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A bracelet that saves lives: The new weapon in the fight against the date rape drug
Culture • 2:55 PM
4 min
Researchers from Spain and Portugal have created a bracelet that detects the date rape drug.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/13/a-bracelet-that-saves-lives-the-new-weapon-in-the-fig
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Pamela Anderson is now selling pickles – and it's for a good cause
Culture • 11:58 AM
9 min
Pamela Anderson has launched her very own, limited-edition line of spicy pickles. And the reason behind this career pivot is a big dill.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/13/pamela-an
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Tennis icon Venus Williams to be honoured with new 'Inspiring Women' Barbie doll
Culture • 10:43 AM
11 min
Williams’ doll, set to be released on 15 August, is part of Mattel Creations’ Inspiring Women Collection and will celebrate her tennis legacy as well as her fight for equal pay.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.
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Estate of late rapper MF DOOM sues Temu over alleged counterfeit merchandise
Culture • 9:44 AM
5 min
The estate of the beloved late rapper calls Temu “one of the most unethical companies operating in today’s global marketplace.”<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/13/estate-of-late-rap
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White House orders review of Smithsonian museums to ensure they meet Trump’s agenda
Culture • 8:26 AM
9 min
A letter sent by the White House is ordering several US museums to align their content with Donald Trump’s interpretation of American history. The president has accused the Smithsonian of coming under the influence of a “divisive, race-centered ideology.”
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Irish rappers Kneecap condemn Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during Sziget 2025 broadcast
Culture • 6:58 AM
10 min
The Irish rappers were banned from attending Sziget festival, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán prohibiting them from entering Hungary for three years. Still, that didn't stop Kneecap from getting their message across to disappointed fans...<div
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Beyoncé wins her first Emmy ahead of Primetime ceremony next month
Culture • 5:47 AM
3 min
Beyoncé now has an Emmy Award to go along with her 35 Grammys – and only needs an Oscar and a Tony Award to enter the prestigious EGOT club...<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/13/bey
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International Left-Handers Day: Facts you may not know about lefties
Culture • 5:15 AM
9 min
“If the left half of the brain controls the right half of the body then only left-handed people are in the right mind.” - W.C. Fields<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/13/internationa
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Eddie Van Halen's 1982 iconic Kramer guitar to be auctioned
Culture • 12:54 AM
7 min
The instrument is based on Van Halen’s original “Frankenstrat” guitar from 1975. Five years after Van Halen's death, this is the first of his guitars with this trademark design to ever be auctioned. It is expected to fetch more than $2million during an Oc
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Tuesday, august 12, 2025
From Freakier Friday's Pink Slip to Spinal Tap: The best fictional movie bands
Culture • 3:03 PM
12 min
As pop-punkers Pink Slip return for 'Freakier Friday', we reflect on the other fictional bands that rocked, rebelled, and reeled movie magic up to eleven.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/20
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Moomins turn 80: Fans flock to Finland to celebrate the beloved cartoon clan
Culture • 2:05 PM
9 min
Eight decades after their debut, the Moomins remain Finland’s most treasured literary export. Fans flocked to the official Moomin Museum to honour the impact of the beloved characters.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https
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Madonna urges Pope Leo XIV to visit Gaza 'before it's too late'
Culture • 1:02 PM
9 min
The singer wrote that the pontiff was “the only one of us who cannot be denied entry” into Gaza, adding that “there is no more time.”<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/12/madonna-urge
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The world's biggest Mars rock sold at auction, but Niger wants to know how it got there
Culture • 11:54 AM
5 min
A 25-kilo rock from Mars sold for over $5 million (€4.3 million) at Sotheby’s in New York last month. But Niger, where the meteorite was found, has launched an investigation into whether it was illegally smuggled out of the country.<div class="small-12 co
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Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel confirms Italian citizenship as Trump targets celebrity opponents
Culture • 10:32 AM
12 min
Is Jimmy Kimmel the next big American celebrity to move to Europe to escape Donald Trump?<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/12/talk-show-host-jimmy-kimmel-confirms-italian-citizenship
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Harry and Meghan extend Netflix deal amid plans for new content
Culture • 9:55 AM
6 min
The royal couple are set to produce more shows under the Archewell banner in a multi-year agreement with Netflix – in spite of criticism and mixed viewership numbers.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.co
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Cristiano Ronaldo engaged to partner Georgina Rodríguez
Culture • 8:32 AM
5 min
The Spanish-Argentine model posted a picture of a large diamond ring announcing the news.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/12/cristiano-ronaldo-engaged-to-partner-georgina-rodriguez?
