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Rubens masterpiece Portrait Of A Lady sells for £2.6m

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Peter Paul Rubens’ 17th century masterpiece Portrait Of A Lady has sold for the equivalent of £2.6 million at a Warsaw auction, becoming the...
SOCIETY

US congress passes Emmett Till bill to make lynching a hate crime

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US congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in America. The bill will...
BUSINESS

Wales to trial world’s highest basic income scheme for young people

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Wales is to roll out one of the most generous basic income schemes ever trialled in the world to its care leavers this year. The...
ARTS

Terracotta lovers still in tender embrace after 2,500 years

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A pair of terracotta lovers caught in a tender embrace for 2,500 years are getting some Valentine’s Day TLC from Italian cultural officials. One of...
CULTURE

Rio de Janeiro delays Carnival due to surging Covid cases

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The world-famous Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro will be held in late April rather than the final weekend of February, as the number...
ARTS

Out of this world: 555.55-carat black diamond lands in Dubai

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Auction house Sotheby’s Dubai has unveiled a diamond that is literally from out of this world. Sotheby’s calls the 555.55-carat black diamond – believed to...
ARTS

Spider-Man comic page sells for record £2.44m

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A single page of artwork from a 1984 Spider-Man comic book has sold at a US auction for a record 3.36 million dollars (£2.44...
ARTS

New hi-tech photo brings Rembrandt’s Night Watch up close

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Rembrandt van Rijn’s iconic and huge painting The Night Watch is now also a supersized museum photo delivered right to your laptop in unsurpassed...
ARTS

Rare Superman comic book fetches stellar price at auction

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A rare copy of a Superman comic book that sold for a dime in 1939 has been purchased for 2.6 million dollars (£1.96m) in...
EUROPE

No kidding: Swedish town’s goat decorations burnt again

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The two straw goats of Gavle, Sweden’s most endangered Christmas decorations, have gone up in flames after surviving nearly a month in a central...
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