Anders Fernstedt lives in London without any money. The Swedish native has built a most unusual home under the porch of a house worth over €200 million. How did that happen?

Can Xue is considered one of this year's favorites; Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie are other strong contenders. But what goes on behind the scenes in the selection of the Nobel Prize in Literature?

The award-winning documentary "NAZA" continues to spark controversy in Israel. The Israeli military has now published a multi-page statement calling the film's portrayal "distorted."

From imperial China to present-day India, student movements have repeatedly adapted the tools and symbols of their age to challenge authority.

Germany's state-mandated licensing agency, GEMA, says the verdict has "global significance," as Suno is also directed to pay yet-to-be-quantified damages.

A new documentary featuring Sandra Hüller celebrates the Austrian poet and author who was a literary star of her era. She would have turned 100 this year.

Before the Nazis took power, Berlin was a center of LGBTQ+ rights and queer culture, with research institutes, a flourishing nightlife and one of the earliest gay rights' movements.

As iconic as she is outlandish, Lady Gaga has left quite a mark on the world of music. Here's how she reinvented pop — and reached millions by opening up about her trauma and illness.

It's been nearly 40 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall but you can still buy pieces of it in the German capital as souvenirs. Are they genuine?

People in Spain called attention to racism after a public official wore blackface at an Epiphany celebration. Countries such as the Netherlands have begun moving away from blackface traditions after efforts by activists.

The US attack on Venezuela is part of a long history of military interventions and political influence by the US in Latin America. Here are five such examples since World War II.

Populations around the world are aging fast. But, from Steve Martin to Helen Mirren, leading older actors are showing how seniors can have a starring role in healthy and diverse societies.

A chronicler of the 20th century, from her surrealist experiments with Man Ray to gripping photos from World War II, Lee Miller put her unique stamp on all of her work, as shown at the Tate Britain.

Authors Jamaica Kincaid, Elizabeth Kolbert and William Hitchcock discussed Trump's attacks on free speech and democracy at Berlin's literature festival.

They're more than a South Korean girl group: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa break records and set global trends. Now Blackpink are releasing their first new song in three years.

The Serbian artist has pushed her body and mind to the limits to evoke both human empathy and cruelty. She is one the winners of the 2025 "Nobel Prize of the Arts."

The renaming of a Berlin boulevard that has used a racist term to Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Strasse, after Germany's first African-born scholar, highlights a long struggle to erase symbols of a brutal colonial past.

On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne reunited with Black Sabbath in his hometown of Birmingham for a farewell concert. Here's a look at the wild life of the "Prince of Darkness," including the time he bit the head off a bat.

The documentary "Sabbath Queen" follows Amichai Lau-Lavie, the first openly queer rabbi in a long Orthodox rabbinic lineage, in his identity quest and calls for peace.