David Walsh

David Walsh: A love letter to Manchester The humanity shown in adversity by his fellow Mancunians shows the way forward for a world confronted with terror, writes David Walsh

I don’t often go back to things I’ve written - and it’s been a while since I’ve reread this @scotsman.com column from my days as a cub reporter. 8 years to the day since the Manchester Arena attack, and I still feel this ode sums up how I feel about my home city www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

EU signals further sanctions on Belarus after Lukashenko election win Final votes are still being counted, and the result isn't expected to be released until later on Monday, but state television predicted Lukashenko would win with almost 88% of the vote. #EuropeNews

Update: results are still being counted but Lukashenko won - as expected - with around 88% of the vote in a highly dubious election.
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How colour pictures are bringing Auschwitz prisoners to life Digital colourist Marina Amaral, the woman behind the Faces of Auschwitz project, explains why her work colourising pictures of Auschwitz inmates is so vital, despite the toll it takes personally.

One of my first articles for @euronews.com was an interview with colourist @marinamaral.bsky.social about her crucial work bringing life to b+w Auschwitz prisoner photos. Today, on Holocaust Memorial Day, it’s more important than ever to remember #neveragain👇
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“Belarus is now a huge jail where millions of people are hostages and the regime is trying to control people through constant fear and detention,” she told me over a year ago in Lisbon. “Dictatorship is like cancer. Until you cut it to the last cell, it will spread and spread”.

Tech is 'a beacon of democracy' for Belarus, says Tsikhanouskaya Speaking to Euronews Next, Belarus' opposition leader reflected on human rights abuses in her homeland and technology's role in democracy.

As Belarus goes to the polls today in an election almost certain to guarantee “Europe’s last dictator” an extension to his rule, I wanted to reshare my interview with opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on continuing the fight for a free country 👇
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It’s rare to see me on the telebox but I very much enjoyed unpacking the ongoing TikTok saga with colleagues at Euronews Serbia yesterday. The surprise appearance of the Serbian phonetic spelling of my name was a bonus! 🤣

I think all the space-related travel for work this year has rubbed off on the Boy child 😂 This is his latest rocket-themed creation. Future astronaut?

Australia's world-first ban on social media for under 16s becomes law The proposed bill was passed by lawmakers in both chambers of the Australian parliament.

Some good news for a change!

Australia to introduce the world’s strictest law on social media access for minors 👏

Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads

In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

Sweden reissues WWII booklet to prepare Swedes for war in digital age Sweden has revived a wartime-era pamphlet and made it fit for the digital age to prepare its citizens for future crises.

A sign of the times.

A booklet first issued in 1940 has had a revamp to prepare Swedes for digital warfare with crises such as Internet and comms blackouts, cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns and so on 👇

EVs explained: How do electric cars actually work? Ever wondered how electric vehicles (EVs) work and what makes them different from the vehicles we drive today? Here’s everything you need to know.

🚗⚡️Ever wondered how electric vehicles (EVs) work and what makes them different from the vehicles we drive today? Here’s everything you need to know.

When will EVs and petrol cars cost the same to buy and run? As our new series The Switch continues, we look at how EVs may be cheaper to run but more expensive to buy, and ask if this is likely to change in the future.

And the second part touched on the issue of price parity with ICE cars.

Is balancing the higher cost of buying a new #EV against the lower expenses of running it worth it? 💰

Thinking of buying an EV? This is what you need to bear in mind In the first part of our new series, The Switch, we look at what you need to consider about buying an electric car before you start browsing vehicles.

And in case you missed the first instalments, I’ve got you covered!

Part one delved into the first questions you need to ask yourself before you get lost in the showrooms 🚙

The third part of our series #TheSwitch is out! 🙌🏻

⚡️ Covering all aspects of the transition from petrol/diesel cars to #EVs, the series hopes to dispel myths and help readers make informed choices thanks to the expertise of @gerherbert.bsky.social

Go check it out 👇

The 'Celtic curse,' the blood condition affecting the Irish diaspora Awareness about haemochromatosis - a genetic condition that also affects people from Scotland, Wales, England, and Brittany - is still relatively low.

Good to know that if like me, you have Irish genetics or heritage from any of the European countries with Celtic links, you’re potentially “cursed” 🥲😂

Sir Tim Berners-Lee on getting the web and AI to ‘work for you’ “It is really important that we realise this toxicity comes from the [social media] algorithms and you can change that,” the inventor of the World Wide Web told Euronews Next.

“It is really important that we realise this toxicity comes from the [social media] algorithms and you can change that,” the inventor of the World Wide Web told Euronews Next.

What’s the story? Am I fashionably late to this or what? #newbie