Yayoi Kusama, Japan’s ‘queen of polka dots’, dies at 97
Kusama turned her hallucinations into works that ranged from polka dot paintings to ‘Infinity Mirror Rooms’.
![New road signs in Boufarik bear Arabic and English — but no French. The municipality replaced French-language signage in March 2025, a quiet but pointed act of linguistic reclamation in a town once so thoroughly colonised it was nicknamed "Little Paris" by French settlers who arrived in 1830 [Madjid Serrah/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Image-1-1787403049.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Dutch public broadcaster to boycott ‘no longer’ neutral Eurovision
AVROTROS says escalating international conflicts are undermining the event’s neutrality and fuelling divisions.
![People protest against Eurovision and Israel's participation ahead of the Grand Final of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, on May 16, 2026. [Lisa Leutner/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026-05-16T164810Z_2044188099_RC2GALAKJOJU_RTRMADP_3_MUSIC-EUROVISION-1787564346.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
US Supreme Court allows Trump’s ballroom project to continue for now
The Trump administration has argued the $400m White House ballroom is needed for national security purposes.
Ukraine sanctions popular Russian cartoon ‘Masha and the Bear’
Zelenskyy signs decree imposing sanctions on producers, accuses cartoon show of spreading ‘pro-Russian propaganda’.
![Dmitry Loveyko, a managing director of Animaccord which produces the Masha and Bear cartoon series holds a children's book [Ivan Sekretarev/AP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AP507902132506-1787323298.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Harry Kane scores goal by winning Golden Shoe for the second time
English footballer Harry Kane won the title of ‘Europe’s best goalscorer’, awarded the Golden Shoe for the second time.
Published On 20 Aug 2026
Kennedy Center board says it won’t try to immediately restore Trump’s name
Opponents argue the venue seems ‘intent on defying’ a court order to remove the US president’s name from the building.
Thieves steal four Renaissance artworks in Italy museum heist
As Messina celebrated Sicilian holiday Ferragosto, thieves struck the MuMe museum to steal the masterworks by Antonello.
From: NewsFeed
Senegal’s Saint-Louis Regatta keeps centuries of tradition alive
Thousands gathered in Saint-Louis, Senegal, for the annual regatta.
Published On 16 Aug 2026
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Who killed Tupac? What to know about the trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis
Three decades after rapper Tupac Shakur’s death, a former California gang boss is the first person to be prosecuted.
![Nevada prosecutors allege that Duane Davis (right) supplied the gun and organised the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur (left). [File: AP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ap_6a811158645a0-1786843480.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
How blind football is helping women overcome barriers in Mexico
Mexico is sending its first blind women’s football team to compete in an international tournament. Players cannot wait.
Art offers young Gaza survivors solace and escape from war’s devastation
Young survivors of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza find safe spaces to process trauma and rediscover joy.
