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The 2026 Three Kings Day Parade in East Harlem celebrates Latin American and Caribbean heritage

On Tuesday, January 6th, 2026, the 48th annual Three Kings Day Parade took place in the streets of El Barrio, for a great turnout.

Markos PapadatosJanuary 6, 2026

The daring robbery at the Louvre took place in broad daylight

Business

Louvre trade unions to launch rolling strike

Workers at the Louvre Museum are set to begin a rolling strike on Monday to demand extra staff and measures to tackle overcrowding, adding...

AFPDecember 14, 2025

On Mount Sinai in the Saint Catherine valley, hotels are under construction as part of Egypt's new tourism megaproject

World

Egypt’s Sinai mountain megaproject threatens the people of St Catherine

Atop one of Egypt’s Sinai mountains, near where the three Abrahamic faiths say God spoke with Moses, another unmistakable sound rings out: the incessant...

AFPDecember 4, 2025

The San Jose was owned by the Spanish crown when it was sunk, laden with treasure, off Colombia's coast in June 1708

World

Colombia shows first treasures recovered from 300-year-old shipwreck

Colombian authorities on Thursday showed off the first objects to be recovered from a treasure-crammed Spanish galleon that sank off the coast 300 years...

AFPNovember 20, 2025

Two centuries-old manuscripts will be at the heart of talks between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum

World

Return of centuries-old manuscripts key to France-Mexico talks

The return of two centuries-old manuscripts from France to Mexico will headline talks during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the Latin American country...

AFPNovember 7, 2025

The former military headquarters in Belgrade was destroyed during the US-led NATO air campaign

World

Serbia fast-tracks army HQ demolition for Trump family hotel

Serbia’s parliament on Friday moved to fast-track the demolition of the bombed-out Yugoslav Army headquarters in central Belgrade, the site of a proposed luxury...

AFPNovember 7, 2025

The local mayor compared the ancient monastery of Mont-Dieu to Notre-Dame in Paris

World

Fire ravages French monastery dubbed ‘Notre-Dame of the Ardennes’

A fire on Sunday tore through the ancient monastery of Mont-Dieu, destroying the centuries-old French heritage site’s main building, the local mayor and firefighters...

AFPNovember 2, 2025

World

UNESCO board backs Egyptian for chief after US row

UNESCO executives voted Monday to make an Egyptian ex-antiquities minister the UN culture body’s next leader, as it grapples with accusations of pro-Israel bias...

AFPOctober 6, 2025