Culture
Columbus painting attacked, varnish damaged
Two Futuro Vegetal activists threw paint at José Garnelo’s Columbus painting in Madrid’s Museo Naval on Oct. 12, were detained, and museum officials said cleaning left varnish and frame damage.

Brambach praised, Tatort exposes failures
Critics praised Martin Brambach’s performance in the Dresden "Tatort" episode "Siebenschläfer," which examined alleged system failures in youth care after a girl's death.

Fire Destroys Monastery, Nuns Evacuated
A fire destroyed a 17th-century monastery in Bernaga, northern Italy, forcing the safe evacuation of 22 nuns and gutting artworks at the site where Carlo Acutis made his first communion.
