Rencontres d’Arles festival puts women and Indigenous voices front and centre

A male practice squad player on Mississippi State University’s women’s basketball team reportedly violated NCAA rules by betting on sports while participating with the program, according to the Clarion Ledger.  The player reportedly placed six bets from Sept. 28-30 worth $10 total on NFL and college football games. The player… Read Details ⇢

Germany’s Green Party has threatened to torpedo plans put forward by likely incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz to invest hundreds of billions of euros in defence and infrastructure. Merz, whose conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged the biggest in February’s legislative elections, wants in particular to relax the strict limits imposed… Read Details ⇢

Refresh 2025-03-10T16:33:47.943Z ‘Something went wrong’ (Image credit: X / Future) Ever the master of understatement, X is greeting many users (my US colleagues in particular) with error messages like ‘something went wrong’ or simply a blank screen. Some have taken to (other) social media platforms like Reddit to exclaim that… Read Details ⇢

Kelly Smith takes notes during the kidnapping and human trafficking trial on Thursday. Kelly Smith, the mother of still missing Joslin Smith, was brought to tears on Monday as her former employer, Carlyn Zeegers, described her as a “good mother” while testifying in the trial in which she faces kidnapping… Read Details ⇢

Syria’s transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, at the presidential palace in Damascus on February 25, 2025. ABDULMONAM EASSA FOR LE MONDE Three months after ousting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad on December 8, 2024, the interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is facing the first real test of his command. The efforts that the former… Read Details ⇢

This week we welcome Icelandic folk artist Árný Margrét who has just released her new album  “I Miss You, I Do”. Her award winning debut (“They Only Talk About The Weather”) garnered rave reviews and fans across the world and led her to tour the US extensively. The states contrasted wildly… Read Details ⇢

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of USAID programs will be canceled following the conclusion of a six-week review by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In total, 5,200 contracts are being terminated, Rubio wrote in his early Monday morning post on X announcing the new reforms.… Read Details ⇢

The collision caused a fire in a busy shipping lane off the coast of East Yorkshire. An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off the coast of eastern England setting both vessels on fire, with at least 32 casualties brought onshore in a major rescue operation. A spokesperson for… Read Details ⇢

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Monday,… Read Details ⇢