Culture

By Javier Herrero. Seville, Spain, Nov 16 (EFE).- The 24th edition of the Latin Grammy Awards, the first held in Spain, on Thursday night crowned musical kings and queens including the Mexican-American Édgar Barrera, Argentinian Bizarrap, Mexican Natalia Lafourcade and Colombians Shakira and Karol G in an especially powerful night...

New York, Nov 16 (EFE).- Rapper and music executive Sean Combs, formerly known as Puff Daddy or P. Diddy, was accused Thursday in New York by R&B singer Cassie, with whom he had a long-standing romantic relationship, of rape and sexual abuse for more than a decade, beginning in 2005....

Sydney, Australia, Nov 16 (EFE).- Australia’s online safety watchdog said on Thursday that the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has filed a lawsuit against the regulatory body after it fined the platform for failing to outline its efforts to combat child sexual abuse content. Last month, the Electronic Safety...

San Salvador, Nov 15 (EFE).- The more than 80 candidates for the Miss Universe 2023 crown competed Wednesday night in the preliminaries of the pageant, in which they paraded in evening dresses and swimsuits with the Latin Americans among the most applauded by the public. The competition, which began with...

Los Angeles, US, Nov 8 (EFE).- The Hollywood actors’ union reached a tentative agreement Wednesday with the major studios that could end the strike that has lasted 118 days. Picketers gather outside of Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, California, USA, 03 October 2023. EFE-EPA FILE/CAROLINE BREHMAN The SAG-AFTRA actors’...

New York City, Nov 8 (EFE).- Pablo Picasso’s 1932 painting “Femme à la montre” (Woman with a Watch) sold for more than $139 million at auction at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday, making it the second most-expensive painting by the Spanish artist to sell at auction. A woman looks...

Seoul, Nov 6 (EFE).- K-pop group BigBang’s G-Dragon, in his first appearance before South Korean police on Monday, denied having used drugs, allegations for which he has been banned from leaving the country since last month. G-Dragon, whose real name is Kwon Ji-yong, voluntarily presented himself before the Metropolitan Police...

Puebla, Mexico, Nov 2 (EFE). – The Pyramid of Cholula, considered the largest pyramidal base in the world, opened for this year’s Day of the Dead the «Altar of Sculptured Skulls,» an archaeological tomb nearly a thousand years old that contains the remains of an indigenous couple in which visitors...

By Enrique Rubio London, Nov 2 (EFE) – The Beatles are still determined to prove their immortality. Artificial intelligence has made it possible that on Thursday, 43 years after the death of John Lennon and 22 after that of George Harrison, «Now and Then», the «last song» of the Liverpool...

Puebla, Mexico, Nov 1 (EFE).- In Puebla, traditional preparations like the harvest of cempasúchiles and paper carvings meet a pop art display of 120 skeletons for this year’s Day of the Dead. More than 120 toy skulls More than 120 skulls make up the largest display in public squares for...

By Ines Amarelo Mexico City, Oct 31 (EFE).- Believers of Santa Muerte celebrate this virgin Tuesday in the neighborhood of Tepito in Mexico City on the eve of the Day of the Dead, a special date for them where they thanked the figure for its symbolism. “She never does evil,...