The countdown is nearly over. Tomorrow night, Saturday 14 November 2026, Bangkok will host the first-ever Eurovision Song Contest Asia Grand Final, marking a major new chapter for international music and live entertainment. Thailand’s capital is preparing to welcome a landmark event that brings the spirit of Eurovision to Asia, with artists from across the region set to share one stage. For music fans, it promises spectacle, national pride, big performances and the suspense o

For many LGBTQ+ veterans, the end of the military’s gay ban did not end the damage it caused. Careers were cut short, pensions were affected, medals and records carried painful memories, and people were forced to rebuild lives after being treated as if they did not belong. Fighting With Pride’s new heritage project, True Colours, arrives at a critical moment. The project documents the lives of LGBTQ+ veterans and helps preserve experiences that were ignored for decades. It al

Red Bull has chosen patience over another reset. Arvid Lindblad and Liam Lawson will stay with Racing Bulls for 2027, giving the team a second season to judge a pairing that mixes a rising junior with a driver who already knows the pressure of the Red Bull system. The decision also leaves Nikola Tsolov waiting. The Bulgarian Formula 2 front-runner had been under consideration for a promotion in place of Lawson, but Red Bull has opted against changing the race line-up. Tsolov

A shooting at a gym in Washington DC has left one person dead and four others injured, after gunfire was reported shortly before 8am on 12 November in the city’s Logan Circle neighbourhood. The incident took place at VIDA Fitness, near 15th and P streets NW, in the north-west of the US capital. The Metropolitan Police Department said five people were shot in total. At least one victim was found inside the gym, according to early reports, and a witness told the Associated Pres