Americas

Art

Botticelli's Jesus Christ portrait in record books after €40m sale

'Man of Sorrows' went on sale at Sotheby's New York on January 27, exceeding even the highest of expert deal estimates by millions of euros.

28/01/2022

Culture news

'Orwellian' ban sees Holocaust book removed from school curriculums

A district ruling in Tennessee, US, will ban the Pulitzer-winning 1991 graphic novel 'Maus' from its Holocaust education programme on the grounds of "nudity" and "language".

28/01/2022

Green News

Gas stoves are 'bleeding' methane into our homes even when they're off

Gas stoves are worse for the climate than first thought.

28/01/2022

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Colombia's upside-down house, new tourist hotspot

Guatavita's 'Casa Loca' is a construction on the outskirts of Bogotá that has become the new Colombian tourist sensation.

28/01/2022

USA

Biden ready to nominate 'long overdue' black woman to US Supreme Court

No black woman has ever served on the high court. But the decision is also coming at a critical time of national reckoning over race and gender inequality.

27/01/2022

Health news

Patient without COVID vaccine denied heart transplant by US hospital

The Boston hospital said it is their policy that all transplant patients be COVID vaccinated because of the higher risks of them dying from the virus.

27/01/2022

Colombia

Colombian cycling star Egan Bernal 'conscious' following bus collision

Bernal slammed at high speed into a bus while he was training with his teammates 30 kilometres outside the capital Bogota.

27/01/2022

USA

Biden to get first Supreme Court pick as Justice Breyer retires

Joe Biden will be able to name a new judge on the US Supreme Court. He has pledged to nominate the first black woman to the nation's highest court.

27/01/2022

USA

Prince Andrew seeks jury trial if Giuffre lawsuit not dismissed

The request from Andrew's lawyers was inside a line-by-line formal response to the lawsuit Giuffre filed against him in August in Manhattan federal court.

26/01/2022

Culture news

John Lennon's son auctions The Beatles memorabilia as NFTs

The certified digital artworks going under the hammer in California next month include the NFT version of the handwritten notes for the song 'Hey Jude', with an estimated price tag of up to €62,000.

26/01/2022

Peru

Almost 900 people evacuated amid floods in Peru's Machu Picchu area

Heavy rains cause flooding in the town near Machu Picchu.

26/01/2022

Culture news

Elton John postpones Texas concerts after contracting COVID-19

The concerts, part of John's "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour, were scheduled for January 25 and January 26.

26/01/2022

Health news

COVID with Omicron is less severe than Delta, new study finds

The study from the US shows that there were shorter hospital stays, less need of intensive care and fewer deaths with Omicron.

26/01/2022

USA

UK police arrest two more men over Texas synagogue hostage-taking

Counter-terrorism authorities said that the two suspects were arrested in Manchester.

26/01/2022

Culture news

Bob Dylan sells entire back catalogue of recorded music to Sony

The 80-year-old folk legend is said to have struck a deal for the rights to all of his songs in a major expansion of the company's six-decade relationship with the performer.

26/01/2022

Money

IMF urges El Salvador to drop Bitcoin as legal tender

El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, but the International Monetary Fund is not a fan.

26/01/2022

Green News

How are hair sausages helping rescue this ecosystem?

The Tongan volcanic eruption caused an oil spill in Peru, here’s how Peruvians are helping with the clear up.

26/01/2022

USA

Capsized boat found near Florida; 39 people missing

The Coast Guard is calling it a suspected human smuggling case. Officials said on Twitter that they are searching by both air and sea.

26/01/2022

USA

James Webb Space Telescope reaches final stop a million miles out

"We’re one step closer to uncovering the mysteries of the universe. And I can’t wait to see Webb’s first new views of the universe this summer!” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

25/01/2022

Culture news

Evan Rachel Wood accuses ex Marilyn Manson of rape in new documentary

The 'Westworld' actress alleges her ex-boyfriend non-consensually raped her on the set of his music video 'Heart-Shaped Glasses'.

25/01/2022

Culture news

Taylor Swift rejects Damon Albarn's 'clueless' songwriting criticisms

The 32-year-old made a monumental statement on her seldom-used Twitter account against the Blur frontman. But what did he say, and why?

25/01/2022

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Bolivia releases condor into Andean region

Specialists from the Bolivian Ministry of Environment released a condor back into the the wild in the Andean region of the country on Monday

25/01/2022

Green News

As temperatures rise, so does anxiety, new research finds

Brand new research finds the immediate difference between people’s climate anxiety before and after experiencing the sudden heat wave in Canada last summer.

25/01/2022

Health news

Pfizer/BioNTech to start clinical trials on new Omicron COVID vaccine

A new formulation of the COVID-19 jab based on the highly infectious Omicron variant is now in clinical trials, the drugmakers said on Tuesday

25/01/2022

USA

Watch: Microphone picks up Joe Biden insulting journalist

The president's office had no qualms about the insult, including it in their official transcript of the press conference.

25/01/2022

Culture news

'Secrets of Playboy': The docuseries exposing Hefner's dark empire

Zeitgeisty and refreshing or dark and manipulative? This 10-part docuseries lifts the lid on the story of Playboy from the women that experienced it.

24/01/2022