Culture

China restaurant offering tea and lion cub hugs criticised by animal groups

Men jailed for felling Britain's iconic 'Sycamore Gap' tree

Italy minister warns concert with pro-Putin conductor risks turning into propaganda coup

Italian anti-Mafia author weeps in court as mob boss convicted

Five EU states to test age verification app to protect children

Bavaria's fairy-tale palaces granted world heritage status

Australia says World Heritage listing to protect Indigenous carvings

US singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty to lesser assault charge in UK court

In deeply Christian Georgia, a Muslim minority upholds its patriotism

Effigies of refugees set alight on bonfire condemned in Northern Ireland

Burundi Roundup: Burundi elections aftermath, witchcraft accusations, cultural heritage

Former UK politician and Thatcher supporter Norman Tebbit dies aged 94

One man gored and seven others bruised in Spain's bull running festival

Stranded UK F-35 jet becomes unexpected star in Indian tourism campaign

'Many lifetimes of commitment': Richard Gere vows to keep fighting for Tibetan cause

Soccer-Reaction to death of Liverpool and Portugal player Jota

Manga doomsday prediction spooks tourists to Japan

Turkish cartoonist jailed pending trial over drawing accused of insulting Prophet

Australia cancels rapper Ye's visa over 'Heil Hitler' song

Sean 'Diddy' Combs jury decides on some counts; verdict not yet known

Indian tech hub state pushes jail terms for 'fake news', sparks worries

Britain probes Bob Vylan, Kneecap's Glastonbury gigs after 'death to IDF' chant

Baby oil and a torched Porsche: key moments from Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial

UK's Starmer and Glastonbury slam 'death to' Israeli military chant

Russian culture minister in North Korea praises 'unprecedented' cooperation

Venice protests target Bezos over mounting grievances

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer says prosecutors trying to criminalize his 'private sex life'

Germany charges Syrian juvenile over Taylor Swift concert plot

'Mission: Impossible' composer Lalo Schifrin dies at 93, media reports say

Celebrities converge on Venice for Bezos-Sanchez wedding gala

Bill Moyers, broadcaster and LBJ's White House press secretary, dies at 91

UK chooses statues and glass bridge design for Queen Elizabeth memorial

Sean 'Diddy' Combs used violence to traffic women, prosecutor says as trial closes

Hungary's LGBTQ+ community reels under Orban's laws, Pride ban

Bezos and Sanchez arrive in Venice for marathon wedding party

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers point to Cassie's loving texts in trial defense

Bezos' Venice wedding party moved to isolated area on security concerns

Greenpeace joins protests against gala Bezos wedding in Venice

Venice divided ahead of billionaire Bezos' 'wedding of the century'