Acclaimed US novelist Cormac McCarthy dies at 89 | Arts and Culture News
Cormac McCarthy, whose nihilistic and violent tales of the United States frontier and post-apocalyptic worlds led to awards, movie adaptations and sleepless nights for his…
Party with controversy: Spain’s festival of Moors and Christians | Arts and Culture
Elda, Spain – Wearing a fake plastic animal skull and long black feathers in her headdress, Cristina Morcilla holds a spear and looks like she…
The ‘complex’ legacy of US professional wrestling’s Iron Sheik | Obituaries News
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, an Iranian-born athlete who rose to fame in the 1970s and ’80s, has died on Wednesday at the age of 81.…
Iraq’s Christians fight to save threatened ancient language | ISIL/ISIS
Iraq’s conflict-scarred Christian community is launching a new television channel as part of efforts to save their dying, 2,000-year-old language. Syriac, an ancient dialect of…
Artist Francoise Gilot, who loved and left Picasso, dies at 101 | Obituaries News
Francoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who was nonetheless more famous for her turbulent relationship with Pablo Picasso — and for leaving him —…
Oliver Stone: How he stopped worrying and learned to love nuclear | Nuclear Energy News
Hollywood director Oliver Stone believes nuclear power is safe. Period. Full stop. And the war in Ukraine hasn’t changed his thinking. At a time when…
Beirut’s Sursock Museum reopens three years after 2020 port blast | Arts and Culture
Beirut, Lebanon – There is a secret hiding in the portrait of Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock, a secret that only a sharp eye can spot: a minuscule…
The Driver: Rwanda’s first female rally driver ‘Queen’ | Motorsports
Video Duration 18 minutes 12 seconds 18:12 From co-driver to taking the wheel herself, rookie racer Queen drives her first race in Rwanda’s Mountain Gorilla…
Mystery of the desert: Lost cities of the Nigerien Sahara | Arts and Culture
A long trek across the desert of northeastern Niger brings the visitor to fortified villages of salt and clay perched on rocks with the Saharan…
Succession: When fact and fantasy collide | Media
Video Duration 24 minutes 46 seconds 24:46 What the blockbuster series Succession tells us about the media world we live in. Plus, India’s reporters have…
Ethiopian quest to re-create ancient manuscripts | Arts and Culture
Armed with a bamboo ink pen and a steady hand, Ethiopian Orthodox priest Zelalem Mola carefully copied text in the ancient Ge’ez language from a…
Ghanaian writer and feminist Ama Ata Aidoo dies at 81 | Arts and Culture News
She was one of the continent’s best-known writers and inspired a generation of younger authors, artists and feminists. Ama Ata Aidoo, the iconic Ghanaian writer…
Egypt unveils ancient mummification workshops and tombs | History News
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered two human and animal embalming workshops, as well as two tombs, in the Saqqara Necropolis south of Cairo, the government…
‘Anatomy of a Fall’ wins top prize as women dominate Cannes | Entertainment News
A tense courtroom drama about a writer accused of her husband’s murder won the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, capping a strong…
Cate Blanchett: From Oscar-winning acting to refugee advocacy | United Nations
Video Duration 25 minutes 35 seconds 25:35 The double Academy Award winner discusses how advocating for refugees with the UNHCR has changed her outlook. With…
Photos: Tina Turner, a life in music | Arts and Culture News
Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in…
‘Simply the best’: Singer Tina Tuner dies at 83 | Obituaries News
Tina Turner, the American-born singer who left a farming community and abusive relationship to become one of the top recording artists of all time, has…
‘Books need time’: Tan Twan Eng’s new novel opens door on history | Arts and Culture News
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – It has been a decade since Tan Twan Eng’s second novel, the Garden of Evening Mists, seduced readers around the world…
Greece recovers hundreds of looted artefacts | Arts and Culture News
Trove of 351 objects repatriated including a second-century bronze statue of Alexander the Great. Greece said it has recovered hundreds of looted Neolithic to Byzantine…
NFL great and civil rights activist Jim Brown dies aged 87 | American Football News
Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, an unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as…