Thousands rushed to get tickets Wednesday for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in London, with the 11th-century artwork depicting the 1066 Norman conquest of England set to be transported from France for its first showing in the UK. The delicate tapestry will be transported from its usual home in northern France, but the precise arrangements are […]
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Madison Square Garden: from Nazis to Knicks, and now… Taylor’s wedding?
New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden, the apparent venue for pop sensation Taylor Swift’s weekend wedding to NFL superstar Travis Kelce, is a storied arena that has hosted memorable basketball and hockey clashes, celebrity weddings and even a Nazi rally. Here is what to know about the Manhattan fixture locals universally refer to as “MSG”:Dubbed […]
No corn dogs? Trump’s ‘Great American State Fair’ threatens to be a flop
Deserted booths, sparse crowds and prayer tents. Welcome to the Great American State Fair, where a celebration of the country’s 250th birthday has morphed into a new political battlefront. Summers in Washington are notoriously steamy, but the proverbial heat has soared over the 16-day fair and how people view President Donald Trump’s tight grip on […]
Merkel unveils official portrait for German chancellery
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday unveiled her portrait that will join those of her male predecessors in Berlin’s chancellery building. Merkel cut a ribbon to reveal the painting by French-German artist Jeremie Queyras at Berlin’s Bode Museum, where it will remain on display until October. It shows Merkel wearing one of her trademark […]
Online same-sex romance series embrace AI ‘freedom’
Fed up with the dearth of same-sex love stories on Philippine screens, Vee Camallere created her own show using artificial intelligence, a technology described as a mixed blessing by LGBTQ campaigners. The web developer’s campus romance and crime thriller series “Featherweight” has been watched hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube and TikTok since its […]
Switzerland returns famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Swiss authorities on Monday returned 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in a ceremony at the National Museum in Lagos, the latest addition to the nation’s growing collection of repatriated treasures. Countries across Africa have been pushing in recent years for the restitution of artefacts and artworks taken during the colonial period — including Nigeria’s famed […]
French parliament adopts bill to regulate fast fashion
The French parliament on Monday passed a bill aimed at curbing the rise of fast fashion, targeting major Asian e-commerce platforms such as Shein and Temu. The legislation, first tabled two-and-a-half years ago, seeks to regulate so-called “ultra-fast fashion” companies, known for selling large volumes of lower quality clothing at rock-bottom price. Easy to order […]
From rubble to music: Gaza’s Oud repairman
In a modest makeshift workshop tucked inside the crowded Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the soft sound of an oud echoes through the ruins of war. Surrounded by wooden pallets, fragments of crates that held humanitarian aid, and the pieces of damaged instruments, Palestinian craftsman Suhail Abu Shawish bends carefully over a battered oud, […]
World Cup fans get taste of American life — at the mall
Waving flags and dancing to booming Latin music, the Ecuador football fans were living the World Cup fever. “Let’s get this party started!” an announcer declared. But instead of in the streets or a stadium, the crowd was rocking in one of America’s biggest malls — the unlikely setting for fan events outside New Jersey’s […]