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Wikipedia loses challenge against UK Online Safety Act rules
Culture • 7:27 AM
2 min
A High Court ruling in the UK has quashed Wikipedia’s attempt to overturn part of the country’s divisive Online Safety Act. Judges dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge to rules that could place the online encyclopaedia under the law’s strictest
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Taylor Swift announces her 12th studio album, 'The Life of a Showgirl'
Culture • 6:11 AM
6 min
Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' follows last year’s 'The Tortured Poets Department' and the singer's record-breaking Eras Tour. No release date has been announced for the new album, but her site says that vinyl editions of the album would ship bef
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Candid Beatles moments captured by Paul McCartney to be exhibited in London
Culture • 5:14 AM
8 min
From backstage moments to quiet reflections, Paul McCartney’s photographs of the Beatles’ breakthrough years are heading to a London gallery this August.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/202
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Monday, august 11, 2025
Drag Race France All Stars: How the franchise attempts to reconcile entertaintment and politics
Culture • 2:20 PM
11 min
In 15 years, RuPaul’s Drag Race has brought drag into the mainstream. But has it lost its edge? As the first season of Drag Race France All Stars continues to delight French audiences, Euronews Culture explores how the franchise is walking a tightrope bet
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Explained: How a pasta recipe has triggered a diplomatic row between UK and Italy
Culture • 1:22 PM
3 min
A diplomatic crisis over a knob of butter? Butter believe it.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/11/explained-how-a-pasta-recipe-has-triggered-a-diplomatic-row-between-uk-and-italy?utm
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Emma Thompson jokes she could’ve ‘changed American history’ by saying yes to date with Donald Trump
Culture • 11:44 AM
5 min
The now-US President asked Emma Thompson out in 1998, following her divorce from Kenneth Branagh. The celebrated actress recalled the strange moment during a talk at Locarno Film Festival, and joked that she could have “changed the course of American hist
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Thieves make off with $7,000 in Labubu dolls as toy craze sparks smash-and-grab in LA
Culture • 10:42 AM
7 min
Masked thieves raided a California toy store for dozens of sought-after Labubu dolls, as demand for the quirky collectible continues to skyrocket worldwide.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/
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'Depravity and lawlessness’: U2 speak out on Israel’s actions in Gaza
Culture • 9:49 AM
9 min
Bono and his bandmates have released personal statements condemning Hamas' "diabolical" actions and how Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli government deserve "our categorical and unequivocal condemnation."<div class="small-12 column text-center article__b
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Willy Chavarria and Adidas apologise for shoe design criticised as cultural appropriation
Culture • 9:17 AM
3 min
Adidas and designer Willy Chavarria have apologised after their Oaxaca Slip-On sparked backlash for using Indigenous Mexican design without credit or collaboration.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/
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Kneecap banned in Hungary but vow to use their platform to call out ‘genocide and the war criminals’
Culture • 8:28 AM
14 min
The Irish rap trio Kneecap would have graced the stage at this year's Sziget festival today had the Hungarian government had not banned the band from the country. Regardless, the band continues to tour and have vowed to keep using their platform to call o
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Dance Days Chania: 72 hours of contemporary dance at the crossroads of Mediterranean culture
Culture • 7:01 AM
15 min
This year's 15th anniversary event took place from 21 July to 2 August and included a rich programme with 21 performances, 12 seminars and workshops.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08
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In Pictures: French bulldog mix Petunia wins World's Ugliest Dog Contest 2025
Culture • 6:33 AM
13 min
"Ugly" by name; fierce by nature. Here are the highlights of this year's World's Ugliest Dog Contest.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/11/in-pictures-french-bulldog-mix-petunia-wins-
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Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week
Culture • 6:15 AM
11 min
Face huggers, conjoined flesh, and farewell exhibitions: This week's highlights include 'Alien: Earth', 'Together' and an exhibition honouring the late, great Ozzy Osbourne.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euro
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Sunday, august 10, 2025
'A garden to remember': The hidden stories of Warsaw's Łazienki Park
