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California: Wildfire Victims Facing a Housing Crisis

Days after an inferno razed Pacific Palisades, Maya Lieberman is desperate to find somewhere to live. But unscrupulous landlords who are jacking up prices are making it hard. "The price gouging is going haywire, it's obscene," the 50-year-old stylist told AFP. "I can't find anywhere for us to go." Huge fires that have torn through Los Angeles ...

Cape Town’s Streets Alive for Historic Minstrel Carnival

Cape Town’s historic streets erupted in a riot of color and music on Saturday, January 4, as thousands of costumed minstrels paraded through the city’s center in an exuberant celebration of cultural heritage and resilience. This annual carnival, deeply rooted in the city’s history of slavery, drew large crowds and cemented its reputation as ...

Syria's New Rulers Step Up Engagement With The World

Syria's new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday with countries that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah, with the French flag raised at the embassy for the first time in over a decade. Assad fled Syria just over a week ago, as his forces abandoned tanks and other equipment in the face of a lightning offensive spearheaded by the ...

Damascus: HTS Leader Congratulates the People and Calls for Celebrations

The leader of the Islamist-dominated armed coalition that seized power in Syria on Friday called on residents to take to the streets en masse to celebrate the "victory of the revolution." In a video, Abou Mohammad al-Jolani, now using his real name, Ahmad al-Chareh, "congratulated the Syrian people on the revolution’s victory" and urged the ...

Festive Agenda (1): December in the Spirit of Christmas

Beirut Chants: A Celebration of Artistic and Cultural Resilience The Beirut Chants festival, held from December 4 to 23, 2024, provides a space for unity and togetherness through free concerts highlighting culture and prayer. Among the highlights already past are Mozart’s Coronation Mass, the Nativity Hymns, and various performances by local ...

Life Amid Bombardment in Beirut's Southern Suburbs

It is 4 PM when we enter Chiyah, a neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Navigating through debris, we make our way to the site of the latest Israeli airstrike, which occurred just a few hours earlier. A five-story building lies gutted, its top two floors reduced to rubble. Despite the devastation, the main street running ...

US Contractor Ordered to Pay $42 Million to Iraqis Tortured at Abu Ghraib

A federal jury on Tuesday ordered a US defense contractor to pay $42 million in damages to three Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, their lawyers said. CACI Premier Technology Inc was found liable at the conclusion of a long-running trial for its role in the torture of the three men at the notorious prison in 2003 and 2004, the ...

Calais Exhibits Possible Remains of Lady Emma Hamilton, Legendary Lover of Horatio Nelson

Remains that could belong to Lady Emma Hamilton, the legendary lover of British naval hero Horatio Nelson who defeated French forces at the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, went on display at a French church on Friday after a year-long investigation. It is not 100 percent certain that the remains are those of Lady Hamilton, who died in poverty in the ...

Pope Leo XIV in Lebanon at the End of November: What About the Visit’s Program?

The much-anticipated visit of Pope Leo XIV to Lebanon has reportedly been confirmed by senior church officials, according to the daily Nidaa al-Watan. Although no official announcement has yet been made by the Holy See, preparations—both spiritual and protocolary—are said to already be underway to welcome the head of the Catholic Church. The ...

The Nanjing Massacre Through Film: 'Dead to Rights' and China’s Lingering Trauma

The film Dead to Rights, which recounts the Nanjing Massacre of 1937-38, takes viewers through the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in China. Released just before the 80th anniversary of China's victory over Japan, the film has become a powerful focal point of national remembrance, attracting large crowds to its filming set, now a tourist ...

Venice Film Festival Debuts New Adaptation of Camus’s 'The Stranger'

The premiere of The Stranger at this year's Venice Film Festival brings to the screen one of the world's most read novels, penned by French author Albert Camus, a star in his day and now. Winner of the Nobel prize three years before his tragic death in 1960 at the age of 46, Camus has found new admirers in younger generations who love to quote ...

Jim Jarmusch Wins Venice Gold with 'Father Mother Sister Brother'

At the end of a politically charged edition, the 82nd Venice Film Festival awarded its top prize on Saturday to Jim Jarmusch’s quiet, independent film about family, while giving a strong runner-up nod to The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania. To the audience’s surprise, Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother took home the coveted ...

A 1926 Bottle Brings a Father’s Voice Back to Life on Facebook

Chance never lacks imagination when it comes to weaving connections between generations. That is what Jennifer Dowker, a boat captain and diving instructor in the small town of Cheboygan in northern Michigan, discovered. One day in June 2021, she was simply tending to the maintenance of her boat, unaware that her routine was about to be disrupted ...

Thousands pay respects to Italian designer Giorgio Armani

Thousands of mourners began paying homage on Saturday to Italian fashion giant Giorgio Armani, following his death aged 91. The designer died Thursday after months of fragile health and will be laid to rest at a private funeral on Monday in Milan. But members of the public are able to pay their respects this weekend, with his coffin laid out for ...

