Is this the end of Berlin’s famous club scene?
From techno temples to hedonistic hideouts, anything-goes revelry has been core to Berlin’s soul for the past century. But rising rents and rapid gentrification may soon kill the party. Paris…
LA brain surgeon saves street from ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires
A Los Angeles brain surgeon who fought for almost a week to save the houses on his street from wildfires told the BBC he spent 15 years preparing for such…
The biggest travel trend for 2025? Staying away longer
With TikTok tips to turn two days of annual leave into a five-day holiday and workers sneaking in meetings on the road, travellers are making their trips count – by…
Oliviero Toscani, Benetton’s shock photographer, dies aged 82
Fashion photographer Oliviero Toscani, known for his shock ad campaigns for Italian clothing brand Benetton, has died aged 82, his family has confirmed. The brand’s former art director revealed least…
‘I got death threats when men thought I put feminist gesture in video game’
It was late at night, and Darim’s animation studio had just finished designing a new look for a character in one of South Korea’s most popular video games, MapleStory. Darim…
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is willing to hand over two captured North Korean soldiers to Pyongyang in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia. “For those North…
Like a form of therapy’: An ancient water wellness practice to cleanse mind, body and soul
A purification ceremony in Bali is trending on TikTok. While some locals welcome the interest, others are concerned that their religion is becoming a wellness trend. The 11th-Century Mengening Temple lies nestled…
From nuts to kelp: The ‘carbon-negative’ foods that help reverse climate change
Eating low-carbon foods helps reduce emissions, but some foods actually suck up carbon from the atmosphere, leaving the climate in a better place. We all know that producing most foods creates greenhouse…
Why some animals appear to mourn their dead
Grief has long thought to be a human trait, but other animals – from killer whales to crows – also appear to suffer loss when a companion dies. Last week,…
‘I have nothing to go back to’ – LA fires heartbreak
It’s been four days since Los Angeles became an inferno – and my home became a pile of smouldering embers. I’m now staying at a friend’s house in La Crescenta,…