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The number of Asian countries that have lined up to participate in the first edition of Eurovision, the world’s longest-running international music competition, on the continent.
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Hard number: Eurovision expands to Asia

The number of Asian countries that have lined up to participate in the first edition of Eurovision, the world’s longest-running international music competition, on the continent.

​Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on December 4, 2025.
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Daylight and complaints in Honduras’ election, Eurovision boycott, ICE arrests, India interest rate cuts

​President Joe Biden at an event with Kamala Harris on lowering drug costs for America.
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HARD NUMBERS: Biden diagnosed with cancer, Russian drones hammer Ukraine, Israeli forces enter Gaza, Pope Leo gets political, UK and EU are friends again, Austria wins Eurovision

Former US President Joe Biden, 82, diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. Trump and Harris send well wishes as treatment options are reviewed.

US President Donald Trump on the cover of a newspaper in Tehran, Iran, on May 11, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: US and Iran near mini-deal, Europe election extravaganza, Diss tracks at Eurovision

US and Iran on the brink of a "mini-deal" on nukes, while Europe gears up for a weekend of elections and Eurovision glitter and geopolitics.

KAJ performing Bara Bada Bastu for Sweden at the First Semi-Final in St. Jakobshalle
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At Eurovision 2025: Glitter, geopolitics, and a sauna diss track

Europe’s glitter-soaked, pyrotechnic-powered, music competition fever dream – otherwise known as the Eurovision Song Contest – takes place Saturday in Basel, Switzerland at 9pm CEST (3pm ET). It’s part talent show, part geopolitical popularity contest, and fully unhinged fun.

Pop culture + geopolitics in 2024 | GZERO Media
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2024: Ten big moments when politics and culture collided

In music, sports, film, and entertainment, the art of politics and the politics of art overlapped as never before this year.

Municipality workers remove debris from the streets after flooding in Sheikh Jalal district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan May 12, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Devastating floods, COVID reporter released, Catalonia votes, Swiss contestant wins Eurovision

​An Israeli delegation reacts to their advancing the ESC finale during the second semi-final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo, Sweden, May 9, 2024.
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Politics take center stage at Eurovision

As musicians from around the world prepare to represent their country in the Eurovision Song Contest, thousands of demonstrators waving Palestinian flags are flooding the host city of Malmö, Sweden, to protest Israel’s participation.

Lots of foreign traveler are seen at Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture on April 20, 2023. The number of tourists coming to Japan is increasing as the pandemic of new coronavirus COVID-19 has calmed down.
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Hard Numbers: Foreign travel to Japan surges, Ethiopian diplomat expelled, Safari turns deadly,  ABBA’s winning ‘Waterloo’

​Noa Kirel from Israel performs during the grand final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, Britain, May 13, 2023.
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Could Israel be disqualified from Eurovision 2024?