Catalan independence – Society divided by a dream

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have reportedly collaborated with their frenemies Rolling Stone on a new album!

Napoli star Victor Osimhen says he's working hard to achieve his 'dream' of playing in the Premier League.

A boy from Syria who told rescue workers after a devastating earthquake in February that he wanted to meet Cristiano Ronaldo came face to face with his idol after being invited to watch his club Al Nassr play in Saudi Arabia.

The elderly population in East Asia is swelling as the birth rate continues to decline. The region now has the world's lowest fertility rate, raising fears of social and economic woes, especially for its youth.

Guyana is one of the Caribbean’s poorest countries. But now huge oil reserves have been found off the country's coast. That’s raised hopes it will soon be as rich as Qatar. Activists warn of the potential environmental fallout.

Emmanuel Macron's comments on Taiwan caused a stir. They also drew attention to EU strategic autonomy, a pet project he has promoted for years. But how realistic is it?

The rise of systems like ChatGPT is dominating headlines. Experts worry that they could displace millions of workers, obscure the line between truth and lies, and deepen existing inequalities. Do they have a point?

Michael Essien and John Utaka fought their way to the highest level of world football, winning league titles in England and France. Now they're facing a new battle as they look to break into the world of coaching.

Russian forces occupy some 20 percent of Georgia's territory, a consequence of two wars. Officially, Georgia wants to join NATO and the EU; these ambitions are even written into its constitution. But behind the scenes, the country's de facto ruler – oligarch Bidzina Ivanizhvili – is suspected of sabotaging the reforms demanded by Brussels.

Congolese dancer Faustin Linyekula honours his beautiful and troubled country through dance. The prolific award-winning artist, who's been a fixture of dance festivals in Avignon, Brussels and Johannesburg since the early 2000s, is in France with two shows at the Chaillot theatre in Paris. He speaks to Eve Jackson about reconnecting with Africa's history – lost and forgotten because of colonisation – and why he returned to his homeland to create his company Studio Kabako after establishing an international career as a dancer and choreographer.

Germany lacks skilled labor and is popular with young Kosovar job seekers. A new law now makes it easier for skilled workers from non-EU countries to come to Germany. Will this accelerate Kosovo's brain drain?

South America's poorest neighborhoods have birthed some of its greatest soccer stars, from Maradona to Pele, who often spur local pride and invest back into their communities. But with the professionalization of the women's sport still in its earliest years and wages lagging far behind men's salaries, making it big through soccer is still a far-off dream for women in South America's barrios.