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Bauhaus Dessau celebrates centennial amid far-right attacks

GermanySeptember 5, 2025
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September 4, 2025

Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani dies

September 4, 2025

Argentina: Nazi-looted Italian painting recovered

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Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani acknowledges the audience after presenting the Emporio Armani men's Fall-Winter 2016-2017 collection

Giorgio Armani, the minimalist, perfectionist fashion icon

Giorgio Armani, the minimalist, perfectionist fashion icon

Italian designer Giorgio Armani built an empire with elegant, timeless fashion. He died at the age of 91 in Milan.
ItalySeptember 4, 2025
Three women in black, grey and red clothes on the catwalk for the Armani Privé Summer Collection 2013 (Photo: Hendrik Ballhausen/dpa)

Elegance doesn't age: Remembering Armani

Elegance doesn't age: Remembering Armani

Giorgio Armani built an empire well beyond the world of fashion.
ItalySeptember 4, 202510 images
Row upon row of old photos are seen on display in an exhibition. The photos are headshots of young Polish men dressed in Wehrmacht uniforms. Some photos are black and white; some are in sepia tones

Were Polish troops in Nazi's military traitors or victims?

Were Polish troops in Nazi's military traitors or victims?

An exhibition in Gdansk tells the story of about 450,000 Poles who had to serve in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
PolandSeptember 3, 2025
A pair of gloved hands pick up some medical instruments and needles used to perform female genital mutilation.

How Uganda's Sabiny women are ending FGM

How Uganda's Sabiny women are ending FGM

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) left deep scars among Uganda's Sabiny women and they are leading a movement to end it.
UgandaSeptember 3, 202502:18 min
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How Trump wants to change the way US slavery history is told

How Trump wants to change the way US slavery history is told

The White House is pressuring the Smithsonian to make "content corrections" on exhibits depicting slavery and migration.
United States of AmericaSeptember 1, 202503:51 min
Michelin-star chef Guiliano Baldessari wears a black tight fitting latex suit, including gloves and a face mask.

A Michelin-starred chef in a latex suit!

A Michelin-starred chef in a latex suit!

His dishes aren't the only thing that's extravagant! An Italian chef in a latex suit.
ItalyAugust 31, 202505:07 min
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Dystopian futures and Gaza tragedy in focus at Venice

The 2025 Venice Film Festival will be remembered for films that bravely reflect on the wars and politics of the times.
ItalySeptember 4, 2025

Arts

A painting of a young girl wearing a blonde ponytail and pearls around her head

Nazi-looted art: Who owns this expressionist painting?

Disputed ownership of a work by artist Paula Modersohn-Becker may be the final case for a Nazi-looted art commission.
GermanySeptember 5, 2025

Music

three animated female characters point their fingers

"KPop Demon Hunters" — Netflix hit upends stereotypes

A team of superheroes, not a girl group: The animated movie "KPop Demon Hunters" portrays K-pop idols as demon hunters.
South KoreaSeptember 3, 2025

Literature

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen painted by Christian Albrecht Jensen in 1836

Hans Christian Andersen's timeless legacy

The prolific Danish writer died 150 years ago, yet his fairy tales still inspire young and old readers to this day.
Global issuesAugust 1, 2025
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Manga, myths & homeopathy — Arts Unveiled

Myths surrounding homeopathy. And Japanese manga that glorify the military and the Nazis.
August 30, 202526:04 min
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Don't Drink the Milk — The curious history of things

The podcast that takes you back in time and around the world, tracing the unexpected backstories of everyday things.
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Yann Gentsch, a young woman with shoulder-length brown hair, sits next to a pile of boxes with an image stuck on the sides

Sexual harassment: German jogger fights back against voyeur

A woman tried to bring charges against a man who filmed her backside — only to find out that it wasn't a crime.
GermanyAugust 29, 2025
Left: A colorized photo of the Jaffa Gate. Right: Original footage of the Jaffa Gate from 1897

Fact check: Footage of Jerusalem from 1897 sparks debate

A viral video shows vibrant scenes of Jerusalem in 1897 — but how much of it is real? A different fact check.
Middle EastAugust 28, 2025
Photographed in profile against a backdrop of bouquets of flowers, Travis Kelce, a well-built man with a beard, holds Taylor Swift, a young woman with long blonde hair and red lipstick. Her hands are on his cheeks. Both are smiling.

Swift's love story spotlights parasocial relationships

Why are so many people so ecstatic about Taylor Swift's engagement when she's a celebrity they don't even know?
United States of AmericaAugust 28, 2025
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Are visas the new battleground between Africa and Europe?

Niger is making it harder for Europeans to visit, citing its own citizens' struggles in getting Schengen visas.
NigerSeptember 5, 202525:38 min
Bayern Munich players stand and sit for a photograph with their winners medals around their necks

Bundesliga: Can expanded league help competition?

The Women's Bundesliga has expanded to 14 clubs this season but for 12 years only two sides have competed for the title.
GermanySeptember 5, 2025
Two shirtless children with closed eyes are portrayed in a sculpture

Children in art: A journey through history

From rulers to angels and street beggars: Why have children been depicted so differently across the centuries?
EuropeSeptember 3, 2025
A woman uses a respiratory mask to inhale the air from a beehive to support her immune system as part of a wellness treatment in Belgrade, Serbia.

Wellness treatments in Belgrade promote bee awareness

Bees are thriving in Serbia's capital with its many flowers. The pollinators are even providing additional services.
SerbiaSeptember 3, 202502:40 min
A white-haired William Kentridge stands in front of a metal sculpture

William Kentridge show explores South African roots

With the celebrated artist turning 70, a new German exhibition traces Kentridge's decades of artistic reinvention.
South AfricaSeptember 2, 2025
A large stringed orchestra stand on the steps of a building and poses

'The Haydn Expedition': A very democratic orchestra

The documentary film "The Haydn Expedition" tells the story of artistic freedom and democratic governance.
GermanySeptember 1, 2025