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Louvre heist gallery to reopen without jewels

The Apollo Gallery at the Louvre Museum, where French crown jewels worth €88 million were stolen in a brazen 2025 heist, reopens to the public today. However, no jewels will be displayed. Instead, the space will return...

The Louvre Museum's Gallerie d'Apollon (Apollo's gallery) — AFP

'Last generation': Greek island's fading pistachio tradition

This picture taken on August 25, 2025, shows workers harving pistachios from a pistachio tree in the Greek island of Aegina. Aegina is nowhere near the biggest pistachio producer, a distinction that goes to the United States, Iran and Turkey. In 2023, Greece produced nearly 22,000 tonnes of pistachios, up from 12,000 in 2015, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority. But Aegina's share fell from over 2,600 tonnes to 2,300. Its number of trees in productive age and hectares of utilised land also steadily dropped -- unlike for Greek pistachio production overall. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)

Chasing Giants: The Annual Migration of Whale Sharks in Oman

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Why henna holds great sentimental value for Omani women

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Are AI tools making doctors worse at their jobs?

Are AI tools making doctors worse at their jobs?

Teeq Cave: Oman’s Hidden Wonder Beneath the Surface

Teeq Cave: Oman’s Hidden Wonder Beneath the Surface

In Senegal, the last of Dakar's 'bubble homes' at risk

In Senegal, the last of Dakar's 'bubble homes' at risk

This young Omani artisan reimagines silver craft

This young Omani artisan reimagines silver craft

Need a pee? Japan has QR code for that

Need a pee? Japan has QR code for that

‘The Paper’ is an ‘Office’ spinoff

The fictional documentarians from “The Office” have turned their attention to the tiny staff of The Toledo Truth Teller, and they brought along their signature shaky cameras, confessional cutaways and reaction shots.

WhatsApp launches AI-powered writing help

What to look for at the Venice Film Festival

Workers set the red carpet at the Palazzo del Cinema ahead of the opening ceremony of the 82nd Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido, on August 26, 2025. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)

They’re stuffed animals. They’re also AI chatbots

Curio ensures that every conversation with its chatbots is transcribed and beamed to the guardian’s phone.

Local farmers' growing love affair with strawberries and modern farming

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On the Slopes of Jabal Shams, Oman Is Brewing the Coffee Industry

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London's Notting Hill Carnival under way as revellers squirt paint

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