While a city is not a living organism, it behaves very much like one.

A tiny oranda goldfish named Swimbappe is making a big splash in Toronto ‌with daily World Cup match predictions made from his own underwater pitch, capturing the curiosity and hearts of soccer fans in the city.

When U.S. punk rockers Social Distortion take to stages across Europe on their current “Born to Kill” tour, fans can buy T-shirts and hoodies upcycled ​from old merchandise garments.

Nothing says Texas like a cowboy hat and, ​as World Cup fans have flocked to the Lone Star state, one Dallas-based bespoke milliner has sought to meet the very specific headwear ‌demands of his new-found international customers.

Soccer & Technology from the FIFA Museum, in its North American ‌debut in Vancouver, has drawn hundreds of fans to Science World to study the game’s evolution as organisers aim to accelerate soccer’s growth in ice hockey-mad Canada.

Scientists have identified nearly 166,000 sq km (64,000 sq miles) of coral reefs that are capable of surviving ​and recovering from climate change, three times more than previously estimated, ‌research showed.

The Vespa, the wasp-waisted scooter that put postwar Italians on wheels and went on to ​carry Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn through ‌the streets of Rome, is returning to the capital this week to celebrate its 80th birthday.

With a 110-foot (33.5-meter) Ferris wheel, a rodeo demonstration and an eye-popping array of junk food, “The Great American State Fair” opened ​on Washington’s National Mall to start a 16-day celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary.

Mandopop megastar Jolin Tsai won album of the year in Taipei, at one of the most prestigious ​entertainment events in the Chinese-speaking world, Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards.

Kane Brown has cheated death in a freak golfing accident.

Donkey is stepping out of Shrek’s shadow after DreamWorks confirmed the wisecracking sidekick will lead his own standalone film, with Eddie Murphy returning to voice the fan-favourite character in an origin story due in cinemas in 2028.

Art Garfunkel has claimed his long and often turbulent relationship with Paul Simon has reached a place of reconciliation.