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Artists should be embedded in health sector – report
Artists and creative professionals should be formally embedded into Malta’s healthcare system as part of a national effort to integrate culture and health, according to a new report. The report, entitled Bridging the Gap in Culture and Health:...

How Saudi Arabia gears up for Hajj 2025 using Artificial Intelligence, smart technology and robots
Saudi Arabia is set to welcome over a million Hajj pilgrims from across the world in June. This time, the kingdom has taken measures to use artificial intelligence and smart technology to ease the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. According...

Cue the curtain: Summer arts in the Berkshires are back in a bold way
Note: This column was first printed in Summer Previews, The Eagle's summer arts guide, published on May 24, 2025. Three years ago, I traveled to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to view contemporary and performance artist Yve Laris...

Taylor Swift Officially Owns Her Entire Music Catalogue Again
Taylor Swift’s music is finally back with its rightful owner. In an Instagram caption that simply reads “You belong with me”, the pop artist announced that she has bought back the master recordings to her first six albums. “Hi, I’m trying to...

Cambridge Arts Theatre places time capsule for future theatregoers
On Tuesday, June 24, the time capsule will be placed beneath the auditorium seating in the arts theatre's newly redesigned balcony, in the hope it will remain undiscovered for decades to come. The capsule is designed to commemorate the...

Community, music and more: Six events coming up in Squamish
Looking for something fun or meaningful to do? These six upcoming events showcase the best of what makes the Squamish community so vibrant—from art and activism to music and nature. There’s always something going on in this busy town! Here are six...

The 11th Annual Palmer Park Art Fair returns May 31 and June 1, to Detroit's urban oasis
DETROIT, MI (WXYZ) — The 11th Annual Palmer Park Art Fair returns May 31 and June 1, to Detroit's urban oasis, the 300-acre, historic Palmer Park. Nearly 100 juried artists from across the country as well as local arts groups gather along...

VC Artist Marc Bouchkov Joins Folkwang Universität der Künste Faculty
The Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen, Germany, has welcomed VC Artist Marc Bouchkov as a violin professor, effective immediately. Marc joins other violin faculty members including Önder Baloglu, Andrey Baranov, Elisabeth Glaß, Alissa...

Ricky Gervais, 63, shares his health fears as he discusses getting older and admits he always thinks he is 'dying' after Googling his symptoms
Ricky Gervais has shared his health fears and admitted how Googling his symptoms has left him thinking he is 'dying'. The comedian, 63, candidly discussed getting older and his health woes during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this...

The famous musical Don Juan in Belgrade on 24 and 25 January
Belgrade will host the European premiere of the latest version of the French-Canadian musical Don Juan by Félix Gray on 24 and 25 January 2026, it was announced today during a meeting with lead actors Gian Marco Schiaretti and Letitia Carrer....

Konza Technopolis Revenue Growth Shows Promise Amid Key Challenges
Kenya’s flagship smart city project, Konza Technopolis, reported a revenue of Sh252 million, of which the major share came from cloud services that witnessed a fourfold growth to Sh152 million. This was a milestone achievement for the tech hub...

GSSE: Artistic swimming duo Culic, Grima Buttigieg net two gold medals; Beppe Grillo wins 200m
Thea Grima Buttigieg and Ana Culic were promoted to first place in the artistic swimming duet technical routine after Malta's protest against Friday's result was upheld by the organisers. It was Malta's 11th gold medal of this year's edition of...

Japan's Sendai International Music Competition Announces Semi-Finalists
The 9th Sendai International Music Competition is currently underway. Twelve violinists have been selected to compete in the semi-finals, from May 30 to June 1. Jiachen Cao (China, b.2006) Seohyeon Park (South Korea, b.2005) Haram Kim (South...

A Health Literate Healthcare Organization Index System for China: Based on CiteSpace and Qualitative Analysis
Background In the context of globalization, health literacy has become a key index of the advancement of a country’s healthcare system and the health level of its citizens. With a growing recognition of the importance of health literacy, there has...

Old Omaha potato chip factory produces paintings, pottery, art pieces
OMAHA — Once one of the world’s largest potato chip factories, an Omaha plant that most recently was used to store truck tires has found its creative self. The cover of an old Kitty Clover pamphlet found during renovation at 2200 S. 24th St....

New Imaging Technique Makes the Sun Look Like a Swirling Pink Liquid
A swirling sea of pink, where fluffy tufts float majestically upward, while elsewhere violet plumes rain down from above. This is the Sun as seen in groundbreaking new images — and they're unlike anything you've ever laid eyes on. As detailed in a...

Machine Learning-Based Interpretable Screening for Osteoporosis in Tuberculosis Spondylitis Patients Using Blood Test Data: Development and External Validation of a Novel Web-Based Risk Calculator with Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) spondylitis (TS) or Pott’s disease – which was first modernly described by Percivall Pott in 1779 – is the most common destructive form of musculoskeletal tuberculosis.1 Bone and joint TB is a form of extrapulmonary...

Country music world rocked by 14th death as shooting takes life of popular band leader
The country music world was rocked this week as news broke that Mark Laws, a popular drummer and band leader for singer Alex Miller, was killed in a shooting in Tennessee. His tragic death marked at least the 14th notable name lost to country...

Application of Perioperative Nursing Based on Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Principles in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Introduction Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a widely performed surgical procedure that significantly improves the quality of life for patients suffering from advanced knee osteoarthritis and other degenerative joint diseases.1–3 However, despite...

Students in BCAT program honored at Pittsburgh art exhibition
BROCKWAY — Local high schoolers recently attended the 2025 Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Invitational Art Exhibition with Brockway Center for Arts & Technology. The center’s annual trip to Pittsburgh included visits to the Pennsylvania Trolley...