Double-sided page featuring a sketch and text sheds new light on the baroque master and his time living in Rome More than 400 years ago, the up and coming Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens toured the streets of Rome, notebook in hand, sketching images from Renaissance works adorning the city’s churches and palazzos. Now a rare sheet, thought to be from his Roman sketchbook, has gone on display in his home city of Antwerp, shedding new light on the baroque master. Continue reading...
In the male-dominated world of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, a martial arts teacher offers women a way to empowerment. (Image credit: Aline Deschamps for NPR)
Bonus scheme that could hand CEO a £60m windfall is ‘significantly out of line’ with market, says proxy adviser Investors in Metro Bank are being urged to vote against the lender’s pay report next month, in protest of a complex bonus scheme that shareholder advisers say is “significantly out of line” with market standards. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), which issues voting advice to some of the world’s biggest investors, made the recommendation weeks ahead of the bank’s annual meeting
"Magnifica Humanitas" tackles the social, economic and political challenges associated with artificial intelligence. (Image credit: Alessandra Tarantino)
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NBC News · Oct 8
People hold portraits of the dead at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Mosque to commemorate those killed in the current US-Israeli war as well as previous wars on May 24, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Monday predicted to be hottest May day on record by large margin, as UK braces for ‘super El Niño’ summer Temperatures are expected to hit 35C in parts of England on Monday, in an “unprecedented” May heatwave. The Met Office is already predicting that records will be broken. A spokesperson said: “Today will be the hottest day in May in the UK in our temperature records, with highs of 35C expected. The current May record is 32.8C. Records are usually only broken by tenths of a degree, making this
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Activists detained by Israel after attempting to deliver aid to Gaza as part of Global Sumud Flotilla arrive in Australia Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australians returning home from detention in Israel say they were abused, tortured and demeaned while in custody and have asked to meet the prime minister, Anthony Albanese. Nine of the 11 Australians who joined more than 400 people from around the world on an aid flotilla to Gaza returned home on Monday, where they
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Dangers include unintended pregnancies, taking unnecessary medication and missed diagnoses, say experts Misinformation about perimenopause is putting women at risk of unintended pregnancies, unnecessary medication and missed diagnoses, experts have said. Awareness of menopause and treatments such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been raised by efforts including a prominent documentary by Davina McCall. Continue reading...
