Saiburi Looker is a group of artists aiming to rebuild communal ties and promote peace by using art as their main tool. Saiburi, Thailand –…
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Bloody Sunday memorial march through Derry marks 47th anniversary
Thousands took part in the commemoration march in Derry, Northern Ireland to mark the 47th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. People in the Northern Irish city…
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Arts minister stops new owner of £8m painting from taking it out of UK
Arts minister stops new owner of £8m Thomas Gainsborough painting from taking it out of the country in the hope it will be saved by…
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Polanski film tops French box office despite rape claim
‘An Officer and a Spy’ surged in the charts despite campaign in wake of latest claims against the veteran filmmaker. Roman Polanski’s new film is…
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Oxford Professor Is Accused of Selling Ancient Texts to Hobby Lobby
LONDON — A trans-Atlantic investigation conducted by a Washington museum and a London-based archaeological group has accused a prominent Oxford University professor of stealing and…
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Argentina remembers former first lady Eva Peron
A hundred years on, Argentina marks the birth of its former first lady and actress. The charismatic former first lady of Argentina, Eva Peron, was…
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Nobel Prize: 2018 award for literature postponed
Several members of the Swedish Academy, including its first female leader, have resigned in protest of the handling of a sexual assault scandal, prompting the…
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Iraqi Christians celebrate first Easter since ISIL defeat
Iraqi Christians of Hamdaniya, in the Nineveh plains near Mosul city in northern Iraq, are returning home to celebrate Easter there for the first time…
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An interfaith march held in Ramallah for victims killed by Israeli forces in Gaza was a peaceful display of prayer and protest. Orthodox Christians and…
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'Still a fragility to it': N Ireland 20 years after Good Friday
Serious political divisions have been sharpened since the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Tuesday marks 20 years since the signing of the Good…
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David Blaine sex assaults claim as magician ‘faces accusations from two women’
He said: “The NYPD takes sexual assault and rape cases extremely seriously and urges anyone who has been a victim to file a report so…
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Artistic Director Mami Kataoka says her choices of exhibiting artists for this edition of Australia’s most well-known art event, will reflect the modern multicultural city.…
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Fallujah: Moving beyond a violent legacy
The Iraqi city has suffered decades of conflict, leaving thousands of people with physical and psychological scars. The Iraqi city of Fallujah has a decades-long…
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Calgary student stumbles on Group of Seven painting at University of Oxford
When Canadian student Paula Larsson decided to organize a display of Canadian artifacts from the University of Oxford’s prestigious Bodleian Libraries, she never dreamed that…
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