Victoria Kjær Theilvig becomes the first Dane to win Miss Universe
Miss Denmark Victoria Kjær Theilvig won the 73rd Miss Universe pageant in Mexico City, becoming the first woman from Denmark to take the crown.
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Juan Luis Guerra tops the Latin Grammys with four wins as Miami ceremony spreads honors
The Dominican singer and his band won album of the year, record of the year and two genre prizes at the 25th Latin Grammys.
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Six Flags retires Kingda Ka to clear way for new record-breaking coaster plans
Six Flags Great Adventure says it is retiring Kingda Ka, the New Jersey park's famed 456-foot coaster, as it reshapes part of the property for two new rides.
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Álvaro Pombo wins Cervantes Prize as Spain crowns a singular literary career
The 85-year-old writer was announced as the 2024 laureate of the 125,000-euro Cervantes Prize, the top award in Spanish-language literature.
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Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize for Orbital
The British novelist became the 2024 Booker Prize winner for a space-set novel that judges praised for its ambition, lyricism and unusual perspective.
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Beyoncé leads 2025 Grammy nominations, extending record to 99 career nods
Beyoncé tops the 2025 Grammy Award nominations with 11 mentions for Cowboy Carter, pushing her career total to a record 99.
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Internet mystery song is identified as FEX’s Subways of Your Mind
A fragment recorded from German radio in the 1980s and hunted online for years has finally been matched to the band FEX.
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Archaeologists uncover vast Maya urban landscape in Campeche using old lidar data
Researchers said more than 6,000 hidden structures included a large city they named Valeriana.
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Victoria’s Secret runway includes first transgender women as the show returns
Valentina Sampaio and Alex Consani walked the show as the brand tried to project a more inclusive image after a six-year hiatus.
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Nobel Peace Prize goes to Nihon Hidankyo for turning atomic-bomb testimony into a warning
The Norwegian committee honored the Japanese survivors' movement for its campaign against nuclear weapons and for preserving Hibakusha testimony.
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Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 was awarded to South Korean author Han Kang for prose that confronts historical trauma and human fragility.
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Brazilian nun Rosita Milesi wins UN refugee prize after four decades of advocacy
Sister Rosita Milesi received the Nansen Refugee Award for decades of work with refugees and internally displaced people in Brazil.
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Previously unknown Mozart work uncovered in Leipzig library and added to Köchel revision
Researchers said the seven-movement string trio piece dates to Mozart’s early teens and lasts about 12 minutes.
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Shōgun wins record 14 Emmys at Creative Arts ceremony
The series set a single-season Emmy record at the Creative Arts Awards, where Jamie Lee Curtis also won her first Emmy.
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Shanghai opens the world’s largest indoor ski resort as China bets on winter sports
Shanghai’s Pudong district now hosts the world’s largest indoor ski resort, a vast artificial-snow complex built for year-round winter sports and leisure.
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China ends intercountry adoption programme, leaving pending cases in limbo
Beijing said foreign adoptions would stop except where blood relatives seek to adopt a child or stepchild.
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Linkin Park returns with new singer, new music and a world tour after seven years away
Linkin Park has re-emerged with Emily Armstrong as co-vocalist, a new album called From Zero and a world tour that begins in Los Angeles on September 11.
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Maduro moves Venezuela’s Christmas holiday to October 1 after disputed election
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said the country would begin celebrating Christmas on October 1, framing the move as a gesture of gratitude.
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Titanic expedition finds a lost bronze statue as the wreck keeps deteriorating
A new expedition to the Titanic’s wreck site has turned up a long-missing statue and fresh evidence that the bow is continuing to break down.
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