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£9.9m chimp parliament painting smashes Banksy record
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» LONDON: A Banksy painting depicting the British parliament populated by chimpanzees smashed the record for the mysterious British street artist on Thursday, fetching nearly £9.9 million, Sotheby's auction house said.
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Europe finds common language in bid to rival US TV productions
AFP, Published on 16/04/2015
» PARIS - "Game of Thrones" may finally bring a change in Europe that various wars and EU bureaucracy have failed to bring about: making English a common language -- on TV screens, at least.
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Speaking in tongues: China divided over the common language
AFP, Published on 25/08/2014
» GUANGZHOU - Free-wheeling and business-oriented, the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is a long way from Beijing physically, culturally and linguistically -- and hackles have been raised by reports Communist authorities are demanding local television drop Cantonese in favour of Mandarin.
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Canada province seeks to fortify French language in decline
AFP, Published on 14/05/2021
» MONTREAL - Canada's Quebec province on Thursday unveiled sweeping legislation aimed at curbing the decline of the French language in the former French colony, particularly in Montreal where businesses are using English more and more.
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You say 'lady' I say 'feudal slave': Korea's language divide
AFP, Published on 03/11/2014
» SEOUL - North and South Korea have never found dialogue easy, but academics from both sides currently meeting in Pyongyang are trying to steer things in the right direction by at least getting them to speak the same language.
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French language eyes 'le comeback' as Britain leaves Europe
AFP, Published on 18/03/2018
» BRUSSELS - Once upon a time speaking French was easy in Brussels, but things have changed.
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Australian indigenous languages have common source: study
AFP, Published on 28/03/2018
» SYDNEY - All indigenous languages in Australia descend from a single common tongue, a study revealed Wednesday in findings that shed new light on the country's cultural history.
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Supporters of Hong Kong pro-democracy 'hero' Jimmy Lai wait in cold for trial
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» HONG KONG: Donning hats, scarves and masks to shield their faces from the winter cold, a small group of supporters of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai waited overnight outside a Hong Kong court for the start of his long-awaited national security trial on Monday.
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'Not a minute to lose': Clock ticks on fossil fuel deal at climate summit
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» DUBAI: The UN climate chief on Monday urged an end to obstruction a day before the deadline for a deal at a summit in Dubai, with oil producers resisting historic calls for the world to wind down fossil fuels.
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COP28 president 'cautiously optimistic' on success of key climate conference
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» PARIS - The UAE's Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the forthcoming UN climate conference in Dubai, is "cautiously optimistic" that the pivotal talks will be successful, he told AFP in an interview on Saturday.
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