for any prizes, meaning Russia and Israel.
The exhibition showcases art from
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There has been violence outside an Australian hospital where a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old girl was being treated.
Jefferson Lewis was arrested late on Thursday night local time in Alice Springs, after being seen by members of the local community and reportedly attacked.
Video shows dozens of people gathering outside the town's hospital, some throwing projectiles, with police using tear gas.
She had
Getty Images Prosecutors in California have filed a criminal charge against Britney Spears over her arrest last month for allegedly driving under the influence.
The pop star is facing one misdemeanour count of driving under the influence of any alcohol and drug. She was arrested on 4 March on a southern California highway after driving her BMW "erratically at a high rate of speed", authorities said.
Spears, 44, reportedly checked herself into a rehabilitation treatment facility afterwards. Her representatives have called the incident "completely inexcusable".
Her court
Reuters At least nine people, including two children, were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday, the health ministry said, as violence continues despite a ceasefire now in its second week.
The strikes - which Israel said were targeting Hezbollah infrastructure - also wounded 23 people, among them eight children and seven women, the ministry said.
Separately, Hezbollah said it had carried out attacks on Israeli forces
Getty Images Belgium's government has said it is planning to buy its nuclear reactors from French power giant Engie, in order to secure the country's energy supplies.
Prime Minister Bart De Wever said the deal would involve "a full takeover" of the nuclear fleet, including Belgium's seven ageing nuclear reactors.
The move would also mean suspending plans to decommission nuclear operations in Belgium.
"This government is choosing safe, affordable and sustainable energy, with less dependence on fossil fuel imports and more
Getty Images US lawmakers have voted to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ending a 76-day partial government shutdown over the federal agency's immigration enforcement operations.
Members of the US House of Representatives approved a Senate-passed bill via voice vote, sending it to President Donald Trump for signature on Thursday.
The DHS has continued to run without routine funds since 14 February, leading to major disruptions and hours-long wait times at airports across the US.
The measure reopens
Myanmar state TV The detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, the country's state media has reported.
The 80-year-old Nobel laureate has been held in detention - probably in a military prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw - since she was removed from office in a military coup in 2021.
A statement by military leader Min Aung Hlaing, who led the coup, said he had "
Amon Ngabo / BBC A man has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of four toddlers at a nursery school in Uganda's capital, Kampala, earlier this month.
On 2 April, Christopher Okello Onyum, 38, entered the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program and fatally stabbed the infants - Eteku Gideon, Keisha Agenorwoth, Sseruyange Ignatius and Odeke Ryan - all aged between one and two years old.
While capital punishment has not been abolished in Uganda, it is rarely carried
Reuters A trainee drove a bus into the River Seine after hitting a parked car and veering off the road on Thursday morning, officials have said.
The local transport authority told the BBC the driver was nearing the end of her "practical learning" during the incident in Juvisy-sur-Orge, some 20km (12 miles) south of Paris.
Drug and alcohol tests have come back negative,