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'Garbo' a mesmerizing look at film's greatest enigma 08 Dec 2021 - 04:30 pm

"Garbo” by Robert Gottlieb (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Coming a century after the Swedish actress' film debut, Robert Gottlieb’s biography of Greta Garbo...

Museum to fix 'ripples' in Rembrandt's 'Night Watch' 08 Dec 2021 - 04:20 pm

The Hague, Netherlands:Rembrandt van Rijn's iconic painting "The Night Watch” will be restretched to get rid of deformations in its top left corner,...

Tiaras thought to belong to Napoleon's Josephine sell for $760,000 07 Dec 2021 - 03:39 pm

London: Two tiaras, believed to have belonged to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife Josephine, sold for more than $760,000 at auction on...

Road congestion returns, but work-from-home leaves downtowns empty 07 Dec 2021 - 03:36 pm

Empty roads and cleaner air at the start of the pandemic have given way to a gradual return of traffic congestion in many...

Merriam-Webster chooses vaccine as the 2021 word of the year 29 Nov 2021 - 08:17 am

New York: With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year:...

Fruit galore: Thai monkey festival returns as tourists come back 28 Nov 2021 - 11:39 am

Lopburi, Thailand: Watched by tourists and locals, thousands of monkeys in Lopburi in central Thailand feasted on two tonnes fruits and vegetables after...

Archaeologists find 800-year old mummy in Peru 27 Nov 2021 - 06:50 pm

LIMA: A team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru's central coast, one of...

Pandemic hobby grows into plan for Africa's largest photography library 23 Nov 2021 - 12:06 pm

New York City: Since the pandemic forced many USbookshops to close or slash prices, Ghanaian New Yorker Paul Ninson has amassed 30,000 African...

Venezuela claims Guinness World Record for largest orchestra 21 Nov 2021 - 10:18 am

CARACAS: Venezuela's National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras - known as "El Sistema" - has set a new Guinness record for the...

'Don't get caught napping' - pillow fighting enters combat sports arena 20 Nov 2021 - 04:06 pm

Pillow fighting is moving out of the bedroom and into the boxing ring when Pillow Fight Championship (PFC) holds its first live, pay-per-view...

Ear-resistable Turkish cat Midas becomes internet sensation 19 Nov 2021 - 08:43 pm

ANKARA: Midas was born with two sets of ears and a defective jaw due to a genetic mutation, but this has not stopped...

High-end handbags go up for auction in London 18 Nov 2021 - 08:37 pm

LONDON- A wide range of designer handbags are going under the hammer at a Christie's auction this month, with some expected to fetch...

Frida Kahlo self-portrait sets auction record for Latin American painting 17 Nov 2021 - 02:38 pm

NEW YORK: A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo featuring her husband, artist Diego Rivera, sold at auction on Tuesday for $34.9 million,...

German zoo presents 3 lion cubs, 5 weeks after birth 15 Nov 2021 - 04:01 pm

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany: Meet Jamila, Kumani and Malaika. A zoo in the western German city of Gelsenkirchen proudly presented on Monday three female lion...

Young Venezuelans attempt to break Guinness record for largest orchestra 15 Nov 2021 - 03:45 pm

Caracas: Venezuelaon Saturday attempted to break the Guinness record for the world's largest orchestra, as 12,000 musicians played a classical piece together for...

Congo's self-taught guitarmaker caters to the stars 12 Nov 2021 - 09:15 pm

KINSHASA: In a tin shed in the backstreets of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, a barefoot 61-year old Jean-Luther Misoko Nzalayala, aka...