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A new opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, staged by Tom Morris for Scottish Opera and Opera Ventures, uses Kafka’s fable to explore how a carnival’s ‘galloping cure’ exposes a town to pain’s true cost. Cast features Daniela Mack, Justin Austin, and Susan Bullock; staging blends spectacle with biting social critique.
The memorial, called L'Archive, has been unveiled on the Seine in Paris with two black brass steles honoring victims of the 1994 genocide. President Macron and President Kagame have praised the move as a milestone in acknowledging France’s past, while discussions on France’s responsibility continue.
The United States, Iran, and Pakistan have brokered a memorandum of understanding to pause hostilities across fronts, including Lebanon. Iran is expected to boost funds to Hezbollah if assets remain unfrozen, while Hezbollah and Lebanon's government confront ongoing violence and displacement amid a fragile ceasefire.
The United States and Iran have signed a framework to end the broader conflict, prompting direct Israel-Lebanon talks. Israel maintains a security zone in southern Lebanon and will keep forces in place to counter Hezbollah, while Lebanon seeks de-escalation and a path to sovereignty. Ongoing clashes persist along the border as negotiations continue.
A review of diverse coastal stories shows communities adapting to climate pressures—from Mauritania’s Imraguen to Greek bays installing protective barriers, to UK shore ecology—highlighting how people confront warming seas and environmental change.
Archaeologists have restored a curved ceiling vault at Pompeii to resemble the original banquet-hall shape, revealing a Dionysus–Ariadne scene. The work, presented at an international workshop, adds to earlier finds including a large private bathhouse and a display of 79 AD eruption casts.
UKRI has pulled the Lovell telescope funding, triggering a funding crisis at Jodrell Bank. Observations are due to end in March 2028 unless new funds are found. A broad coalition is calling for immediate alternative funding.
A small passenger plane carrying 13 people, including 11 foreign tourists and two crew, has crashed near Nazca, Peru, killing all aboard. The aircraft was operated by Aerodiana and had departed from Ica/Pisco for a sightseeing flight over the Nazca Lines. Authorities are investigating the cause amid strong winds that had disrupted flights earlier in the day.
Guatemala’s Fuego volcano has erupted since Monday, spewing lava, ash and pyroclastic flows that have forced about 1,700 people from at least 18 communities and closed a major highway. Authorities have raised orange and red alerts in nearby departments, suspended some classes and warned that rain could trigger deadly lahars.
Archaeologists warn that Sudan’s Meroe pyramids risk collapse as war and climate pressures hinder maintenance. Wind, sand and salt are accelerating decay on more than 200 Kushite royal tombs, with UNESCO reporting widespread damage to cultural sites and looted museums since 2023.