In an age when viewers can drift from TikTok to Netflix to YouTube within minutes, the World Cup remains a rare thing: a live event that can capture the attention of a huge, simultaneous worldwide audience.

Piotr Mirowski occupies a rare space where theatre improvisation overlaps with artificial intelligence research.

A large gold coin minted in 1609 for Spain’s King Philip III broke records to become the most valuable modern European gold coin at a sale ​in Switzerland.

A campaign to save a Soviet-era industrial landmark in Moscow from redevelopment has attracted thousands of supporters in an increasingly rare example of civic protest in Russia.

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s duet “Rein Me In” made ​pop history in Britain on ‌Friday when it became the longest-running No. 1 single by spending 19 weeks ​at the top of the ​charts.

Gone is the big-belter Ariana Grande. On “Petal,” her eighth studio album and first full-length release since both the end of her “Wicked” run and 2024’s “Eternal Sunshine,” the pop powerhouse looks inward across 12 tracks of real restraint.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Friday defended his agency’s recent actions against ABC, saying broadcasters have a duty to “operate in the public interest” and the FCC is merely trying to restore that standard.

At 60, Too $hort is helping usher hip-hop into what he calls its senior citizen era. Just don’t expect him to rap like one.

Shah Rukh Khan is among the biggest superstars of Indian Cinema, whose starpower travels across the globe.

The Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) will honour Mexican actor, ‌director and producer Diego Luna at its 32nd edition that will kick off on August 14, as well as Iranian Oscar-winning filmmaker and screenwriter Asghar Farhadi, the SFF said.

Copenhagen’s famed Noma restaurant is betting on a rapidly shifting seasonal menu to drive its next chapter when it reopens in the Danish capital under new leadership next week.

Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera defended this year’s lineup, ​saying the absence of major Hollywood studios and the scarcity of women directors reflect wider ‌industry problems, not his own choices.