Orlando Bloom shared how his Soka Gakkai Buddhist practice, started at 16, has been instrumental in grounding him throughout his acting career and life challenges, including a severe back injury.
Hundreds protested outside the AfD party conference in Erfurt, Germany, blocking highways. The author, a long-term resident, joined demonstrators fearing the far-right party's policies. Despite police presence, the protest fostered hope and demonstrated a grassroots movement's potential to mobilize citizens against rising extremism.
Thousands attended the funeral procession of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in central Tehran, displaying banners threatening former US President Trump with a $100 million bounty and chanting anti-US and anti-Israel slogans. The event followed Khamenei's assassination by US-Israeli airstrikes.
A Fifa e as federações nacionais criaram playlists musicais personalizadas para a Copa do Mundo de 2026, combinando hinos globais com músicas locais. Cada seleção tem faixas para anúncio de escalação, aquecimento e gols, além de uma música para celebrar vitórias. O Brasil apresenta "Bate no Peito" com vários artistas, enquanto Argentina e Gana usam músicas com significados culturais profundos.
Hundreds of Mexican fans gathered outside Ecuador's team hotel in Mexico City late Monday, using drums, horns, and chants to disrupt their sleep ahead of a FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 match. The noisy crowd aimed to unsettle the visiting squad before their crucial knockout stage game.
New York City experiences a vibrant World Cup atmosphere, with Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the forefront, leveraging the event to promote inclusivity and multiculturalism while contrasting with FIFA's commercialization and the federal administration's policies.
Ashdown Forest, the inspiration for Winnie-the-Pooh stories, is celebrating its centenary with a giant, shapeshifting puppet named Poppet. Created by Trigger, the puppet aims to re-engage children and families with the natural environment.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge rebuked party workers at a 'Sankalpa Samavesha' in Bengaluru for disrupting the event with slogans supporting Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar. Kharge called them "useless fellows" and warned of disciplinary action.
New York City is holding a massive ticker-tape parade for the Knicks' first NBA championship in 53 years. Thousands of fans, some arriving before dawn, packed the 'Canyon of Heroes' route. The event includes performances and honors for the team, marking a historic celebration for the city.
Around 200 students walked out of Google CEO Sundar Pichai's commencement speech at Stanford University, protesting Project Nimbus, a tech deal with Israel. Attendees waved Palestinian flags and chanted "free, free Palestine."
Dozens protested UFC fights on the White House lawn, calling it corrupt and a commercialization of federal land. The event, coinciding with Trump's birthday, sparked counter-programming focused on peace and democracy.
Mexico's soccer federation lost its latest appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) against Fifa punishments for fans chanting an anti-gay slur. Fines totaling 140,000 Swiss francs were upheld, but a stadium closure sanction was lifted.
Kenneth Branagh stars as Prospero in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of The Tempest, directed by Richard Eyre, offering a unique blend of enchanting visuals, sound, and ensemble performances, though Branagh's initial portrayal feels lightweight before deepening in the second half.
The New York Knicks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 121-108, taking a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, and the Knicks are now one win away from their first NBA Finals since 1999.
Union Bordeaux-Bègles (UBB) delivered a crushing defeat to Leinster in the Champions Cup final in Bilbao, showcasing exuberant, brilliant rugby. Despite their fifth-place standing in the Top 14, UBB's passionate performance and dominant first half secured a decisive victory, highlighting the intensity of domestic club rugby.
Leeds United will issue lengthy stadium bans to fans identified engaging in homophobic chanting during their 1-0 win over Brighton. The club deployed extra cameras and stated discriminatory chanting has no place in football, also acknowledging Jimmy Savile chants. Brighton fans are a protected community, and such chants are considered hate crimes.
Rory McIlroy clashed with a fan during the final round of the US PGA, telling them to "shut the fuck up" after a "USA" chant. The incident occurred as McIlroy's tournament hopes faded. England's Aaron Rai won the event.
Supporters gathered in Tehran to send off Iran’s national football team ahead of the 2026 World Cup, chanting slogans including “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”
Enchanting and a little eerie, Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth is the second great game in as many years based on the classic children’s booksSleepy, happy-sad, and imbued with the mildest peril, Tove Jansson’s Moomin stories may seem an unlikely fit for the action-heavy medium of video games. Rather than embark on swashbuckling adventures, these milk-white, hippo-esque creatures prefer to potter about Moominvalley, only venturing further if the weather conditions are just right.Yet a small Norwegian video game studio, Hyper Games, is now on its second exquisitely charming Jansson adaptation. The first, 2024’s Snufkin: Melody of Moomin Valley, put players in control of the wily free spirit, Snufkin, as he dismantled overly ordered nature parks (and evaded authority-loving wardens). The latest, Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth, sees young Moomintroll wake up at night in the dead of winter. With his parents still hibernating, the creature is all alone, thrust into a cold and unfamiliar world. Continue reading...
Keir Starmer has pledged to crack down on antisemitic chants at protest marches after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north-west London. The UK terrorism threat level was raised to 'severe' by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, meaning a terrorist attack is highly likely. The suspect, understood to be 45-year-old Essa Suleiman, was referred to the Prevent programme in 2020 and cleared within six weeks. Starmer promised £25m more funding for Jewish security services and stronger powers to target antisemitic preachers, while rejecting calls to pause pro-Gaza marches.
Keir Starmer pledges crackdown on protesters chanting or displaying antisemitic slogans as terror attack is assessed to be ‘highly likely’ Keir Starmer has pledged to crack down on those “venerating the murder of Jews” at protest marches as the UK terror threat level was raised to severe in the wake of the Golders Green attack.The prime minister promised to do “everything in our power to stamp this hatred out” after meeting emergency workers and community leaders near the scene in north-west London where two Jewish men were stabbed on Wednesday. Continue reading...
Leeds United’s FA Cup semi-final defeat to Chelsea has been overshadowed by police action against homophobic chanting, with 16 fans reported for prosecution under updated Crown Prosecution Service guidance. Amid a tense, physical match at Wembley, broader concerns around discriminatory abuse, including ongoing “Savile” chants, highlight football’s increasing legal and cultural reckoning with fan behaviour.
Roberto De Zerbi had said he wanted no crying in his camp after Brighton scored their late equaliser last week, and it was just as the Wolves fans had started chanting “You’re going to cry in a minute” that the substitute João Palhinha struck the goal that briefly helped Tottenham climb out of the relegation zone and avoid a club record of 16 consecutive league games without a win.The Spurs manager ran on to the pitch, pumping his fists, after the Portugal midfielder, played onside by the former Spurs defender Matt Doherty, slid in to score after Richarlison had scuffed a shot goalwards when Pedro Porro’s corner fell his way in the 82nd minute. Continue reading...
Researchers from Southeast University in Nanjing have published a study in Nature documenting the 7,000-year history of ganlan, Chinese stilted houses. The research highlights how inter-ethnic interaction, particularly influenced by Han culture, shaped the 'west-to-east' directional evolution pattern of these structures. Tai O fishing village on Lantau Island serves as a premier destination showcasing this architectural heritage.
