From cultural investment to cutting-edge technology, the 2026 Global Cities Index reveals what makes the world's leading cities such compelling places to live and visit.

Sabrina Carpenter will play Ginger Rogers, while Margaret Qualley will pley Fred's older sister, Adele.

A return to children’s fiction is a restorative, rip-roaring way to remind adult readers of the imaginative delights of books

Ahead of what will likely be a rabid San Sebastian Film Festival premiere, Brad Pitt joined his Heart of the Beast director David Ayer for a press conference on Wednesday.

Study of more than 100,000 people supports your parents’ advice: eat your veggies.

It’s the first time in recorded history that a sea turtle has nested on the West Coast. Scientists say it is the latest sign of warming ocean waters.

Chinese group also slashes charging time in race against BYD for electric vehicle battery supremacy

A new photo book, The Third Eye: Early Photographs, features a selection of intimate photographs of the Beatles, taken between 1963 and 1969—with the band on the brink of causing worldwide pandemonium...

The two authors are in the running for the £50,000 award alongside a Pulitzer winner, a science fiction legend, a comic writer and a debut novelist • Booker judge Mary Beard on this year’s shortlist This year’s Booker prize shortlist features some very familiar names – previous winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are in the running once more, along with Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Strout and prominent British speculative fiction writer M John Harrison. Novelist and poet Luke Kennard and debut novelist Rebecca Perry are also in contention for the £50,000 prize, the winner of which will be announced on Monday 9 November. James, the Jamaican writer who took home the prize in 2015 for A Brief History of Seven Killings, was shortlisted this time for The Disappearers. Set in Aids-era Jamaica, the novel centres around an attack on a group of queer men rehearsing John Herbert’s prison-set play Fortune and Men’s Eyes. Coming in at 640 pages, it’s the longest on the list. Continue reading...

Beautifully situated refuges with superlative views offering sanctuary to intrepid hikers and climbers

Are people having fewer children because modern life makes parenthood too difficult—or because the meaning of a satisfying life has changed?

It’s no longer a secret that Basque cinema is getting some overdue time in the spotlight.

Research also uncovers an efficient way to grow hindbrain cells from stem cells — a difficult feat.

His impressive opening subscription concerts offer hard-hitting Prokofiev and the emotional catharsis of John Adams’ work commemorating 9/11

Bristol’s Dongnae restaurant takes a classic side dish from Korea and transforms it into a delicious main course with rice

Singer Céline Dion lit up the Plénitude Arena in Nanterre for the first concert of her Paris residency.

“Our founders took years of experience in casino design and timeshare sales and swaddled them together into a first-of-its-kind solution that asks: Do poor p...

The often Oscar-predictive People's Choice Award from the Toronto International Film Festival has been presented. Netflix's 'La Bola Negra' wins.

An array of the most influential Californians were at the pre-opening party for George Lucas and Melody Hobson’s showcase for their vast collection of illustrated stories.

Before the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens to the public on Tuesday, George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, threw an opening night celebration that will go down in the Hollywood history books.

In her remarks at the opening of Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Mellody Hobson said George Lucas' was worried about A-listers showing up. They did.

Comments from Chinese company come ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington

In 1987, one of television’s most influential shows was born. The stars, writers, and producers look back on their years at Hillman College.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a standalone postproduction tax incentive into law on Friday in a bid to lure Hollywood jobs back to California and render the state more competitive with the likes of New York and Georgia.

Marlon James, Louise Erdrich, Edwidge Danticat, and more.

In year of extreme weather, ad agencies found to be building Big Oil’s image as integral to family life and security “It’s that time of the year again,” the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company told Emiratis in a Ramadan advertising campaign. “Where tanks are always full – for night after night of majlis hopping.” When you think about fossil fuels, you might think of offshore oil platforms flaring gas in rough seas, the US/Iran war, or the greenhouse effect heating up the world’s climate. A new report argues, however, that what Big Oil wants you to think about is family, friends and faith instead. Continue reading...

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Chinese-made panels on rooftops across the world are changing the facts of life for big utilities

Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.

The United Nations Environment Program released a report earlier this month saying the world – which is already experiencing roughly 1.3˚C of warming – will miss the 1.5˚C climate change target set by...

Bob Mackie, who died on Monday, at 87, dressed Carol Burnett, Cher, and Elton John flamboyantly.

New geological discoveries suggest Gondwanaland could have played a pivotal role in the Cambrian explosion