Ancient humans lived in East Timor 44,000 years ago, archaeologists find | History News
Stone artefacts and animal bones found in a deep cave in northern East Timor offer new insights into where ancient humans lived more than 35,000…
Russian playwright and director go on trial over ‘justifying terrorism’ | Courts News
Director Yevgeniya Berkovich and writer Svetlana Petriychuk were arrested over their play entitled Finist, the Brave Falcon. A Russian playwright and theatre director accused of…
‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended in time | Arts and Culture
A new day breaks to the rhythmic shuffling of bare feet upon the ground. Like an apparition from centuries past, a procession of several hundred…
Canadian Nobel-winning author Alice Munro dies aged 92 | Obituaries News
Munro was renowned for her short stories, which focussed on the frailties of the human condition. Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author known for…
King Charles unveils royal portrait | Arts and Culture
NewsFeedThe first portrait of King Charles since his coronation has been unveiled. In the vibrant red painting, the King is wearing the uniform of the…
Thousands protest against Israel’s participation in Eurovision final | Israel War on Gaza News
Thousands of people have protested in the Swedish city of Malmo against Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, with Israel’s war on Gaza casting…
Protesters rally in Sweden against Israel’s participation in Eurovision | Israel War on Gaza News
Protestors have called for Israel’s expulsion from the singing contest, which barred Russia from participating in 2022. Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators, including climate activist Greta…
Slum to stardom: Indonesian film director Joko Anwar is riding high | Cinema News
Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian film director Joko Anwar is a busy man. He is on location in the city of Bandung, shooting “a new project”,…
Hinglaj Yatra Hindu festival brings mountainous region in Pakistan to life | Religion
The dramatic surroundings of Hingol National Park in Balochistan province are the setting for Pakistan’s largest Hindu celebration, Hinglaj Yatra, which started on Friday and…
US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia | Arts and Culture News
New York district attorney accuses two prominent art dealers of the illegal trafficking of antiquities worth $3m. Prosecutors in New York City have announced that…
Mandela’s world: A photographic retrospective of apartheid South Africa | Human Rights
Photographer Jurgen Schadeberg (1931-2020) spent most of his life documenting the struggle against apartheid. Years before his death in 2020, Schadeberg shared some of his…
Portrait by Gustav Klimt sells for $32m at Vienna auction | Arts and Culture News
Portrait of Miss Lieser, a painting of a young woman left unfinished due to Klimt’s death, was long believed to be lost. A portrait of…
UK returns looted Ghana artefacts on loan after 150 years | Arts and Culture News
The objects were stolen from the court of the Asante king during the 19th century Anglo-Asante wars. The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and…
Fire engulfs iconic stock exchange building in Denmark’s Copenhagen | Arts and Culture News
A blaze at Copenhagen’s former stock exchange toppled the historic building’s spire which was undergoing renovation. A fire has engulfed Copenhagen’s former stock exchange, one…
Inside the pressures facing Quebec’s billion-dollar maple syrup industry | Business and Economy News
Saint-Urbain-Premier, Quebec, Canada – In clear safety glasses and heavy beige overalls, Jean-Francois Touchette is in his element. All around him are pipes, tubes, temperature…
‘Accepted in both [worlds]’: Indonesia’s Chinese Muslims prepare for Eid | Religion News
Jakarta, Indonesia – Millions of Muslims across Indonesia, including some of its ethnic Chinese minority, are preparing for Lebaran, as Indonesians call Eid, the festival…
Residents in North America look to the sky for a rare total solar eclipse | Space
A major golf tournament ground to a halt. Schools emptied of students. And thousands of people across North America turned their eyes to the sky,…
What is a Godzilla anyway? The 70-year-old monster behind the movies | Arts and Culture News
It’s Godzilla season again with last weekend’s worldwide theatrical release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This is the second time Godzilla and King…
Saving Sarah: The last Jewish embroidery shop in India’s Kochi | Arts and Culture
Kochi, India - A chance encounter when he was selling postcards to tourists in Jew Town as a 13-year-old in the early 1980s would change…
‘Humour is powerful’: Cartoons take on Uganda’s repressive government | Arts and Culture
Ugandan cartoonist Jim Spire Ssentongo didn’t know what he was starting last April when he sent out a tweet encouraging people to post photos of…