UFC featherweight contender Brian Ortega has revealed the frightening extent of his struggles while attempting to cut weight ahead of UFC Shanghai last month. Ortega was originally scheduled to face Aljamain Sterling at 145 pounds, but the fight was shifted to a...
Team India will open their Asia Cup 2025 campaign against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday evening, with expectations of nothing less than an emphatic win. Despite the unpredictability of T20 cricket, the gulf in...
Strictly Come Dancing contestant Thomas Skinner has apologised after an incident at a press event where he picked up a reporter’s phone before leaving interviews early. The former Apprentice star and social media personality was promoting the upcoming season of the...
The Mercury Prize 2025 shortlist has been announced, with Wolf Alice breaking records as the only act in the award’s 34-year history to earn nominations for each of their first four albums. The band, who previously won the prize in 2018 for Visions of a Life, received...
French Museums Shut Down in Nationwide StrikesFrance’s “Block Everything” national protests intensified on Wednesday, coinciding with the appointment of new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu. Several major cultural landmarks—including the Musée d’Orsay, Musée...
Artist-in-residence programs across the United States are facing new challenges as immigration crackdowns ripple through cultural institutions. Traditionally focused on providing housing, studio space, and creative support, residencies now confront unsettling...
A large-scale restoration project is underway in Gros Morne National Park, where Parks Canada is working to bring back natural forests once devastated by moose overgrazing. Nearly 300,000 seedlings are being planted this year on grassy ridges behind Sally’s Cove, with...
A Hamilton man has been sentenced to one year in a U.S. prison after pleading guilty to a 2022 cryptocurrency theft spree that defrauded nearly 200 victims and netted more than $1 million (Cdn). The case has drawn international attention because the man was already on...
A fragile calm returned to Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on Wednesday (September 10, 2025), after two days of violent protests that left at least 30 people dead, most of them young demonstrators. The Nepal Army has now taken control of security, with troops patrolling...
The United Nations climate process is under renewed criticism, with some declaring it broken beyond repair. Critics such as Bjørn Lomborg dismiss annual COP summits as little more than a “circus” of empty pledges, while Alex Epstein argues that restricting fossil...
