NewsFeed Smoke rose in the spire of a 12th-century cathedral during its renovations in Rouen, France. Nearly 70 firefighters responded to the scene, and as of now, the extent of the damage is unknown. Published On 11 Jul 202411 Jul 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at…
Smoke is no longer rising from the spire of the 12th century cathedral where the blaze first broke out, footage shows. The spire of a medieval cathedral in the city of Rouen in northern France is mostly clear of smoke after catching ablaze and firefighters rushed in to contain it….
At least two runners were injured during the third bull run at Pamplona’s traditional Festival of San Fermin in northern Spain. Dressed in white clothes and red scarves as per tradition, thousands of people filled the Pamplona City Hall square to attend the “chupinazo” – the launch of a massive…
Kathmandu, Nepal – Dressed in an orange kurta (loose collarless tunic) and a matching Nepali dhaka waistcoat, Lalima Shrestha pulls a brown plastic chair closer to a makeshift table made from a table tennis board. Above, there’s a banner for “Nepal Lipi Guthi” (Institute of Nepal Epigraphy) in a calligraphic…
NewsFeed Over a dozen stolen artefacts were returned to Cambodia from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Buddhist and other religious antiquities date back as far as the 7th century and were originally stolen by British art dealer and accused smuggler Douglas Latchford, who died in 2020. Published On…
The painting was dated using a new technique and suggests Europe was not where cave art first emerged. Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the world’s oldest artwork – depicting three people gathered around a large red pig – in a cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi….
Native American celebrity chef Sean Sherman discusses the importance of promoting traditional Indigenous food. Explore chef Sean Sherman’s journey, an Oglala Lakota tribe member who champions precolonial Native American cuisine in Minnesota. Rising from dishwasher at 13 to executive chef, he uses traditional ingredients and techniques, supporting more than 30…
Medan, Indonesia – The Indonesian female metal band Voice of Baceprot are worried about their upcoming performance at Glastonbury in the west of England, but not because they’ll be playing in front of thousands in one of the world’s biggest music festivals. Instead, they’re thinking about the weather and what…
For Virginie Magumba, a 22-year-old professional dancer from Goma, in eastern Congo, dancing is more than just a career. “Dancing helps me liberate myself, manage my emotions, and not feel all alone,” she said. “All that I have become I owe to dancing.” Magumba won the prize for Best Congolese…
Rights groups’ analysis of official data from 2009-2023 shows some 630 villages in Xinjiang had their names changed in this way. China has “systematically” changed the names of hundreds of villages with religious, historical, or cultural meaning for Uighurs to names that resonate with the ideology of the Chinese Communist…
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