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Shepard Fairey is seen giving an interview with his piece Flames of Sicontent, 2025 hanging behind him

Art world's 'troublemakers' join forces in London show

They come from a world of underground, even subversive, art, but now US activist Shepard Fairey has joined forces with Britain's Damien Hirst and French street artist Invader with a "joyful" exhibition to show even in dark times there is always hope.

News Lens • 10 Oct

A close up image of a camera is in focus while two women with shoulder length brown and blonde hair are blurry in the background.

German influencers face tax dodging crackdown

Germany's online influencers are facing a tax evasion crackdown as a specialised unit of investigators probes influencer tax dodging on a massive scale.

News Lens • 09 Oct

Edinburgh Oktoberfest dumps 7,000l of beer over Storm Amy

The organisers of Edinburgh Oktoberfest had to pour away 7,000 litres of beer after events were cancelled over Storm Amy, which swept across Ireland and the UK over the weekend

News Lens • 08 Oct

Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, explains a model

Nobel Chemistry Prize won for new molecular architecture

Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi have won the 2025 Nobel chemistry prize for developing a new form of molecular architecture, yielding materials that can help tackle challenges such as climate change and lack of fresh water.

News Lens • 08 Oct

A glass jar with a venomous Russell's viper snake preserved in formalin

Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains

In the swamplands along Bangladesh's mighty Padma River, snakes slithering through villages have become an unrelenting menace, leaving residents terrified and hospitals overwhelmed with bite victims.

News Lens • 08 Oct

A white plate with a vegan grilled burger made of plant-based meatless patties

'Veggie burgers' face grilling in EU parliament

Championed by green advocates as much as mindful eaters, the days of plant-based "steaks" and "veggie burgers" may be numbered under plans up for a vote in the European Parliament tomorrow.

News Lens • 07 Oct

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

Call in the wild: winner startled by Nobel news

Nobel medicine prize winner Fred Ramsdell thought his wife had spotted a grizzly bear in the backcountry of Wyoming when she suddenly let out a yell yesterday - only to discover he had won the most coveted award in science.

News Lens • 07 Oct

A cage containing a leopard at a hotel in Indonesia

Leopard captured after wandering into Indonesian hotel

A leopard has been captured after it wandered into a hotel complex in one of Indonesia's most popular holiday destinations, sparking panic among guests.

News Lens • 06 Oct

Statues of pharaoh Amenhotep III (R) and his wife Tiye displayed in Egypt's temple city of Luxor on a sunny day

Egypt opens large Valley of the Kings' tomb to public

The tomb of Pharoah Amenhotep III, one of the largest in southern Egypt's Valley of the Kings and Queens, was officially opened to the public this morning after years of restoration.

News Lens • 04 Oct

Lieutnant colonel and vice-commandant of the Swiss Guards, Loic Rossier poses with the updated ceremonial uniform of the Pontifical Swiss Guard in The Vatican

Pope's Swiss Guards get new garb for special occasions

The Swiss Guards, the defenders of the Pope known for their colourful uniforms, unveiled more sombre attire, but only for special occasions.

News Lens • 02 Oct

Spain saw a record 22.3 million foreign tourists in the key summer holiday months of July and August

Spain hosts record number of summer tourists

Spain welcomed a record 22.3 million foreign tourists in the key summer holiday months of July and August as the sector heads for another year of unprecedented numbers, data showed today.

Business • 02 Oct

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: Elon Musk listens as reporters ask U.S. President Donald Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa questions during a press availability in the Oval Office at the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Relations bet

Elon Musk halfway to becoming world's first trillionaire

Billionaire Elon Musk, the world's richest person, is nearly halfway to becoming the planet's first trillionaire, Forbes magazine has reported.

Business • 02 Oct

Seracs point upward from a portion of the Aletsch Glacier under a collapsing moraine in Switzerland

Swiss glaciers shrank by a quarter in past decade: study

Switzerland's glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS has said.

News Lens • 01 Oct

A group of people hold signs about climate change

Pacific islands youth group wins prize for climate action

A youth-led student group and a human-rights lawyer that took the issue of climate to the International Court of Justice have received the Right Livelihood prize, dubbed an "alternative Nobel".

News Lens • 01 Oct

Undated handout photo issued by US Department of Justice of Jeffrey Epstein

'Predators': How reality TV explains Epstein obsession

As demands to release the so-called Epstein files rage on, a new documentary asks why America is so fascinated with child sex abusers by reflecting on the salacious 2000s reality TV series "To Catch A Predator."

News Lens • 29 Sep

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, the world’s highest, is seen in China’s southwest Guizhou province

World's highest bridge opens to traffic in China

The world's highest bridge has opened to traffic in China, state media said, capping an engineering feat three years in the making and snatching the record from another bridge in the same province.

News Lens • 28 Sep

Polar bears take over research station in Russian Arctic

Polar bears have taken over an abandoned Soviet polar research station on a small island off Russia's far northeastern cost.

News Lens • 26 Sep

Many bottles with brown transparent alcoholic drink. Homemade tinctures based on natural herbs. Liquor and traditional vodka.

Cheap moonshine kills 11 in Colombia

Eleven people have died and ten others are in a critical condition after consuming drinks from a dangerous batch of homemade liquor in the Colombian city of Barranquilla, officials reported.

News Lens • 26 Sep

Exterior shot of the Natural History Museum in London on a sunny day

Million-year-old skull could change evolution timeline

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than previously thought and in Asia not Africa, a new study said this morning.

News Lens • 26 Sep

Moose Emil nibbles on a branch as he walks around in Saint Poelten, Austria

Moose captured in Austria and sent to Czechia border

A young male elk known as Emil has been captured in Austria and taken to the border with the neighbouring Czechia after spending the summer roaming across central Europe.

News Lens • 23 Sep

A view of the exterior of the Pompidou Centre in Paris

Pompidou Centre in Paris to close for 5-year renovation

Paris's Pompidou Centre, which houses one of the world's most significant modern art collections in one of the most celebrated modern buildings on the planet, is to shut to visitors today for a major five-year overhaul estimated to cost almost half a billion euros.

News Lens • 22 Sep

Sister Bernadette (right), 88, and Sister Rita (left) take a morning snack after the mass outside the convent chapel of the Goldenstein castle

'Finally back home': Rebel nuns reclaim Austrian convent

Three rebel nuns in their 80s have taken back their Austrian convent after fleeing from their care home, with supporters flocking to the nunnery yesterday in a show of solidarity.

News Lens • 21 Sep

Tomoki Kojima explains his team's findings at the Ig Nobel prize ceremony

Painting zebra stripes on cows among Ig Nobel winners

Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of science.

News Lens • 19 Sep

Gilded Wooden Mask from the coffin of Amenemope

Egypt says stolen pharaoh's bracelet melted down for gold

Egyptian police said they arrested a museum employee and three alleged accomplices after a priceless ancient gold bracelet was stolen from Cairo's Egyptian Museum, sold for about €3,400 and then melted down.

News Lens • 18 Sep

The image showcases a close-up of a piranha swimming gracefully through the water, its sharp features and sleek body in clear focus. The fish's menacing teeth are visible, subtly hinting at its predatory nature, while its streamlined form allows for smoot

Sri Lanka to ban predatory pet fish to protect ecosystems

Sri Lanka will ban four species of predatory ornamental fish including piranhas that have escaped into rivers and lakes, devastating native species and threatening fragile freshwater ecosystems, the fisheries minister has said.

News Lens • 17 Sep