Photos: India celebrates Holi, the festival of colours | Religion News
Millions of Indians are celebrating the Holi festival, dancing to the beat of drums, smearing each other with green, yellow and red colours and exchanging…
British architect David Chipperfield awarded Pritzker prize | Arts and Culture News
Chipperfield described as an architect ‘radical in his restraint’ as he takes home top industry honour. British architect David Chipperfield has been awarded the Pritzker…
Everything you need to know about the 2023 Oscars | Entertainment News
Millions of people are expected to tune in on Sunday to the Academy Awards, one of the most prestigious awards ceremonies in the world of…
Holi 2023: Women and men engage in ritual, colourful battle | Religion News
Hundreds of women in two north Indian towns have celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, by playfully hitting men with wooden sticks in response…
‘A Colombian Wild West’: Inside Maicao’s Arab community | Migration News
Maicao, Colombia – As local vendors sell their goods in the busy market streets of Maicao, the bustle is suddenly interrupted by an Arabic call…
A global happy birthday to hip hop | Arts and Culture
As the sun sets on another Black History Month, an anniversary of global significance was quietly commemorated in the United States that deserves so much…
Everything Everywhere takes home nearly everything at SAG awards | Cinema News
Near clean sweep sets the stage for Oscars success on March 12 for the absurdist dimension-hopping film. Dimension-hopping adventure Everything Everywhere All at Once has…
Brazilian favela ‘shack’ wins ‘house of the year’ award | Arts and Culture
At first glance, it is a house like dozens of others in the crowded favelas of Brazil. But this seemingly modest dwelling of 66 square…
French documentary ‘On the Adamant’ wins top Berlin film prize | Arts and Culture News
Shot over three years, the documentary takes viewers onto a Seine barge in Paris that serves as a floating daycare centre for adults suffering from…
Ukraine’s Bravehearts: From filmmakers to war veterans | Military
From: WitnessTwo Ukrainian filmmakers join the army and find themselves caught between worlds. This extraordinary story of two Ukrainian filmmakers who became soldiers spans the…
Brazil celebrates its return to full-scale Carnival festivities | Arts and Culture News
The samba was playing. Revellers were dancing. And throughout the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, parties and pageantry filled the streets. Friday marked…
400 love letters and a play: How two Indian prisoners found love | Prison
At the entrance to a small bright-green house with a wooden door in the village of Kazhuthapali in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, sits…
Photos: Valentine’s Day celebrations around the world | Arts and Culture News
Valentine’s Day, named after a Christian saint, may now be marked in countries around the world but traditions are often very different – and sometimes…
Zia Mohyeddin, legendary Pakistani artist and orator, dies at 91 | Arts and Culture News
Islamabad, Pakistan – Zia Mohyeddin, one of Pakistan’s greatest figures in arts and culture, has passed away. He was 91. The legendary actor, orator, author…
Rihanna takes US Super Bowl by storm, reveals second pregnancy | Arts and Culture News
Superstar’s first live event in seven years featured her biggest hits and none of the instant costume changes or guest performers of previous Super Bowl…
Cambodians face eviction to ‘preserve’ Angkor Wat heritage site | Arts and Culture News
On a white canvas, Chan Vichet painted an image of the Hindu deity Shiva, oblivious to the clanging sound of Cambodian soldiers loading the remnants…
Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop songs, dies at 94 | Entertainment News
Composer Burt Bacharach, whose hits such as Do You Know the Way to San Jose and Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head provided a mellow…
How Behrouz Boochani is changing the narrative on refugees | Refugees News
He was told he would never set foot in Australia but this week, Kurdish-Iranian author and journalist Behrouz Boochani finally entered the country’s parliament –…
NY Philharmonic lures LA’s star conductor Gustavo Dudamel | Arts and Culture News
The move by the famed Venezuelan conductor from Los Angeles to New York marks a major shake-up in the world of classical music. The New…
Indonesian video-on-demand films take world by storm | Arts and Culture News
Jakarta, Indonesia – When Netflix announced the exclusive production of seven Indonesian films and series in September 2022, few expected overnight success. But by the…