NY museums wage cultural war against Trump prejudice
NEW YORK: Museums across New York are waging a cultural war on prejudice in Donald Trump’s America, flexing the soft…
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French, international media unite against fake news
PARIS: A group of 37 French and international media outlets, supported by Google, on Tuesday launched “CrossCheck”, a joint fact-checking…
Met Museum chief quits amid expansion and deficits
NEW YORK: The head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art resigned Tuesday as the New York institution struggles to tame…
Flu meds do not harm unborn babies: study
PARIS: Unborn children suffer no harm when their mothers take flu medication during pregnancy, a study of some 700,000 women…
Barack, Michelle Obama sign bumper book deal: publisher
WASHINGTON: New York based publisher Penguin Random House has won the industry’s most coveted contract: a two-for-one deal to produce…
Muslim, Christian clerics convene co-existence meeting
CAIRO: Top Muslim and Christian clerics from the Middle East gathered in Cairo on Tuesday for a two-day conference on…
Bangladesh child marriage law sparks criticism
DHAKA: Rights groups on Tuesday criticised a controversial new child marriage law in Bangladesh which allows children as young as…
South Korea suggests suspending North’s UN seat
GENEVA: South Korea called yesterday for ‘collective measures’ against North Korea, including possible suspension of its United Nations membership, saying…