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German opera great Harry Kupfer dies aged 84 01 Jan 2020 - 08:38 pm
German opera director Harry Kupfer in Berlin on March 13, 2019. AFP / DPA / Soeren Stache
Gertrude Himmelfarb, influential conservative scholar of Victorian England, dies at 97 01 Jan 2020 - 08:38 pm
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children as idealized family.  (Franz Xaver Winterhalter / Royal Collection / Buckingham Palace)
Top jobs for next decade 30 Dec 2019 - 05:22 pm
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Toronto's old streetcars, a symbol of city, leave the rails 26 Dec 2019 - 08:28 pm
A streetcar travels a street in Toronto, Canada, December 7, 2019.  AFP / Olivier Monnier
JFK letter promising Santa safe during Cold War on display 25 Dec 2019 - 05:00 pm
John F Kennedy (Reuters)
Glittering symbol of press, Newseum set to close its doors 24 Dec 2019 - 08:45 pm
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Zagreb's 'hangover museum' makes light of blurry nights 24 Dec 2019 - 07:40 pm
Two women walk past the Museum of Hangovers in Zagreb, on December 3, 2019. AFP / Denis Lovrovic
Colombia's conflict spills over to museum of memory 24 Dec 2019 - 07:33 pm
Representative image (Inside the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile.Photo courtesy: Warko / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0)
'They singular, Self-partnered & eco-anxiety: 7 terms that took off in 2019 20 Dec 2019 - 09:34 pm
After revelations that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson referred to a predecessor David Cameron as a
Detained migrants' trash inspires US janitor's art 16 Dec 2019 - 10:48 am
A visitor looks at a photo of cell phones confiscated from migrants at the exhibition
China dramatists wage 'guerrilla' fight for artistic freedom 16 Dec 2019 - 08:06 am
This photo taken on October 29, 2019, shows artists performing during the 7th annual Wuzhen Theatre Festival in Wuzhen in Zhejiang province, two hours from Shanghai. AFP / Hector Retamal
Indonesian martial art pencak silat gets UNESCO heritage status 15 Dec 2019 - 10:20 am
This picture taken on December 14, 2019 shows pencak silat practitioners, a martial art indigenous to Southeast Asia, taking part in a session in Jakarta. AFP / BAY ISMOYO
Swipe right for climate action: Gen Z daters seek a green love match 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
Representative image (AFP / Sebastien Bozon)
Indonesian cave art is earliest known record of "story telling", researchers say 12 Dec 2019 - 02:15 pm
This handout photography releases by Griffith University on December 11, 2019, shows cave art inside Bulu Sipong 4, Sulawesi, Indonesia. AFP PHOTO/RATNO SARDI/GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
Nobel winner Handke not welcome in Sarajevo and Kosovo 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
Austrian writer Peter Handke poses in Chaville, in the Paris surburbs, on October 10, 2019 after he was awarded with the 2019 Nobel Literature Prize. AFP / Alain Jocard
Dress Diana wore for Travolta dance sells for more than $280,000 11 Dec 2019 - 01:10 pm
Britain's Princess Diana's Victor Edelstein midnight-blue velvet evening gown (estimated at £250,000 - £350,000), which was worn by the princess when she danced with actor John Travolta at the White House in 1985. Also pictured is her Katherine Cusack eve
Christmas in Iceland means a 'flood' of books under the tree 10 Dec 2019 - 11:24 pm
Visitors check out the Iceland pavilion featuring giant projections of people reading, on October 12, 2011 at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Iceland was the guest of honour in 2011. AFP / Daniel Roland
Dictionary chooses gender-neutral 'they' as word of 2019 10 Dec 2019 - 11:23 pm
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