How museums, art add color to these 10 international, local films

From stories set inside the museums to films that feature artworks and painters, each one proves that creativity doesn't just hang on walls but can tell stories beyond the frame MANILA, Philippines – If you’re someone who loves art but is too busy...

Brits' short-haul destination of the year revealed - and it's not Spain

By JOWENA RILEY, TRAVEL WRITER Published: 06:51 EDT, 28 October 2025 | Updated: 06:51 EDT, 28 October 2025 A popular Mediterranean destination beloved by Brits has been named 'Short-Haul Destination of the Year' in the 2025 Food and Travel Reader...

European Parliament considers "COP29 Baku Call" landmark event in global climate agenda

The European Parliament believes that the Baku Call for Climate Action for Peace, Relief, and Recovery (Baku Call), adopted within the framework of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...

LGBT people imprisoned amid post-election unrest in Cameroon

Arbitrary arrests have targeted trans Cameroonians and human rights defenders Protesters clash with police on Oct. 26 in Douala, Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of DRM News/YouTube) The tensions following the Oct. 12 presidential election in Cameroon...

Europe has never recovered from the fall of the Berlin Wall

The fall of the Berlin Wall was a moment of triumph but also of catharsis, an outpouring of pent-up energy that signified a break with the past but failed to define a clear future. Europe had a supreme chance to take a path towards stability,...

Beyond the incel: Europe in the face of masculinist terrorism

On July 2025, Timoty G., born in 2006, was arrested in Saint-Etienne (France) and charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism with the aim of preparing one or more crimes against the person. The young man, stopped near his high school, was found...

Caroline Dinenage: ‘The future of science is animal-free – Britain must not be left behind’

Last week, the Home Office published its annual statistics detailing the number of scientific experiments involving animals which took place in 2024. As a longtime advocate of animal welfare, it is disappointing to see that despite decades of...

Louvre looted, legacy born: France’s jewels now world’s obsession

The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty crown jewels – long admired at home, little known abroad – to global fame. One week on, the country is still wounded by the breach to its...

Art of Renewal

Ronald Griggs, an artist at PASC in Little Village on Detroit’s east side, creates a painting of other PASC artists, along with the nonprofit’s supporters, including Keisha Miller and Rodney Hudson (foreground), and Joel Martin, Anthony Curis,...

Russian Intelligence Report: France Prepares 2,000 Troops for Deployment to Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has announced that France is preparing to deploy a military contingent of up to two thousand soldiers and officers to Ukraine. According to the SVR, the French troops are expected to assist Ukrainian...

A History of Hampton County’s hospital: Part 1

A tragic car accident in 1926 inspired Elizabeth Miller Rentz to establish a hospital in Hampton County. The Hampton County Hospital, later renamed Hampton General Hospital, opened on November 1, 1950. Funded by federal, state, and local efforts,...

Emily Ann Roberts Signs Major Record Deal with Sony Music Nashville

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Emily Ann Roberts has signed her first major record deal with RECORDS/Sony Music Nashville on August 27, 2025. The 27-year-old Knoxville native released her debut EP, “Memory Lane,” on October 3, 2025, marking a significant...

Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea

Franck Detcheverry, Miquelon’s 41-year-old mayor, trudges up a grassy hill. “The view isn’t too bad, huh?” he jokes. The ocean sparkles 40 metres below the empty mound. The sound of a man playing the bagpipes, as if serenading the sea, floats up...

Süleyman Çarnewa: Without peace, the voice of art cannot rise

After 30 years, Koma Amed held a historic concert in Amed, attended by hundreds of thousands of people. The group, whose preparations began months in advance and whose performance was eagerly awaited by millions, was welcomed with great enthusiasm...

Walking through history: Inside the Grand Egyptian Museum

Thirty-three years after its announcement and two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is complete and will finally open its full chambers to visitors in November. For the first time, the majority of Egypt's ancient...

New easyJet winter route opens up cultural link between Liverpool and southern Spain

Liverpool-Almeria route launch Budget carrier, easyJet, launched its new route to the Spanish Mediterranean city Almeria from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) this morning (October 28). It is the first time the two cities have been linked by...

The Health Wrap: public health fights back, rating our institutions and wellbeing – and music’s therapeutic powers

Various ways that political leaders, medical journals and others are fighting back against the Trump Administration’s assaults on science are detailed below in The Health Wrap. Dr Lesley Russell also reports on promising new research in a range of...

Murcia celebrates history with 67 new building protections

Date Published: 28/10/2025 These new protections span celebrated civic buildings in the Region’s capital, like the Government Delegation, the Superior Court of Justice, the Ministries of Health and Economy and beloved local landmarks such as the...

Slovakia will not join EU plan for AI gigafactories

28. October 2025 at 10:47 It is eyeing smaller, locally based data centres, benefiting from its growing energy self-sufficiency. News: Receive notifications about new articles by email. Try the new feature and turn on the subscription. Slovakia is...

Wine, etc.: Italy’s white-grape diversity rarely disappoints | COMMENTARY

There are more than 350 white grape varieties officially recorded in Italy — and if you count those beyond the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s list, that number climbs to at least 500. Yet most wine drinkers know only one — pinot grigio....