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Meet the calligrapher preserving Hong Kong's Chinese New Year crafts

In the run up to the Lunar New Year, Hong Kong's calligraphy artists set up on the streets. With brush and ink, they create traditional decorations that are a seasonal feature at homes and offices.

Nature

Australia’s pet of choice: The fuzzy bee without a sting in its tail

Australian youngsters are taking to beekeeping with the support of a project aiming to promote and protect a stingless bee species.

Nature

This wildlife vet is helping Uganda’s endangered gorillas to thrive

Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has recently won the UNEP'S Champions of the Earth award.

Culture news

'Pam and Tommy': the story of the most infamous sex tape ever made

'Pam and Tommy' uncovers the story behind Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's infamous sex tape, a defining moment in 90s popular culture. But what can fans expect from its fictionalisation?

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Art

Finnish inventor builds spinning Olympic Rings out of a frozen lake

"A few weeks ago I got a call from Switzerland saying, 'Hey this is cool a cool thing, you can use the logo'," says artist Janne Käpylehto.

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.

Art

Prince Charles unveils Holocaust survivor portrait series

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall spent Holocaust Memorial Day with 'seven remarkable individuals' who sat for a set of portraits displayed in the Queen's Gallery.

People

Watch this stunning footage as a man completes world first in the Alps

“It’s not just 6 days, it’s been 32 years of work to get here.”

Art

Why is Boris Johnson such an easy target for political cartoonists?

Following allegations of Boris Johnson's parties at Downing Street being in breach of coronavirus restrictions, it is a busy time of year for political cartoonists.

Nature

Meet the army of turtles helping scientists get closer to cyclones

Sea turtles migrate thousands of kilometres and can share data even from the centre of a tropical cyclone.

Art

Francis Bacon exhibit - blurring the lines between humans and animals

Spanning Bacon’s 50-year career, the 'Francis Bacon: Man and Beast' exhibition includes some of Bacon’s earliest works and his last-ever painting

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.

Culture news

World’s oldest working tattoo parlour hit by EU ink ban

The world's oldest still-functioning tattoo parlour has been hit by new European Union rules, banning thousands of chemicals in colourful tattoo ink.

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.

Culture news

Wuhan documentary following volunteers during 2020 COVID pandemic

'Wuhan, I Am Here', a documentary directed by Lan Bo, follows local volunteers helping non-COVID patients, during the early 2020 lockdown in Wuhan

Stays

Inside the eco-lodge with its own rainforest and sloths on-site

A stay at this luxury lodge helps to protect the wildlife and nature that surrounds it.

Nature

Karachi’s urban forest is bringing nature to the heart of the city

Six years ago this was an abandoned waste land, now it's a nature filled forest in the middle of Pakistan's largest city.

Culture news

Inside Finland's cruel fox fur farms, perpetuated by luxury fashion

Despite the practice being banned in most European countries, Finland produces over 1 million fox pelts a year. Euronews investigates what this means for the welfare of these animals. And it's not good news.

Nature

Why is this Antarctic penguin thriving in the face of climate change?

It isn’t all bad news for our favourite flightless birds, a recent study indicates

Art

Beirut exhibition displays restored art after 2020 port blast

At the Beirut Museum of Art, a collection of restored Lebanese paintings, once destroyed by the 2020 port explosion, have gone back on display