Culture • 11:05 AM
16 min
The exhibition "The Life of a Royal Garden", held at Warsaw's Łazienki Park, is not only a walk through the eras and garden styles, but also a profound look at the people who created, nurtured and lived in this garden.<div class="small-12 column text-cent
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Pastel ghouls and Jack-o-Melons: How Halloween became a 'Summerween' celebration
Culture • 7:06 AM
8 min
Impatient for Autumn, Halloween lovers are implementing a summer version of the holiday. Any excuse to stay inside and watch more horror movies, huh?<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08
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Saturday, august 9, 2025
How the UK’s Green Man Festival has managed to stay independent
Culture • 1:03 PM
17 min
Ahead of this year's festival, Green Man Festival owner and director Fiona Stewart explains the importance of independent festivals as corporations take over the industry.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.eurone
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The Herds: Life-sized animal puppets complete epic 20,000km climate crisis journey
Culture • 9:40 AM
5 min
The Herds, a climate change art project by The Walk Productions, has completed its 20,000km journey from the Congo rainforest to Norway’s Arctic Circle.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025
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Fire at the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba extinguished avoiding 'catastrophic situation'
Culture • 7:58 AM
2 min
A fire in the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, caused by the short circuit of a sweeper in the chapel of Almanzor, forced the area to be evacuated. However, the blaze has now been extinguished according to the town's mayor.<div class="small-12 column text-ce
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Meet the Austrian carpenter safeguarding precious flutes with his new 'smart case' invention
Culture • 7:10 AM
6 min
Professional flutists often face a problem when it comes to protecting their fragile and expensive instruments: many cases don't hold the flutes in place, making them vulnerable to damage. But a carpenter from a small Austrian town may have changed that..
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Friday, august 8, 2025
Online humour meets AI: How the Trump administration engages in 'memetic warfare'
Culture • 1:31 PM
12 min
Euronews Culture explores how the Trump administration has taken inspiration from online far-right communities and is using AI-generated memes to communicate on its achievements. And mock its enemies.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button
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'Extreme exploitation': Spanish archaeologists find signs of war cannibalism from 5,700 years ago
Culture • 11:29 AM
10 min
Deep within El Mirador Cave in northern Spain, researchers have uncovered bone-chilling evidence of human cannibalism dating back around 5,700 years.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08
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Kazakh vocalist Aigerim Altynbek stuns jury, wins big at Portofino’s Opera Competition
Culture • 9:22 AM
5 min
Aigerim Altynbek swept the competition at this year's Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino (CLIP), bringing Kazahstan's "rich culture to the world" according to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.<div class="small-12 column text-center article_
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Owner of Donald Trump-themed restaurant faces deportation by ICE
Culture • 8:14 AM
5 min
Food and politics clearly don’t mix... The owner of a Texas restaurant group that celebrates Donald Trump is facing immigration enforcement. Here’s everything you need to know.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.e
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Wolfgang Tillmans exhibition to close out Paris' Pompidou Center before major five-year renovation
Culture • 7:24 AM
6 min
A major exhibition by German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans is serving as the institution's final show before its closure.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/08/wolfgang-tillmans-exhib
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'The Mandalorian' actress Gina Carano settles lawsuit with Lucasfilm and Disney
Culture • 6:36 AM
5 min
Gina Carano had sued Disney and Lucasfilm for wrongful termination after she was fired in 2021 - following a social media post in which the actress compared being a Republican to being a Jew during the Holocaust. The case had been scheduled to go to trial
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Ready furr their close-up: How cats became Hollywood's hottest stars
Culture • 6:09 AM
12 min
This International Cat Day, Euronews Culture's resident cat lady Amber Louise Bryce reflects on the rise of feline protagonists in cinema.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/08/ready-f
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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Weapons' - Why did 17 children vanish at 2:17am?
