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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is pictured in London in September

US legislators accuse Andrew of hiding from Epstein probe

US legislators have criticised Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for what they describe as "silence" amid their probe into Jeffrey Epstein.

UK • 21 hrs

A plate of spaghetti Carbonara in an Italian restaurant

'Carbonara sauce' at EU parliament causes stir with Italy

A jar of "carbonara sauce" for sale at the European Parliament in Brussels has whipped up Italian emotions after criticism that it does not contain the right ingredients.

News Lens • 21 Nov

The painting El sueño (La cama) by Frida Kahlo on display

Frida Kahlo painting auctions for $54.6m

A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million (€47.34m ) in New York yesterday, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said.

News Lens • 21 Nov

A chef cooking eels in a restaurant of Hiranuma eel farm

Japan's eel delicacy faces global conservation pressure

At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international debate as its numbers decline.

News Lens • 21 Nov

Miss Mexico wins Miss Universe contest after insult drama

Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand, strutting to victory after staging a walkout when an organiser of the beauty pageant chastised her among several dramatic missteps before the final round.

World • 23 hrs

Giant spider web found in Greek-Albanian border cave

Scientists have discovered a giant spider web spanning about half the size of a tennis court and with some 111,000 spiders in a cave on the border between Greece and Albania.

News Lens • 20 Nov

Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien wears Lacoste outside the Lacoste show during the Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025/2026

Vietnam beauty queen jailed for fibre gummy fraud

A court in Vietnam has sentenced a former beauty queen to two years in jail for falsely promoting gummies as rich in fibre on her social media channels, state media reported.

News Lens • 19 Nov

This photograph shows La Pascaline, first mechanical calculating machine

Christie's suspends sale of world's 'first calculator'

Christie's said it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world's first calculating machine, developed by French mathematician and inventor Blaise Pascal in 1642.

News Lens • 19 Nov

Study on origin of kissing traces back to early primates

Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, according to a study.

News Lens • 19 Nov

France promotes Jewish soldier Dreyfus - 130 years later

France has promoted Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army captain wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, to the rank of brigadier general as an act of reparation in a notorious case of antisemitism that has caused outrage for generations.

News Lens • 18 Nov

A slice of toasted bread with a brown coloured spread

Aussie inmate says Vegemite a human right

An inmate in Australia is arguing that he should be allowed to enjoy a particular toast topping as a basic human right.

News Lens • 18 Nov

Researchers analysed necropsies from more than 10,000 animals in a bid to model how different types of plastic can affect marine life

Study measures how much plastic is lethal for marine life

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics - but how much is too much?

Climate Change • 17 Nov

Johann Sebastian Bach Statue in front of St Thomas's Church, Leipzig in Germany

Two newly discovered Bach organ works unveiled in Germany

Two long-lost organ pieces written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach have been unveiled in Germany in a discovery described as a "great moment for the world of music".

News Lens • 17 Nov

A referee watches girls fight, during an all women's karate competition

Iran girls kick down social barriers with karate

As the referee's whistle signalled the start of the match, two five-year-old Iranian girls faced off, delivering a closely watched karate bout to a captivated audience - a sign of the changing attitude toward martial arts in the Islamic Republic in recent years.

News Lens • 17 Nov

a woman wearing traditional Chinese clothes arriving for a meal at a theatrical restaurant

Young diners 'time travel' back to ancient China

Women wearing long wigs and ornate traditional dresses milled around a pebbled courtyard, stopping to snap photos under a pavilion, as the melodious strumming of the Chinese zither played in the background.

News Lens • 16 Nov

Sweden's silent forests sanctuaries from a noisy world

In a cottage nestled deep in a Swedish forest, three couples recently spent four days whispering and without phones as part of a campaign about the dangers of noise pollution and promoting quiet Scandinavia.

News Lens • 15 Nov

A woman stands beside a table covered in baskets of apples

Italian fruit detective races to save forgotten varieties

Isabella Dalla Ragione hunts in abandoned gardens and orchards for forgotten fruits, preserving Italy's agricultural heritage and saving varieties which could help farmers withstand the vagaries of a changing climate.

News Lens • 14 Nov

Composite of RTÉ News Digital Content Creator Ruth McGann against a backdrop of US one cent coins

US Treasurer oversees striking of final penny at Mint

US Treasurer Brandon Beach visited the Philadelphia Mint on Wednesday to oversee production of the final circulating one-cent coin or penny, ending 232 years of penny production in the United States.

News Lens • 13 Nov

An aerial view shows a walnut tree nursery in walnut forests in Arslanbap in Kyrgyzstan

World's largest natural walnut forest thins away

Rustling through fallen golden leaves, locals in a forest outside Arslanbob in the Kyrgyz mountains were scurrying for walnuts - an ancient pastime and economic lifeline for the region.

News Lens • 13 Nov

The Aletsch Glacier descends into a gorge it once filled near Bettmeralp, Switzerland

Remains of climber missing since 1994 found on glacier

The remains of a climber who went missing in 1994 have been found on a Swiss glacier, police said.

News Lens • 12 Nov

a photo of a new bee species dubbed the 'Lucifer' bee

Devil in the beetails: new 'lucifer' bee discovered

As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a "lucifer" bee with devil-like horns.

News Lens • 12 Nov

Shouting at seagulls may stop them stealing food - study

Shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research suggests.

News Lens • 12 Nov

German music body wins copyright case against OpenAI

OpenAI has infringed copyright law in Germany by using song lyrics to train its artificial intelligence models, a court in Munich ruled.

News Lens • 11 Nov

A man walks past the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, Ghana

Looted treasures returned to Ghanaian traditional king

Britain and South Africa have returned to a Ghanaian traditional king over 130 gold and bronze artefacts taken between the 1870s and the early 20th century, his palace announced.

News Lens • 11 Nov

People stand next to a centuries-old shipwreck

Typhoon exposes centuries-old shipwreck off Vietnam port

Severe coastal erosion caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi exposed a centuries-old shipwreck in Vietnam, providing a narrow window to salvage what experts say could be a historically significant find.

News Lens • 10 Nov