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The Rolling Stones have finally released "Hackney Diamonds", their first album of original songs since 2005. Comprising 12 tracks, the album is already getting rave reviews and features a number of noteworthy collaborations: Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Elton John and Stevie Wonder. The British rock legends gave a concert in New York on Thursday night and were joined on stage by Lady Gaga.

One of Slovenia's best-known writers outside his homeland, Drago Jancar is a guest at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. DW spoke to the author about his new novel, and an unresolved past. Drago Jancar is one of the most important writers in his native Slovenia.

With tragic news making headlines, we could all use a break. So this week on French Connections, we're taking a look at the French lunch break. We find out about the surprising origins, the lasting tradition and the myriad of choices for the French midday meal.

Jada Pinkett Smith has claimed her late friend Tupac Shakur suffered from alopecia.

Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour and concert film are set to bring in a jaw-dropping $4.1 billion, making it the most lucrative concert tour in US history. This figure, estimated by Peter Cohan of Babson College for TMZ, surpasses the yearly economic output of 42 countries.

Thandiwe Muriu discovered photography at 14, when she says her father put a camera in her hands and she never put it down. After breaking boundaries as Kenya's first female commercial photographer, she began developing her own personal work and burst onto the arts scene in 2020 with her "Camo" series: vibrant photos of women enrobed in colourful wax fabrics that are part portrait, part optical illusion.

The Nigerian artist's unique design philosophy began with a missing chair. Thinking about designs you don’t see every day, Ifedoyin started to explore the oddity of and in objects.

In the Breton language, its name means "little sea". The Gulf of Morbihan, in the French region of Brittany, is made up of around 40 islands, all of them small paradises. The largest of them, l'Île aux Moines, is the most popular with tourists. Others belong to private owners, who live out their desert island dream. Oysters are farmed all year round on this storm-protected inland sea. We take a closer look.

Born into a musical family in Nigeria, Jable Osai, also known as Ogranya, is a remarkably talented musician gradually making his mark on the global music scene. Meet the master of Nigeria's neo-soul wave.

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The country has the highest “healthy life expectancy” in the world, with Japanese boys and girls expected to live to 73 without any major illness or disability, according to a recent study published in The Lancet. Their overall life expectancy is in the 80s.

"A simple celebration of an ordinary life" – that’s how British playwright and director Alexander Zeldin describes his latest show, "The Confessions". Based on hours of conversations with his own mother, the play paints an intimate portrait of one woman's journey through her own life, from 1940s Australia to present-day London. Like Zeldin's past work exploring social inequalities, it's both personal and societal. He spoke to Alison Sargent about his approach to theatre and his desire to bring people closer to the intensity of their own lives.