Disneyland Handcrafted, an upcoming documentary from The Imagineering Story's Leslie Iwerks on the making of Disneyland and the "trials and tribulations behind the rapid construction of the park leadi...
Rita Ora and Ryan Seacrest at the Times Square Ball on December 30, 2025 in New York City. Kristina Bumphrey/Penske Media via Getty Images The tradition of watching the ball drop in Times Square on Ne...
The bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theater became a symbol of Russia's three-month siege of the city. Exiled Ukrainian municipal authorities condemned inauguration of the new theater as "singing and da...
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The number of practicing Christians in Germany is falling. The result is surplus churches. What happens to these empty houses of worship?...
As traces of the Middle Ages are uncovered in the heart of Berlin, a new museum — PETRI Berlin — has been founded to house these discoveries....
Pope Leo XIV closed the final "Holy Door" in St Peter's Basilica in Rome on January 6, the day of Epiphany, signalling the end of the 2025 Jubilee year that drew millions of pilgrims to the city. This...
Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit. The giant Christmas tree that was absent during the Israel-Gaza wa...
I attended a memorial service last month for victims of the Nanking massacre, held at the Hong Kong government offices in Admiralty. Such occasions are solemn reminders of history’s darkest moments, f...
Emily Henry has written six romances. Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images Emily Henry is, without a doubt, the reigning queen of romance novels. Since 2020, Henry has released six romances, all to great suc...
Today is a special day for all those with a sweet tooth in France. All throughout the month of January, but especially today on the 6th of January, or the Epiphany, French people buy a 'galette des ro...
Many people celebrated Christmas Day with a traditional mass on Thursday, while others enjoyed the holiday with tiramisu at Sydney's Bondi Beach or watching a parade of Ukrainian soldiers in Lviv. In ...
Getty Images This post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here . The first Saturday of the new year can be a lot of things: It can ...
Generation Alpha’s ubiquitous watchword is beyond the reach of semantics...
The author visits a once-abandoned theme park near Bethesda, Maryland. Joey Hadden/Business Insider I explored a Maryland amusement park that was abandoned over 50 years ago. Nature has since taken ov...
Even the most successful of directors benefit from strong editors and margin-cutting suits...
Exports reach lowest levels on record, putting craft of weaving fine rugs at risk...
Nearly 1,000-year-old depiction of Norman Conquest will be on display at British Museum in 2026...
A unique wedding ritual among China’s Bao’an ethnic group known as “flogging the father-in-law” sees the family of the groom symbolically whip the bride’s father 20 times. As he endures his “punishmen...