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Someone wants to kill grandma. In this Knives Out-inspired mystery game, each of your family members is suspicious in their own way: your stressed mum, your “midlife crisis uncle” and especially that stranger in your bedroom. Yikes! While Apple Crumble is still a mystery, it is mechanically different from Happy Broccoli Games’ previous game, Duck…
He was “someone who changed the course of history during the darkest episode in humankind’s past”. That is how Luís Medeiros, a curator at the Aristides de Sousa Mendes Museum, recalls for Euronews the man he describes as “one of the greatest figures in the country’s cultural history”, for the role he played in saving…
Published on 20/07/2026 – 8:35 GMT+2 Spain have triumphed at the World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0 in the final to win their second gold star, following their win in 2010. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Their victory has also fuelled the Trump Curse theory, as he revealed he was backing Argentina to win, saying: “It’s hard to bet…
Key events Trump and Infantino booed as they enter field Just to clarify that all three leaders of the host countries – Claudia Sheinbaum, Mark Carney and Donald Trump will present the trophy. Trump and Infantino are roundly booed as they enter the field. Share Updated at 00.28 CEST The stage is now being set up…
Published on 18/07/2026 – 16:35 GMT+2•Updated 16:36 The mythical realm of the gods of ancient Greece is just one step away from historic international recognition. Mount Olympus’s nomination for inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List as a mixed site, of both natural and cultural value, is expected to be examined at this year’s session of…
It’s 5.30am, and I’m waking up on a granite slab overlooking the Domeland Wilderness, with nothing but forest, stone and silence for miles. I am 44 days into hiking the Pacific Crest Trail – a journey of about 2,650 miles from the Mexican border to Canada through desert scrubland, pine forests, deep valleys, volcanic terrain…
Brenda Fricker, who became the first female Irish Oscar winner for acting with My Left Foot, has died aged 81. Her agent Phil Belfield told the BBC in a statement: “We will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her … I was honoured to know, love and…
The Athens Photo Festival is the largest international photography event in Greece. This year, 70 artists and artistic collectives from 30 countries are taking part in the main exhibition, which unfolds across 3,000 square metres, occupying all the spaces of the Benaki Museum on Pireos. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With a clear focus on contemporary photographic creation,…
Christopher Nolan’s $250m Imax blockbuster version of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey looks set to be among the director’s best-received of his career, and could be a frontrunner for next year’s best picture Oscar. The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw was among the vast majority of critics who awarded it five stars, calling it a film “with…
Published on 16/07/2026 – 15:08 GMT+2 It’s not coming home… and Mick knows it. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Rolling Stones’ frontman Mick Jagger has gone viral over his reaction to England’s loss in the World Cup semi-finals last night. Jagger attended the game between England and Argentina yesterday, which ended in a 2-1 loss for England, who…
