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Typhoon exposes centuries-old shipwreck off Vietnam port
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» HOI AN (VIETNAM) - Severe coastal erosion caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi exposed a centuries-old shipwreck in Vietnam, providing a narrow window to salvage what experts say could be a historically significant find.
Small parcels in limbo as Trump moves to end US tariff exemption
AFP, Published on 28/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - An approaching US deadline to end tariff exemptions on small parcels has tripped up global deliveries to the world's biggest economy, with businesses halting shipments to American consumers and mulling price hikes.
Freddie Mercury's private collection goes on show in UK
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» LONDON: From fanciful costumes and working drafts of "Bohemian Rhapsody" to ashtrays and art, hundreds of items Freddie Mercury owned go on show in Britain on Friday before being sold next month.
The second life of Hiroshima's origami cranes
AFP, Published on 17/05/2023
» MIYAJIMA (JAPAN) - At a hillside temple, a monk in saffron robes blows a refrain on a conch and begins chanting prayers as thousands of origami cranes donated to Hiroshima burn.
Is it possible to have too much Picasso?
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» PARIS: Why can't the world get enough of Pablo Picasso? On the 50th anniversary of his death, it seems the appetite for the Spanish master is inexhaustible.
The curators saving Ukraine's heritage at all costs
AFP, Published on 16/08/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA (UKRAINE) - When she understood Russian troops were advancing in the region of Zaporizhzhia, Natalya Chergik helped to fill a truck with a ton of paintings, antique firearms and 17th-century ceramics.
Ancient Buddhist city threatened by Chinese copper mine
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» MES AYNAK, Afghanistan: An ancient Buddhist city carved out of immense peaks near Kabul is in danger of disappearing forever, swallowed up by a Chinese consortium exploiting one of the world's largest copper deposits.
Late US justice Ginsburg's collectibles up for auction to benefit opera
AFP, Published on 19/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - Picasso ceramics, old masters works and a famous fur coat are among the pieces from the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg's art collection and personal items that are to be auctioned off near Washington this month.
'Greek Picasso' Alekos Fassianos dies aged 86: family
AFP, Published on 17/01/2022
» ATHENS: Greek artist Alekos Fassianos, whose work drew on his country's mythology and folklore, died Sunday at the age of 86, his daughter Viktoria told AFP.
Picasso masterpieces fetch $108.9 million at Sotheby's auction
AFP, Published on 24/10/2021
» LAS VEGAS - Eleven masterpieces by Pablo Picasso fetched $108.9 million at a Sotheby's auction in Las Vegas on Saturday.