Music & Legacy: The BET Awards in Los Angeles leaned into history-making tributes, with Lauryn Hill taking the Living Legend Icon Award and Janet Jackson surprising Teyana Taylor. Tourism & Heritage: Turkey’s Diyarbakır is aiming for 2 million visitors this year, banking on UNESCO-listed walls, churches and local food. Archaeology: Excavations at Büklükale near Ankara found settlement layers reaching back to the Hellenistic era of Alexander the Great. Everyday Culture: Commuters in Istanbul have adopted a tiny chicken “flock” cared for by drivers at a major transit hub. Pop Culture & Tech Tension: A24’s $75M Google AI filmmaking deal sparked fan backlash over what it could mean for indie creativity. Wellness Mythbusting: A new look at foam rolling says it may help range of motion and soreness via pain tolerance—not by changing tissue structure. K-Culture Exports: Korea is pushing “K-craft” as the next export, while expanding King Sejong Institutes worldwide with 29 new locations. Health & Trust: A major omega-3 study reports fish oil supplements don’t meaningfully protect brain health in higher-risk older adults. Cultural Safety in Healthcare: New Zealand’s medical council is reshaping how it handles cultural safety guidance after a decision to fold it into updated legislation work. Sports & Society: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled states can count mail ballots arriving after Election Day, a win for voting-rights advocates.