Americas

Culture news

Watch: Snoop Dogg honours Dr. Dre with ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award

Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, Snoop Dogg presented long-time friend and collaborator Dr. Dre with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' (ASCAP) first-ever Hip-Hop Icon Award.

23/06/2023

Work

Judge fines two lawyers €4,600 for using bogus ChatGPT research

The popular AI chatbot was blamed for the lawyers' submission of fictitious legal research in one of the most bizarre uses of the tech so far.

23/06/2023

Tech News

EU visits Silicon Valley to put Twitter under DSA 'stress test'

Thierry Breton is visiting California to see if Elon Musk's Twitter will comply with new regulations set out in the bloc's Digital Services Act.

23/06/2023

Brazil

Former right-wing president Bolsonaro on trial in Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro could be eliminated from the 2026 presidential race if a court decided he broke the law with his unproven allegations against the voting system.

22/06/2023

Culture news

Twitter erupts as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg talk up cage fight

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, two of the richest men in the world are doing battle on social media about the prospect of a cage fight. Yes, you read that right.

22/06/2023

Mobility

Victor 6000: The French underwater robot searching for Titan survivors

As hopes fade of finding survivors on the five-man Titan submersible, a French robot has arrived over the Titanic wreck site to join the search.

22/06/2023

Culture news

Marvel causes uproar by using AI for new show's opening credits

'Secret Invasion' Marvel's latest show for Disney+ is facing a backlash from people invested in the arts for using AI-generated opening credits.

22/06/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: Happy Birthday Meryl Streep!

22 June 1949: Happy Birthday Meryl Streep

22/06/2023

Green News

‘Hypocrisy’: EU exporting a ‘carcinogenic’ pesticide it banned in 2020

This dangerous fungicide was banned in the EU three years ago. So why is it still being sent to developing countries?

22/06/2023

No Comment

WATCH: Nevada confronts invasion of blood-red crickets

Elko, a small town of about 20,000 near Idaho and Utah known for its gold mining, has been hit hard by the invasion of cannibalistic critters.

20/06/2023

Experiences

Feeling stressed? Try a yoga session at the bottom of the sea

A hotel in Saint Lucia is offering underwater yoga classes to combat stress and promote healthy breathing for divers.

20/06/2023

Tech News

US president hosts forum on artificial intelligence with tech leaders

US President Joe Biden will convene a group of technology leaders on Tuesday to debate artificial intelligence.

20/06/2023

Climate

A submerged church has been revealed by Mexico's deadly heatwave

This colonial-era church submerged in a reservoir in Mexico has been exposed due to drought and high temperatures.

20/06/2023

Culture news

Uruguay to melt bronze Nazi eagle statue to turn it into a peace dove

Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years ago, and recast it as a dove of peace, says the South American country's president Luis Lacalle Pou.

20/06/2023

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WATCH: Rope bridges preserving the Inca heritage

Every June, communities in the Cusco region, capital of the Inca empire, join efforts in making ropes out of q’oya plants to renovate the Q'eswachaka bridge.

20/06/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: The 'father of summer blockbusters' is released

On this day in 1975, the classic horror film which rendered everyone (more than) a little afraid of the ocean was released.

20/06/2023

Canada

Implosion killed all onboard Titan tourist sub - US Coast Guard

“The debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,” Rear Admiral John Mauger said on Thursday.

19/06/2023

Culture news

Watch: Peruvian villages unite to rebuild ancient Inca rope bridge

Every June, the Quechua indigenous people celebrate a dedicated conservation ritual in the heart of the ancient Inca empire to rebuild the Q'eswachaka rope bridge.

19/06/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: The first ever Juneteenth is marked in Texas

On this day in 1865, Juneteenth came into being, celebrating African-American culture - and a watershed moment in the history of slavery.

19/06/2023

USA

Vietnam War whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92

As much as anyone, Ellsberg embodied the individual of conscience — who answered only to his sense of right and wrong, even if the price was his own freedom.

17/06/2023

Nature

This nature reserve provides sanctuary for animals in the Amazon

A family of former cattle breeders has turned their patch of Amazon rainforest into an animal sanctuary.

17/06/2023

Culture news

Watch: Peruvian pilgrims climb mountains to pray to Lord of Star Snow

Amidst the majestic Vilcanota mountain range, located 1,000 kilometers southeast of Lima, Peru, a breathtaking spectacle unfolds as hundreds of devoted Peruvians ascend the slopes of Mount Sinakara.

16/06/2023

Health news

US approves new drug for 'aggressive and hard-to-treat' form of cancer

US regulators approved a new drug used to treat an aggressive form of lymphoma, Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche announced on Friday.

16/06/2023

Culture news

Mummy dating back 3,000 years found in Peru

The individual is thought to have been sacrificed on a temple site.

16/06/2023

Green News

Hundreds of birds washed up dead in Mexico. El Niño likely killed them

Hot ocean currents caused by El Niño, not avian flu, were behind the deaths of pelicans, seagulls and other wild birds, tests suggest.

16/06/2023

Food and Drink

Venezuela's daily humble corn-bread "arepa" conquers the world

From the streets of Caracas to trendy eateries in New York, Paris and Tokyo: the arepa, a humble cornmeal flatbread, is riding a wave of Venezuelan emigration and feeding a craving for exotic and gluten-free food.

16/06/2023