Month: May 2021

The exhibition borrows its title from Mahmoud Darwish’s poem ‘The Cypress Broke,’ which reflects upon grief, its irreversible nature, and the relentless course of life

The shortlist is comprised of Array Collective, a group of Belfast-based artists; Black Obsidian Sound System, a London-based collective of radical art activists; Cooking Sections, a London duo creating food-inspired … Read More

‘It’s amazing how small and finite and fragile the Earth is,’ said French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. ‘It’s a ball. It’s self-contained. Everything we have is here. There’s nothing else. You … Read More

Lebanon reports 21 COVID-19 deaths, 600 cases in last 24 hours

Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians and wounded a third after the men opened fire on a Border Police base in the occupied West Bank on Friday, police said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday said Turkey wanted to reinforce efforts to restore the “historic” friendship with Egypt, after the two regional rivals held their first direct talks in eight … Read More

Europe’s medicines regulator reports a rare nerve-degenerating disorder in people who have received AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Israel “not a country, but a terrorist base” and urged Muslim nations to fight it, as they mark an annual day of pro-Palestinian … Read More

World powers began a fourth round of high-level talks in Austria aimed at bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party won a new seat in parliament Friday, ousting the Labor Party with a sweeping victory.