Oscar winner Tilda Swinton on Thursday (June 24) brought costumes seen in Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini's films back to life in a special performance where the focus is on the clothes.

Tilda Swinton brings costumes to life in Rome in Pasolini tribute

Scientists said on Thursday (June 24) they had discovered a previously unknown kind of early human after studying pieces of fossilised bone dug up in a site used by a cement plant in central Israel.

Meet Nesher Ramla Homo, a new type of early human discovered in Israel

On a small island where the Senegal River meets the sea, hundreds of mask-wearing jazz enthusiasts listened to French-Senegalse vocalist Awa Ly sing a blues for uncertain times. Last year COVID-19 halted Saint Louis' jazz festival for the first time in its 29-year history. This year it was back, bringing much needed life to the Island of Saint Louis, a UNESCO World Heritage site famed for its colonial architecture and pastel-coloured houses.

Jazz is back in Senegal's St Louis

The Berber granaries, considered as one of the oldest banking systems, were used by Amazigh communities inhabiting the mountainous south of Morocco to store all kinds of valuable belongings from documents, jewelry and harvest. Morocco is now planning to include them in UNESCO's world heritage sites list.

Discover Morocco's ancient granaries, "the first indication of the emergence of banks"

The Berber granaries, considered as one of the oldest banking systems, were used by Amazigh communities inhabiting the mountainous south of Morocco to store all kinds of valuable belongings from documents, jewelry and harvest. Morocco is now planning to include them in UNESCO's world heritage sites list

70-year-old biology professor and conservationist at the University of Newcastle in Australia's New South Wales has mastered imitating and understanding the numerous shrills, croaks and whistles of frogs to locate them in the wild. And he gets a thrill every time they call back.

Australian scientist speaks to frogs, fears their silence

Lego expects to begin selling toy building bricks made from recycled plastic bottles in 18 to 24 months, having found a suitable green alternative to oil-based plastic, the Danish toymaker said on Wednesday (June 23).

Bottles to bricks: Lego finds the right fit with recycled plastic

A North Korean philatelist living in Pyongyang who started to collect postage stamps at the age of five, said stamps breaks her fatigue

North Korea's philatelist says stamp collection breaks her fatigue

Ancient Egypt met modern medical technology on Monday (June 21) when an Egyptian mummy underwent a CT scan at a Milan hospital as part of a research project to discover what he looked like, how he lived and how he died.

Milan hospital uses CT scan to discover life and death of Egyptian mummy

It was 35 years ago today that Diego Maradona taught England to play, and the date did not go unnoticed in Argentina, where his compatriots remembered his ''goal of the century'' with a nationwide celebration of cheers and applause.

Argentines recall Maradona goal of the century 35 years on

Hundreds of red roses dotted Rio's Copacabana beach on Sunday (June 20) as Brazil became the second country to pass 500,000 COVID-19 deaths after the United States. Volunteers from Rio de Paz, a non-governmental organisation, placed 500 red roses on pegs and unfurled victim's names embroidered on cloths.

Red roses dot Copacabana beach for Brazil's 500,000 COVID deaths

Forty divers have removed abandoned fishing nets covering coral reefs in a protected area in the Gulf of Thailand in a two-day operation which ended on Sunday (June 20). Removal of the nets by a group of volunteer divers and the Coastal Resources Research Center, helped by the Royal Thai Navy, revealed long lines of coral bleaching inside the protected area around Ko Losin, a small rocky islet in the southern waters of the gulf.

Thai divers remove fishing nets bleaching protected coral reefs

June 21 is marked as International Yoga Day every year. This year marks the seventh annual celebration of yoga - a spiritual science meant to unite the body and mind. The holistic art of healthy life is known to improve flexibility, strength and general wellness. Here's a look at how Indian Navy personnel onboard INS Airavat performed Yoga.

International Yoga Day 2021: Indian Navy personnel onboard INS Airavat perform Yoga

A female Roma band in Serbia is using music to preach women's empowerment within their community, challenging some deeply rooted traditions and centuries-old male domination.

Roma girl band uses music to empower women

Pine bark, sea pebble, cones, expanded clay and horse manure - these are just some out of dozens of surfaces which Russians are been dared to walk with their bare feet as they adventure through the newly-opened 'Barefoot trail' in the Moscow region.

