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Ancient bronze figurine of bull uncovered in southern Greece

Heavy rainfall in southern Greece has led to the discovery of a bronze bull figurine believed to have been a votive offering made to...

Spain adopts euthanasia law

Legislators have voted to make Spain the sixth country in the world, and the fourth in Europe, to allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for...

Vatican snubs gay union blessings because God ‘cannot bless sin’

The Vatican has decreed that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions because God “cannot bless sin”. The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the...

Actress strips on stage in rallying cry for culture at Cesar Awards

This year’s Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, saw an actress strip off on stage in protest over the closure of cinemas and...

Rarely seen Vincent van Gogh painting exhibited ahead of auction

A rare painting by Dutch impressionist master Vincent van Gogh will be publicly displayed for the first time before its auction next month. Sotheby’s auction...

Hindu festival draws crowds of bathers to rivers

Millions of people have joined a 45-day Hindu bathing festival in India. Devotees at the festival, in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj, take a...

Edvard Munch wrote ‘painted by a madman’ on masterpiece The Scream

A small, barely visible sentence written with a pencil on Edvard Munch’s 1893 masterpiece The Scream was penned by the Norwegian painter himself, according...

Carnival cancelled in town where everyone takes part

The coronavirus pandemic has brought to a halt one of Europe’s oldest surviving street carnivals. In normal times, the small town of Binche in southern...

Man admits using US federal coronavirus loan to buy Lamborghini

A man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining 3.9 million US dollars in US federal coronavirus loans and using some of the money to...

Saudi women’s rights activist released from prison

One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent political activists has been released from prison after three years, her family has tweeted. Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed to...

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