France seeks EU review of Algeria’s alleged trade deal breaches
Paris accuses Algeria of blocking almost all French imports and halting urea shipments, and wants Brussels to examine possible measures.
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Margot Robbie joins Kristoffer Borgli’s A24 film The Week of Pain
Borgli will write and direct the film, with A24 financing and producing alongside Square Peg, Dilemma Films and Robbie’s LuckyChap.
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London exhibition explores Japan’s rebellious yankii fashion
The display features embroidered traditional garments and distinctive hairstyles associated with coming-of-age celebrations in Kitakyushu.
Crows outpace humans and monkeys in visual decision task
Two carrion crows responded in an average of 235 milliseconds, with accuracy approaching 100 percent when the visual signals were clear.
Fossils from China point to an amphibian that lived entirely at sea
Two skeletons dating back nearly 237 million years offer evidence of a marine lifestyle unknown among living amphibians, researchers say.
PhaSER wins $2.7 million Gates Foundation grant for drug research
The two-year award extends access to the Scottish biotech’s mouse models for researchers working on tuberculosis, malaria and other infectious diseases.
Garrack announces four Demon Slayer automatic watches
The Japan-made watches are planned for late November 2026, but prices, character designs and international availability remain unconfirmed.