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The thermometer was touching 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in the central Indian city of Nagpur as cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty spoke about how climate change influences his work. The record-breaking heat wave — made 30 times more likely due to ...

Luxury US fashion brand Ralph Lauren has apologised after it was accused by Beatriz Gutierrez, the wife of the president of Mexico and head of a cultural affairs commission, of plagiarising indigenous designs. On Thursday, October 20, Gutierrez posted a ...

More than 2,000 years ago, men already draped scarves or shawls around their necks. One forerunner of the modern-day tie can be seen on the soldiers of the famous Terracotta Army in China. Many of the 8,000 clay warriors who ...

The prestigious German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis), which recognizes the best new German-language novel of the year, was awarded on Monday to Kim de l'Horizon for their debut novel, "Blutbuch" (Blood Book), lauded by the jury for its "sense ...

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize on Monday for his novel, "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida." Karunatilaka accepted the award at a ceremony in London, saying he hoped the book would be read in a Sri ...

From Ernest Hemingway to Mario Vargas Llosa, the greatest names in literature have been recipients of the prestigious Nobel Prize for literature. French author Annie Ernaux now joins this list of greats as the 2022 laureate, as announced on ...

Loretta Lynn, the American country music queen whose frank songs about life and love thrust her into stardom, has died. She was 90 years old. "Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her ...

Like other musical greats such as Elton John or Bob Dylan, the members of British electro-pop band Depeche Mode are not ready to retire. And why should they be? The icons of the new wave scene still have a ...

Yom Kippur, or Yom HaKippurim, translates as "the day of atonement". It is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, which corresponds to September or October in the Gregorian calendar. It comes 10 ...

Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American actress and activist, has died aged 75, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Sunday. Littlefeather gained prominence in 1973 at the first ever live-broadcast Oscar Awards ceremony by refusing to accept, on behalf ...

US rapper Coolio, who was among hip-hop's biggest names in the 1990s, has died, his manager said Wednesday. The 59-year-old, born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., was well known for hits such as "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage." He died at the ...

Often compared to the British Booker Prize, the French Prix Goncourt or the American Pulitzer Prize, the German Book Prize is the most high-profile literary prize in the German-speaking world, where winners can hope for substantial sales of their ...