A delicate enamel flower, a family heirloom, may be a genuine Fabergé creation. This piece, once valued in the hundreds of thousands, is now being re-examined. Experts are investigating its potential connection to Queen Mother of Romania and royalty. The BBC’s Fake or Fortune program is exploring the flower’s uncertain authenticity. If genuine, this royal…
A historic hub for free speech and protest is under the spotlight as the Trump administration proposes adding permanent fencing around Lafayette Square. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A federal design panel reviewed the proposed renovation Thursday but ultimately didn’t hold a vote. Members, though,…
JD Vance was “blown away” by Caernarfon Castle during a visit with his wife to north Wales, the US Vice-President has revealed in a new book about his faith. “The coolest thing I’ve ever seen and it’s not particularly close,” Vance writes of his 2013 visit to the 13th Century castle – which is a…
The Philippines has condemned the “dehumanising and racist” portrayal of the country as a timid monkey strong-armed by the US and Japan to take Beijing on over the South China Sea. Last week, China Daily posted an AI-generated video featuring a monkey in a Filipino shirt. It screams as arms bearing the Japanese and US…
China has hit out at the nationalisation of British Steel, saying it “firmly opposes and is strongly dissatisfied with the British government’s decision”. On Thursday, the UK government said that taking the loss-making firm into public hands would protect jobs and safeguard a “vital national capability”. The UK took control of British Steel’s operations in…
The Australian government has said it is “deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed” that Laos is not pursuing more serious charges in relation to the deaths of six backpackers who died after drinking methanol-laced alcohol in 2024. Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, were among six people who died at a hostel in Vang…
Two boats carrying an estimated 530 Rohingya asylum seekers left Myanmar’s Rakhine state on 29 June, and have not been heard from since. The equivalent of a jumbo jet full of people has vanished. It is very likely that they both capsized. The monsoon has started, the seas are rough, and the boats – usually…
The internet has completely changed the way people earn money. Beyond freelancing, tutoring, and food delivery, a growing number of people are making an income through jobs that sound too unusual to be real. While some of these side hustles have existed for years, social media has brought them into the spotlight, turning niche gigs…
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IQAir, a company which tracks global air quality, ranked Detroit, Toronto and Minneapolis as the cities currently with the worst air quality in the world. Wildfire smoke is hazardous for humans as it contains a mixture of very small polluting particles like PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide. “These particles when they get into our system get…