Celebrations as the world begins to welcome the New Year | In Pictures News
Auckland was the first major city to welcome 2025 with thousands of revellers counting down to the New Year and cheering at colourful fireworks launched…
Five charged, including manager, in death of singer Liam Payne | Crime News
One Direction singer had alcohol and cocaine in his system at the time of his death, an autopsy finds.An Argentinian judge has allowed charges to…
Nigeria’s celebratory ‘detty December’ turns sombre amid economic woes | Arts and Culture News
Lagos, Nigeria – Fade Bey’s Decembers are usually packed with activities. In the company of friends and family, she hops from one bar, club and…
A fight for holiday equality: How Black Santas shaped US civil rights | Civil Rights
But, as Moss would learn, the figure of Santa Claus was more than a pathway to visibility and acceptance. The holiday legend wielded vast economic…
Marble tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments auctioned for $5m | Religion News
The tablet sold by Sotheby’s is the oldest known inscription in stone of the ancient text in Paleo-Hebrew script.The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with…
Indian music legend Zakir Hussain dies aged 73 | Music News
Tabla player brought Indian classical music to the world, collaborating with greats like former Beatle George Harrison.Legendary Indian musician Zakir Hussain, considered the greatest tabla…
At Kenya’s ‘Maasai Olympics’, women run to bridge the gender gap | In Pictures News
A crowd erupts in cheers as a young Maasai woman pelts over the finish line, the latest participant in the “Maasai Olympics”, a reimagining of…
Merriam-Webster announces ‘polarisation’ as 2024 word of the year | Arts and Culture News
Polarisation, a word that describes the division of two sharply distinct opposites, is the Merriam-Webster dictionary’s word of the year. “Polarisation means division, but it’s…
Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens five years after devastating blaze | Arts and Culture News
Notre-Dame Cathedral, situated on an island in the River Seine in Paris, France, is reopening this weekend after more than five years of intense reconstruction…
‘Maya blue’: The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost | Arts and Culture
Dzan, Mexico – Surrounded by dense jungle and beneath intertwining canopies of towering trees, Luis May Ku, 49, trudges ahead through shoulder-height bushes searching for…
A first look at the fully restored Notre Dame Cathedral | Arts and Culture
NewsFeedFrench President Emmanuel Macron got an early look at the interior of the fully restored Notre Dame de Paris, five years after a massive fire…
Restored Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris unveiled after 2019 fire | Arts and Culture News
President Macron inspects the results of the 700-million-euro restoration, including the 19th-century Gothic spire returned to its former glory.Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has offered the…
Rain and protest dampen Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade in New York | Arts and Culture News
Pelting rain dampened the 98th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in the United States, as it cut across New York City on Thursday. But for…
How India’s Chennai mints world-beating chess champions, one move at a time | Arts and Culture
Chennai, India — Giant banners of a smiling teen beamed down on hundreds of students gathered at the school campus of Velammal Nexus to receive…
A day in the life of a New Delhi roadside barber | Arts and Culture
Rajesh Kumar moved to Delhi from Bihar in 1999 at the age of 18 to help his father run a barber’s stall on the roadside…
‘The atmosphere was electric’ – the fall and rise of Morocco’s cinemas | Cinema
“You used to be able to smoke inside,” Omar Edressi recalls about Cinema Rif, the 86-year-old movie theatre that still stands on Tangier’s Grand Socco.…
Frank Auerbach, British-German painter, dies at 93 | Arts and Culture News
Auerbach came to England in 1939 as a child refugee after fleeing from Nazi Germany.Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany to Britain as a…
Want status in Nigeria? An informal iPhone market offers dreams and despair | Technology News
Lagos, Nigeria – Kola Alawada shelters from the rain beneath the shade of a phone accessories kiosk in Computer Village in Lagos, his old Android…
Video: AI robot’s painting sells for $1M at auction | Arts and Culture
NewsFeedA painting produced by an AI-powered humanoid robot called Ai-Da has sold for more than $1 million at a Sotheby’s auction. The portrait is of…
Bells of Notre-Dame ring for first time since 2019 fire | Religion News
Moment marks milestone in the Paris cathedral’s restoration, five years after a blaze ripped through the Gothic gem, toppling its spire.The bells of Notre-Dame Cathedral…