From Milan to Hollywood: Giorgio Armani’s Global Fashion Empire

Tapping Italy's long heritage of classic, impeccable tailoring, Giorgio Armani built a multi-billion-dollar fashion empire, making his name synonymous around the world with relaxed, restrained elegance. The country's best-known contemporary designer, the white-haired and permanently tanned Armani, whose death was announced Thursday, eschewed ...

Israel Military Says Controls 40 Percent of Gaza City

The Israeli military on Thursday said it controls 40 percent of Gaza City, the largest urban center in the Palestinian territory which it is preparing to conquer after nearly two years of devastating war. Israel has intensified in recent days its bombardments of the area of Gaza City, in the territory's north, ahead of the planned offensive, ...

Portugal Holds Day of Mourning as Crash toll Rises to 17 Dead

Portugal held a day of national mourning on Thursday as the death toll from the derailment of one of Lisbon's iconic funiculars rose to 17 people, with 21 injured. The accident Wednesday evening in one of the capital's most popular tourist spots saw the yellow Gloria funicular veer off a steep stretch of tracks near Liberty Avenue and crash into ...

Impact and Style Light Up Fashion at the Venice Film Festival

In Venice, the magic of cinema meets the power of fashion. The 82nd Venice Film Festival reimagines its red carpet as a world stage where stars and designers join forces to celebrate glamour with a poetic twist. Over the decades, fashion has evolved far beyond personal expression, becoming a strategic tool and a symbolic language at the heart of ...

Zelensky Meets European Leaders on Ukraine Security Guarantees

European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were meeting in Paris on Thursday to agree security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a peace accord with Russia to end the three-and-a-half-year war sparked by Moscow's 2022 invasion. The guarantees by the so-called coalition of the willing, which remain under wraps but are ...

'The Testament of Ann Lee': Seyfried Embodies a Feminist Prophet in Fastvold’s Poetic Tribute

With The Testament of Ann Lee, a movie about the founder of the 18th-century Shaker religious movement screening at the Venice Film Festival, director Mona Fastvold sought to honor a figure "on the verge of being erased from memory". Lee, played by Amanda Seyfried in the film that premiered at Venice this week, was "one of the very first American ...

Mental Load: The Silent Symptom of Feminine Desire

In contemporary discourse, “mental load” refers to the invisible burden carried largely by women. It is the ongoing effort of planning, monitoring, remembering and worrying on behalf of others. Many describe it as a weight that never leaves the mind. From a psychoanalytic perspective, this phenomenon goes beyond domestic imbalance. Mental ...

Djokovic Sets up Alcaraz US Open Blockbuster as Sabalenka Advances

Novak Djokovic advanced to a blockbuster US Open showdown with Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday as reigning women's champion Aryna Sabalenka vaulted into the semi-finals without having to lift her racquet. Djokovic snuffed out Taylor Fritz's hopes of becoming the first American man to win a Grand Slam singles title since 2003 with a 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 ...

Versace Leads Milan Farewell To Fashion Legend Giorgio Armani

Thousands of mourners paid homage Saturday to Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, who died this week aged 91, as his coffin was put on public display in Milan. Italian fashion icon Donatella Versace was among those who filed past Armani's closed casket at the headquarters of his multi-billion-euro lifestyle company, which marked its 50th ...

Lebanon Seizes Record Cocaine Shipment from Brazil at Tripoli Port in Saudi-Coordinated Operation

In what Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar called a “historic” operation, Lebanese authorities have intercepted the largest cocaine shipment the country has seen in years. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Hajjar revealed that the operation was made possible through “coordinated efforts with Saudi ...

Kathryn Bigelow Ignites Venice with Explosive White House Thriller

The first woman to win the Academy Award for best director, Kathryn Bigelow, is back at the Venice Film Festival Tuesday with a new White House thriller that Netflix hopes will find Oscar glory. The highly anticipated A House of Dynamite from the American director is one of 21 films competing for the top Golden Lion prize for best film on Saturday ...

French Actor Depardieu Ordered to Stand Trial for Rape

A French investigating judge has ordered cinema icon Gerard Depardieu to stand trial on charges of raping and sexually assaulting actor Charlotte Arnould in 2018, sources close to the case and a lawyer said Tuesday. The decision came after a Paris court handed Depardieu an 18-month suspended sentence in a separate case in May after convicting him ...

Search for Survivors After Afghan Earthquake Kills 800

Rescuers desperately searched Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of homes flattened by an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake, followed by at least five aftershocks, hit remote areas in mountainous provinces near the border with Pakistan around midnight Sunday. The head of the ...

Russian Drone Attacks on Ukraine Dropped in August

Russia's long-range drone strikes on Ukraine dipped sharply over August, an AFP analysis published on Monday showed, during a flurry of high-profile but fruitless meetings aimed at ending Moscow's grinding invasion. The falloff in drone strikes came after months of escalating aerial attacks and meetings US President Donald Trump hosted with the ...

Frankincense Trees... Oman’s White Gold

In Oman’s Dhofar region, frankincense has been traded for millennia and was once as valuable as oil. Today, harvesters and authorities fight to preserve this ancient white gold for future generations.