From ridged rocks to horse manure: Russians step on newly-open barefoot trail

Born without the lower part of his left arm, eight-year old Juan Moyolema was thrilled to receive the limb from a Madrid-based organisation that uses 3D printers to create tailor-made prostheses which it donates to people around the world.

Meet the Spanish inventor who crafts 3D-printed, prosthetic arms

Senior residents in the Jung-gu district of the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday (June 17) enjoyed 'aqua aerobics' as the local government reopened public pools on the back of the country's ramped-up vaccination drive.

Vaccinated South Korean grannies enjoy mask-less aqua aerobics

With one eye on the lucrative Chinese market just across the border, an entrepreneur has launched Kyrgyzstan's first cricket farm and is producing high-protein insect flour and fried cricket snacks.

Kyrgyz businessman sets up cricket farm, offers fried insects as snack

In the arid mountains of southern Morocco, local women harvest argan oil, a natural product they have long used in cooking but which has become highly prized by the global beauty industry as an anti-aging skin treatment and restorative for hair.

Amazigh women of Morocco produce what is known as "liquid gold"

Swiss mountain sanatoriums, whose fresh air and sunlight cures once drew tuberculosis patients from across Europe, are reinventing themselves for patients suffering from the lingering effects of COVID-19.

Swiss "Magic Mountain" TB clinics treat long COVID to stay relevant

A turtle conservation programme at Dubai's famous Burj Al Arab hotel rescues and rehabilitates sick Hawksbill turtles that wash up on the UAE's shores during the winter.

Dubai conservation group protects endangered sea turtles

When 80-year-old Xavier Bouget goes for a ride on his bicycle, tinkers in his workshop, waters his garden or sits down to eat a biscuit, he has a constant companion: a white female pigeon called Blanchon.

Pigeon chooses French man as friend

Douglas Thron has developed a unique way to rescue animals in disaster zones, using a high-tech infrared drone.

Animals in disaster zones get help from drone pilot

Twice a week in a small gym room in the Egyptian city of Beni Suef, 36-year-old Sabah Saqr coaches young men and boys to box. A woman coaching men may not be that unusual in the capital, but in Beni Suef, which lies 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Cairo in an agricultural area, tradition often limits women's roles.

Meet the woman boxer fighting off stigma by training men in Upper Egypt

A German researcher who headed the largest Artic expedition to date said that the Ice in the Arctic is receding more quickly than ever.

Arctic's ice recedes more quickly than ever before, says German head of int'l expedition

From old denim fabrics, Afghan refugee Bagher Husseini fashioned a pair of baggy jeans with fringed patches that he hopes will be paraded down a French catwalk later this year. He's involved in a collaboration between French fashion students and migrants from Afghanistan and the Middle East.

Refugees in Paris with an eye on fashion

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Tilda Swinton brings costumes to life in Rome in Pasolini tribute

Meet Nesher Ramla Homo, a new type of early human discovered in Israel

Jazz is back in Senegal's St Louis

Discover Morocco's ancient granaries, "the first indication of the emergence of banks"

Discover Morocco's ancient granaries, "the first indication of the emergence of banks"

Australian scientist speaks to frogs, fears their silence

Bottles to bricks: Lego finds the right fit with recycled plastic

North Korea's philatelist says stamp collection breaks her fatigue

Milan hospital uses CT scan to discover life and death of Egyptian mummy

Argentines recall Maradona goal of the century 35 years on

Red roses dot Copacabana beach for Brazil's 500,000 COVID deaths

Thai divers remove fishing nets bleaching protected coral reefs

International Yoga Day 2021: Indian Navy personnel onboard INS Airavat perform Yoga

Roma girl band uses music to empower women

From ridged rocks to horse manure: Russians step on newly-open barefoot trail

Meet the Spanish inventor who crafts 3D-printed, prosthetic arms

Vaccinated South Korean grannies enjoy mask-less aqua aerobics

Kyrgyz businessman sets up cricket farm, offers fried insects as snack

Amazigh women of Morocco produce what is known as "liquid gold"

Swiss "Magic Mountain" TB clinics treat long COVID to stay relevant

Dubai conservation group protects endangered sea turtles

Pigeon chooses French man as friend

Animals in disaster zones get help from drone pilot

Meet the woman boxer fighting off stigma by training men in Upper Egypt

Arctic's ice recedes more quickly than ever before, says German head of int'l expedition

Refugees in Paris with an eye on fashion