Culture

Driven to the brink by Elon Musk's SpaceX, Europe's biggest satellite firms are setting aside longtime rivalries in a do-or-die $7 billion merger that some insiders are already calling Project FOMO. A riff on Project Bromo, the code name for...

As Chinese shoppers dip toes back in the luxury pool, brands are targeting economically resilient high-earners with distinctive, personalised experiences as their focus shifts more to market share than growth. Firms like LVMH and Hermes increasingly offer intimate dinners and...

Ferrari is tapping into crypto markets and tech-rich youngsters with a planned new digital token that its wealthiest fans will be able to use in an auction for a Ferrari 499P, the endurance car that won three straight Le Mans...

A painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, believed to be depicting his muse and partner Dora Maar, fetched 27 million euros ($31.49 million) at a Paris auction on Friday. The work, titled "Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat...

Giant pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, star attractions at France's Beauval Zoo, will head to retirement in China next month, leaving behind twins born during a 13-year stay intended to strengthen diplomatic ties. Keeper Delphine Pouvreau, who has cared...

Moscow, which for decades has run on caffeine, could be rediscovering its taste for tea as some shun coffee as a Western introduction and embrace the more traditional drink. Andrei Kolbasinov, founder of retro-chic teahouse chain Nitka, which means "thread"...

Deep in the humid lowlands of southern Mexico, engineers, veterinarians and entomologists are racing to repurpose a plant that will play a pivotal role in trying to eradicate the flesh-eating screwworm parasite threatening the country's cattle industry and raising tensions...

Every Wednesday, 89-year-old Olga Beatriz Gonzalez eats a simple breakfast, picks up donations of bread and vegetables for the soup kitchen she runs from her home in the Buenos Aires suburbs, then starts making protest signs for the weekly demonstration...

European aerospace groups unveiled an initial deal on Thursday to pool their loss-making satellite manufacturing activities, combining forces after months of negotiations to counter the runaway growth of rivals led by Elon Musk's Starlink. The keenly awaited deal between Airbus,...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries on Wednesday to implement disaster warning systems to protect people against extreme weather, saying no country was safe from the effects of global warming. "Every one of the last 10 years has been the...