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Spectacular Christmas light show in 800-year-old cathedral in Brussels

Europe

AI-generated reconstructions of ancient Rome turn out to be full of errors

Tsarist warriors revival: Putin sends Cossacks to Ukraine’s front lines

Explainer
Europe

Paris unveils royal jewel exhibition as Louvre heist casts long shadow

Europe

'If al-Sharaa applies & fulfils his promises, it will be the fairytale that Syrians have hoped for'

Middle East

To attract investment, build institutions, Syria must demonstrate 'the State is there for everybody'

Middle East

'Every Syrian should have the right to visit Syria, to feel its freedom & to recognise its problems'

Middle East

The Grand Cairo Museum visitors so captivated that they fall into water

Africa

Syria: Tourism struggles to return to the UNESCO site of Palmyra

Middle East

Liberty, equality, invincibility: Cultural highlights of France's Ukraine Season

Europe

The Bright Side: Egypologists find 225 'exceptional' figurines in pharaoh's tomb

Africa

‘Culture strikes back’: Author Andrei Kurkov’s invitation to stand by Ukraine

Interview
Europe
Tête à tête

Francis Fukuyama: 'Trump is the most disappointing thing that's happened' in decades

Americas

History buffs flock to Czech Republic to re-enact Napoleon’s Austerlitz triumph

Europe

This mummy portrait isn’t from Roman Egypt - it was generated by AI

80 years since the start of the Nuremberg trials

Europe
Press Review

World's first kiss traced back 21 million years

Louvre's crown jewels still missing despite continued efforts to track them down

France

France promotes Jewish soldier Alfred Dreyfus, 130 years after wrongfully convicting him of treason

France

French ‘counter-monument’ holds up a mirror to ghosts of colonial Algeria

Long read
France

Release of Sarkozy, pending appeal, 'isn't end of sentence: It's morphing into something else'

France

The Grand Egyptian Museum Finally Inaugurated in Cairo tonight

Africa

Cairo set to open $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum after repeated delays

Culture
France in focus

Why are the French so fascinated by Ancient Egypt?

France

Will Darmanin's Sarkozy visit shed light on poor prison conditions: overcrowding, healthcare access?

'Unprecedented': Sarkozy imprisonment sets powerful 'precedent on need for probity in public office'

Prince Murat: The royal jewels represent the 'heritage of the French monarchy, the nation of France'

France

How did burglars pull off 'the theft of the decade' in 7 minutes at the Louvre?

France

Louvre heist: A look at other famous robberies in museums worldwide

France

Thieves steal French crown jewels in 4 minutes at Louvre Museum

France

France: daring daytime heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris

France

Thieves steal 'priceless' jewels from Paris' Louvre and flee on motorbikes

France

Tens of thousands flock to China's Palace Museum on 100th anniversary

Asia / Pacific
Entre Nous

Showgirls: Before Taylor Swift, there was Mistinguett

France

The Bright Side: Egypt opens one of its largest tombs to public after epic restoration

Africa

Justice in the corridors of power: What the Sarkozy verdict reveals about judicial independence

France

Sarkozy Criminal Association conviction: William Julié on power, French justice, global reach of law

France

Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy remained a dominant force in French politics until justice closed in

France

Sarkozy 5-year sentence: In US & Brazil, prosecutions of political leaders often seen as politicised

France

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison

France
Perspective

'Some wounds have never been allowed to heal': Author Martin Doyle on the Troubles

Europe
Perspective

'No Country for Love': Yaroslav Trofimov on the cost of survival in 1930s Ukraine

Europe
Focus

'Treasure Island': Kuwait uncovers its past through archaeology

Middle East

The Bright Side: Iraq's Yazidis rediscover their lost history in photos found in a museum archive

Middle East
Perspective

'Reframing Blackness': Author Alayo Akinkugbe on rethinking art history

Culture

The Bright Side: Oldest organ, brought from France to Jerusalem during Crusades, plays again

Middle East

Supertramp founding frontman Rick Davies dies at 81

Americas
Focus

The price of prosperity: Singapore's 60 years of independence

Asia / Pacific
France in focus

Between memory and silence: The journey of Cambodian refugees in France

France

Madagascar receives skull of former king beheaded by French troops

Africa

The Bright Side: Istanbul’s ferries carry passengers and memories across continents

Asia / Pacific

Grecanico: Ancient Greek language still spoken in southern Italy

On the ground
Europe

The Bright Side: Smiling figurine thought to be first 'portrait' of a Viking

Europe
France in focus

Le Corbusier: The most revered and reviled architect of the 20th century

France

France returns skull of colonial-era beheaded king to Madagascar

Africa

France returns three skulls to Madagascar, a former colony

France

Human ancestor Lucy gets first European showing in Prague

Europe

Teeth that shake up human evolution: Ethiopian fossils shed light on ancestors

Africa

Bayeux tapestry British museum loan: France and Britain are making nice

Europe

Archaeologists find possible artefacts of oldest known Wallacean hominids in Indonesia

Asia / Pacific

Legendary Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dies at age 97

Americas

The Bright Side: Gabon's ancient caves shed light on 27,000 years of human history

Africa
France in focus

Frantz Fanon: From Martinique to Algeria, the journey of an anti-colonialist

Africa

🌟The Bright Side: Underwater dig reveals Europe’s 'oldest' lake settlement

Europe

'Worse than murder': Ireland's dark history of criminalisation and diabolisation of unwed mothers

Europe

Ireland: excavation of mass grave believed to hold remains of nearly 800 infants begins

Europe
Access Asia

Historian retraces 5,000 years of Indian history

Asia / Pacific

Historian Audrey Truschke retraces 5,000 years of Indian history

Asia / Pacific
Focus

Three decades on, Bosnian town of Srebrenica still haunted by genocide

Europe
Entre Nous

French weddings: From town hall, to champagne, to onion soup

France
Entre Nous

From the first to fakes: Original Hermès Birkin bag goes up for auction

France

France to loan iconic Bayeux tapestry to London's British Museum

Culture