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Poland marks 80 years since Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
AFP, Published on 19/04/2023
» WARSAW: Church bells and sirens sounded across the Polish capital on Wednesday to mark 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when hundreds of Jewish insurgents revolted against the Nazi German occupiers.
Indigenous art forgery ring smashed in Canada
AFP, Published on 04/03/2023
» OTTAWA - Canadian police said Friday they had dismantled a decades-old forgery ring that produced and sold possibly thousands of fakes of Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau's paintings around the world.
Activists glue hands to Goya frames at Prado: Spanish police
AFP, Published on 05/11/2022
» MADRID - Two climate activists on Saturday each glued a hand to the frames of two paintings by Spanish master Francisco Goya at the Prado museum in Madrid, police said.
Koons on the Moon -- sculptures to be placed on lunar surface
AFP, Published on 30/03/2022
» NEW YORK: American pop artist Jeff Koons is to send sculptures to the Moon later this year on a spacecraft blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, his gallery said Tuesday.
Large western US blaze forces evacuations as lightning forecast
AFP, Published on 17/07/2021
» LOS ANGELES - The extreme drought-hit western United States braced for more wildfire destruction Friday as efforts to contain a vast blaze scorching southern Oregon failed to progress, and dangerous dry lightning storms were forecast in California.
Ferraris for the people: luxury goods now sold in fractions
AFP, Published on 14/05/2021
» NEW YORK: Anyone can easily own a Basquiat painting, a pair of Yeezy sneakers or even a Ferrari -- at least, that's the promise of a growing number of fractional ownership platforms that sell shares of these rare items, starting at just a few dollars.
Napoleon's account of legendary Battle of Austerlitz goes on sale
AFP, Published on 27/01/2021
» PARIS - Napoleon Bonaparte's account of his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, dictated during his exile on the island of Saint Helena, went on sale Wednesday in Paris for one million euros ($1.2 million).
Deserted Walsall mirrors retail crisis across UK
AFP, Published on 02/12/2019
» WALSALL, United Kingdon: With its deserted streets and closed shops, the centre of Walsall bears witness to Britain's retail crisis that political parties campaigning for election have vowed to fix.
Paris Tutankhamun show sets new record with 1.42m visitors
AFP, Published on 23/09/2019
» PARIS - A blockbuster Tutankhamun show set a new all-time French record Sunday, with 1.42 million visitors flocking to see the exhibition in Paris, the organisers said.
China saddles up with exclusive riding clubs, horse towns
AFP, Published on 30/12/2018
» SHANGHAI - Leather riding boots are neatly lined up on a carpet, a picture shows blood-thirsty hounds on a fox hunt and a fountain spews water from the mouths of stone horses.