Monet’s glasses sold for over $50,000 in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: A collection of French artist Claude Monet’s personal belongings, including a pair of round-rimmed wire spectacles, have fetched…
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Different strokes: Taiwan’s creative campaign for traditional characters
TAIPEI: As a growing number of people around the world learn simplified Chinese instead of the more complicated traditional characters,…
World Cup stadium rises from ashes of Battle of Stalingrad
VOLGOGRAD: First they dug up the bones and defused the bombs. Then Russia erected a light-as-air stadium for the…
Bali raises volcano alert to highest level: officials
KARANGASEM: The alert for a volcano belching huge plumes of smoke on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali has been…
Bali volcano spews smoke for second time in a week
A rumbling volcano on the Indonesian resort island of Bali spewed smoke hundreds of metres into the air Saturday, officials…
Blast rocks Chinese megaport city, two dead
A major explosion hit China’s megaport city of Ningbo on Sunday, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and wrecking…
Egypt President vows forceful response
Al-Sisi declares three days of mourning the day after deadliest attack on packed mosque CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…
Egypt says Sinai attackers had Islamic State flag
CAIRO: Gunmen who attacked a mosque in North Sinai were carrying an Islamic State flag, Egyptian officials said yesterday as…