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Musk deploys wealth in bid to swing Wisconsin court vote
AFP, Published on 31/03/2025
» GREEN BAY (UNITED STATES) - The world's richest man took to the stage in the US state of Wisconsin on Sunday in a bid to swing the local supreme court to the right, with the help of two $1 million checks for voters.
Taiwan's antique jade dealers see trade losing lustre
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» TAIPEI - Tracing a palm-sized jade pig resting on its haunches, an antique trader in Taiwan said the ears on the nearly 400-year-old piece are a marker of its authenticity.
Cambodia hails return of 'priceless' Angkor jewellery
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Friday unveiled a collection of stolen Angkor crown jewellery that was recently returned to the kingdom after decades in Britain, pleading for other long-lost treasures to be handed back.
Shine on: campaigners save London's historic gas lamps
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» LONDON - Intrigued tourists watch as Paul Doy climbs a ladder outside London's Westminster Abbey and lifts the globe of a gas street lamp.
Iraq exhibits restored art pillaged after 2003 invasion
AFP, Published on 23/04/2022
» BAGHDAD - Verdant landscapes, stylised portraits of peasant women, curved sculptures -- an exhibition in Baghdad is allowing art aficionados to rediscover the pioneers of contemporary Iraqi art.
Father time: Pakistan's lonely clock collector
AFP, Published on 10/12/2021
» QUETTA, Pakistan: The tick-tock of hundreds of antique clocks fills a small hall in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, where collector Gul Kakar swears he will spend all the time he has left caring for them.
Samsung heirs to pay billions, donate Picasso works to settle tax bill
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» SEOUL: The heirs to South Korea's Samsung group announced their plans to pay more than US$10 billion in death duties on Wednesday -- one of the world's biggest inheritance tax settlements -- including donating Picasso and Monet artworks.
Rug hunters risk death in search for Afghanistan's last antique carpets
AFP, Published on 03/03/2021
» KABUL: In his quest to track down the last of Afghanistan's antique rugs, Chari Allahqul has weathered high-country blizzards, suffered beatings from armed robbers, and skirted fighting with insurgents.
Once upon a time: Pakistan's fabled storytellers fade away
AFP, Published on 14/12/2020
» SHOGRAN, Pakistan: Mohammad Naseem's eyes shine while he shares the legend of a remote, alpine lake nestled among snow-capped Himalayan peaks as a rare crowd of onlookers hears one of Pakistan's last "storytellers".
Coronavirus crisis punctures Tunisia tourism rebound
AFP, Published on 17/05/2020
» TUNIS - As the novel coronavirus pandemic wipes out a recovery from jihadist attacks in 2015, Tunisia's vital tourism sector is trying to find ways to avoid going under.