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    Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait sells for $54.66 mln in record-breaking auction for women

    A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a new…

    ‘History has treated her badly’: Hamnet and the 400-year-old mystery around Shakespeare’s wife and son

    Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes Shakespeare – and the “soul-crushing” loss of their…

    Race to reopen Gaza schools

    More than 600,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have missed the past two years of school. Instead of studying and socialising,…

    ‘In the Amazon, protection is spiritual’: Defying coca lords and loggers in the Amazon

    How do you police the world’s biggest tropical rainforest? Faced with deadly violence, indigenous people have set up their own…

    ‘A tipping point’?: Why this 1768 painting could be the real birth of modern art

    While many argue that “modern art” began in the 1800s, could it actually have started with Joseph Wright of Derby’s…

    In pictures: Wednesday’s Beaver supermoon captured around the world

    People around the world have been able to catch a glimpse of the Beaver supermoon as it rose on Wednesday.…

    Uniting the cultures of Nigeria and Wales through pictures

    Originally from Idofin, Nigeria, photographer Taiye Omokore now lives in Cardiff. Since moving to Wales, he focuses on bridging his…

    Women’s safety and comfort priority for this year’s Soundstorm MDLBEAST

    Saudi Arabia’s biggest music festival, Soundstorm, is prioritizing the safety and comfort of female attendees at this year’s concert. Organized…

    Egypt opens colossal new antiquities museum after two-decade wait

    Prime ministers, presidents and royalty descended on Cairo on Saturday to attend the spectacle-laden inauguration of a sprawling new museum…

    NEOM Media Academy drives Saudi Arabia’s creative transformation

    A new generation of Saudi filmmakers, editors, and game developers is emerging from NEOM’s Media Academy and Industry Learning programs,…

    California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday

    California has become the third US state to designate Diwali — the Hindu “Festival of Lights” — as an official…

    The record-breaking Nigerian chef ready to take on the world

    Nigerian celebrity chef and double Guinness World Record breaker Hilda Baci makes no secret about what drives her success. “[It’s]…
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