Blast damages only bridge linking Russia and Crimea; Zelenskyy advisor calls it ‘the beginning’
This video grab taken and released on Oct. 8, 2022 shows thick black smoke rising from a fire on the…
Pound tanking, massive tax cuts and talk of emergency hikes. Here’s what’s going on in the UK
Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss and Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng. Dylan Martinez | Afp | Getty Images…
UK shatters record for its hottest day ever with temperatures hitting 104.4 Fahrenheit
People turn out to watch the sunrise at Cullercoats Bay, North Tyneside. Britons are set to melt on the hottest…
New Analog Recording of Bob Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ Makes Nearly $2 Million at Auction
Bob Dylan just sold a new one-of-a-kind recording of his hit single “Blowin’ in the Wind” for £1.48 million ($1.77…
’I Am Not Banksy!’: A Welsh Politician Resigned After a Viral Rumor Identifying Him as the Mystery Artist Made It Impossible to Do His Job
A local politician in the U.K. has resigned in an effort to quiet baseless yet persistent rumors that he is…
One of a Handful of Remaining Tiananmen Square Memorials in Hong Kong Has Been Covered Up as China Cracks Down on the City
Hong Kong University has covered up a prominent Tiananmen Square memorial in the latest sign of China’s increasingly strict control…
More Than 60 Dutch Cultural Institutions Reopened as Nail Salons and Gyms for a Day to Protest Unequal Covid Restrictions
Museums in the Netherlands staged an unusual protest against the lockdown restrictions that are currently preventing them from welcoming visitors.…
The ‘Colston Four,’ Who Toppled a Statue of a U.K. Slave Trader Last Year, Have Been Cleared of Criminal Charges
In June 2020, as Black Lives Matter protests rocked the globe, four activists in Bristol, U.K., helped topple a statue…
A Ragtag Band of Crypto Populists Tried and Failed to Buy the U.S. Constitution in an Epic $43.2 Million Auction Showdown
One of only two privately owned first printings of the U.S. Constitution sold at Sotheby’s New York on Thursday evening for…
A U.K. Landlord Tore a Banksy Mural From a Shop Wall. Locals Fear It Will Be Sold to Cash In on Banksy’s Astronomical Market
The owner of a building in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in the U.K., where Banksy painted a mural of a child with…
You Can Scuba Dive Amid the Ruins of the Las Vegas of the Roman Empire—See Photos Here
The legendary party town of Baia, sometimes called the Las Vegas of the Roman Empire, has become a modern day…
‘We Found It in Bubble Wrap’: A 17th-Century Tiepolo Drawing Has Been Rediscovered in the Attic of a Historic U.K. Manor
A rare Giovanni Battista Tiepolo work on paper has been rediscovered in the attic of Weston Hall, a historic U.K. home—and…