In case you missed it, Bella Hadid just tore up the Paris Fashion Week rule book by wearing a spray-on dress on the catwalk. She didn’t just wear it though. The supermodel arrived at the Coperni show in nothing but a g-string before three assistants sp…
Nearly 48 million animals culled in Europe’s ‘largest ever’ bird flu epidemic
The latest outbreak of bird flu is the most serious epidemic in Europe on record, according to health authorities. Over 47.7 million animals have been culled on European farms since last autumn due to the virus, according to the latest figures. The rep…
Monks turned winemakers credited for the success of ‘Via Caritatis’ brand
Harvesting to the rhythm of the bells is normal for the monks at the Abbey of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux, in the south of France. In this drought-stricken year, the harvest is expected to be of high quality, which is more than enough reason for these …
Rendez-vous: The Best of Arts in Europe
This week, we travel to Zurich’s film festival with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Eddie Redmayne and stop at London’s National Gallery to see the Lucian Freud exhibition and his hyper-realistic nude paintings. In Paris, we head south of Ile Saint-Louis to t…
Ukraine war: Kyiv ‘makes biggest advance in the south since war began’
Key developments to know about from Russia’s war in Ukraine: 1. Ukraine ‘makes biggest advance in the south since war began’Kyiv made a major military breakthrough in south Ukraine on Monday, Reuters reports. Ukrainian troops recaptured villages along …
Bulgaria election: Exit polls suggest victory for ex-PM Boyko Borissov’s GERB party
Exit polls in Bulgaria suggest that the GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov, a party blamed for presiding over years of corruption, is the likely winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election on Sunday. The surveys by Gallup International and Alpha R…
‘The blast threw me into the wall’: Mykolaiv residents describe nightly Russian missile strikes
Three minutes past four in the morning: we just heard an explosion. The air alarm went off four minutes later. A few more minutes, and more explosions come, closer. In the hotel, not far from Mykolaiv city centre, some guests decided to hide undergroun…
A united Ireland needs cross-community support, says Irish deputy PM Leo Varadkar
Hopes for Irish unity are “noble and legitimate”, said Irish Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, but he called for compromise in the debate on the island’s constitutional future. Addressing a rally on Saturday of thousands in favour of the unification …
The oldest vine in the world is harvested in Slovenia
The Žametovka or Modra Kavčina vine in Maribor, Slovenia, has been growing for more than 400 years and is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest vine in the world still producing fruit. The harvest of the Old Vine according has become a c…
Canadians march in solidarity with Iranian protests
Several thousand people have marched in Montreal and other Canadian cities in solidarity with protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s notorious morality police. A wave of street violence has rocked Iran since Amini, 22, di…