Culture • 12:18 AM
10 min
2025 has been a great year for horror so far... And it's only getting better, as Zach Cregger's scary, tense and surprisingly fun fairytale is unmissable.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/20
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Thursday, august 7, 2025
Pompeii’s second life: New evidence suggests the city was reoccupied after devastating eruption
Culture • 3:05 PM
4 min
New evidence strongly suggests that Pompeii was reoccupied after the devastating AD 79 eruption - a theory long speculated but now backed by archaeological proof.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/cu
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Meet the Australian artist bringing new life to a grain silo in rural North Dakota
Culture • 1:14 PM
13 min
Australian artist Guido van Helten is transforming a towering grain elevator in Minot, North Dakota, into a 360° mural celebrating local stories, land, and identity.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com
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Streaming platform Mubi facing pressure from film industry over Israeli military ties
Culture • 11:32 AM
9 min
A growing number of filmmakers are calling on Mubi to cut ties from investment fund Sequoia Capital, which backs several Israeli defence-tech start-ups.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025
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Former Superman actor Dean Cain says he’s joining Trump's ICE agency to 'help save America'
Culture • 10:50 AM
8 min
Calling it his patriotic duty, Cain says he’ll be sworn in “ASAP” to help enforce immigration raids - a move that’s sparked online backlash, given his iconic role as an undocumented alien hero from Krypton.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__
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Mexican authorities accuse Adidas of cultural appropriation over shoe design
Culture • 9:56 AM
4 min
The "Oaxaca Slip-On" was created as part of a collaboration between Adidas Originals and US designer Willy Chavarria. Oaxaca state authorities said the company did not acknowledge the design's indigenous origins.<div class="small-12 column text-center art
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Leonardo DiCaprio faces backlash for co-financing luxury hotel in Israel
Culture • 9:45 AM
2 min
Leonardo DiCaprio has been accused of “profiting from apartheid during a genocide” for co-financing a new luxury hotel near Tel Aviv.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/07/31/leonardo-dic
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Bring out your stamps: UK’s Royal Mail celebrates Monty Python
Culture • 8:42 AM
8 min
The set of 10 stamps celebrates beloved sketches from Monty Python’s Flying Circus series, as well as marks the 50th anniversary of the cult classic 1975 film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hr
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Remembering MI5’s first female director general and author Dame Stella Rimington
Culture • 7:03 AM
7 min
The former head of the British Intelligence service and author Stella Rimington was the first female (and publicly-named) MI5 chief, as well as the inspiration for Dame Judi Dench’s M in the James Bond films. She died aged 90.<div class="small-12 column t
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'A silence full of screams': Never-before-seen Zdzisław Beksiński works on display in Warsaw
Culture • 6:03 AM
17 min
Zdzisław Beksiński did not paint pictures. He opened portals. An exhibition in Warsaw honours the Polish painter and offers visitors a chance to enter dreamlike worlds that are both nightmarish and beautiful.<div class="small-12 column text-center article
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Meet the female musicians fighting climate change in rural Pakistan through song
Culture • 5:12 AM
9 min
In rural Pakistan, where literacy is low and the internet scarce, women are turning to music to spread awareness about the climate crisis.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/07/meet-th
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Rare first edition of 'The Hobbit' sells for record price at auction
Culture • 12:27 AM
7 min
The book was discovered by chance in a house in Bristol. It is one of 1,500 original copies of Tolkien’s famous 1937 novel.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/07/rare-first-edition-of-
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Wednesday, august 6, 2025
Fifty stages and 1,00 performances await guests at this year's Sziget Festival in Hungary
Culture • 7:33 PM
2 min
New additions this year include a nightclub and several new stages, while the island’s beach has been closed due to high water levels on the Danube.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/
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Extraordinary ancient tattoo art uncovered on 2300-year-old ice mummy in groundbreaking study
Culture • 4:10 PM
10 min
Using near-infrared imaging, researchers uncovered extraordinary hand-poked designs of tigers, griffins and tiny roosters on the body of a 2300-year-old Siberian mummy.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.
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South Park vs ICE: Hit show gearing up to troll Trump once more with viral teaser trailer
Culture • 2:45 PM
5 min
A now-viral teaser for the new South Park episode indicates that show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will once again target Donald Trump, as well as his administration’s ICE raids. The new trailer even led the Department of Homeland Security to hit b
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Princess of Wales’ foundation launches animated films to support children’s development
Culture • 1:21 PM
6 min
The Princess of Wales has launched an animated film series which focuses on childhood development. The films, now on YouTube, are designed for use by charities, early years education professionals, and families.<div class="small-12 column text-center arti
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Director Francis Ford Coppola gives update following 'scheduled' cardiac procedure in Rome
Culture • 11:29 AM
6 min
Amid reports that the legendary American director had been hospitalised in Italy, Coppola released a statement reassuring fans.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/06/director-francis-f
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Former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor claims Met Museum has his stolen guitar
Culture • 10:41 AM
6 min
A rock 'n' roll relic is stirring up drama between a guitar legend and one of New York's most iconic museums.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/08/06/former-rolling-stone-mick-taylor-cla
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