This year has seen a number of global cultural changes and trends. We’ve experienced more blending of genres, fragmentation of traditional media and an ongoing shift from broad mainstream culture to niche subcultures, short-lived “eras” and algorithm-driven scenes.
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Thousands of dinosaur footprints dating back 210 million years have been found in a national park in northern Italy.
The footprints – some of which are up to 40cm (15in) in diameter…
Greece completed an early repayment of €5.3bn in loans from its first eurozone bailout programme this week.
The settlement of the debt, originally scheduled to mature after 2031 or even into the 2040s, marks a positive step in Greece’s decades-long effort to stabilise its public finances….
Spain has just announced it will launch a national public transport pass for a monthly fee of €60.
Users can take buses or trains anywhere around the country.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the initiative aims “to change the way Spaniards understand and use public transport…
Uzbekistan has completed a major restoration of the Imam al-Bukhari Memorial Complex near Samarkand, one of the Muslim world’s most revered pilgrimage sites.
By Dilbar Primova
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The burial site of Imam al-Bukhari in the village of Hartang , 25 km from Samarkand, has been a sacred landmark for centuries….
Buying fish shouldn’t require a marine biology degree. Yet standing at the counter or browsing a restaurant menu, most of us have no idea whether our choices harm or help the ocean. Two new European apps aim to change that, by making sustainable seafood shopping easy.
European lawmakers and EU governments are heading for a showdown over how far to go in protecting farmers under the Mercosur trade agreement.
On Tuesday, MEPs backed a safeguard clause for the deal, a measure designed to strengthen monitoring of the EU market in the event of a surge in…
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A Paris labour court has ruled that the football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) must pay more than €60 million to Kylian Mbappé in a dispute over…
