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A Darling of Pop Culture, But Not Museums

Jean-Michel Basquiat enjoys a stratospheric following -- earlier this year, a 1982 oil painting by the late 20th...

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Fire, Smoke and Metal At North Korea Steel Plant

A crane moves a giant bucket brimming with 40 tonnes of molten steel towards a gangway in North Korea's Chollima Steel...

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Mumbai Building Collapse Death Toll Rises To 17

Rescuers stepped up a desperate bid Wednesday to find victims buried under the rubble of a collapsed building in Mumbai...

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Hong Kong Maids Lured By Islamic State Recruiters

Indonesian maids working in Hong Kong are being radicalised by extremists from the Islamic State group, a security...

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Britain Makes Pitch For Massive Australia Warship Contract

Britain's defence secretary Wednesday made a strong push to build Australia's next fleet of warships, saying the...

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Motorsports Boom In China

Trailing enormous plumes of dust, the Silk Way rally cars tore through the Gobi Desert bound for China's Imperial city...

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EU Court To Rule On Hamas Terror Listing

The EU's top court rules Wednesday on whether Islamist movement Hamas should be taken off the bloc's terror black list,...

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Vietnam’s Dissident Footballers Take Aim At Politics

A group of old pals trot onto the pitch for what looks like an ordinary football match in Vietnam. But it is actually a...

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Off Namibia, An Underwater Diamond Harvest

A vast mechanical monster rises from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Namibia, leaving a huge swell in its wake as...

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White House Hails Israel For Removing Holy Site Metal Detectors

The White House welcomed Israel's decision to remove metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site on...

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Rwanda Targets High-End Tourist Market

Nicaraguan singer Hernaldo Zuniga brought his entire family to trek through the lush forests and mist-shrouded...

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Quirky US-French Museum To Offer Night On Orient Express

Visitors to a quirky rail museum in France's Burgundy region, the brainchild of US entrepreneur Gregory Marshall, will...

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Roma Withstand Tottenham Fightback In 3-2 Friendly Win

Roma withstood a dramatic, late Tottenham comeback to send the Premier League team to their first defeat of this...

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Myanmar’s Rohingya Abandoned After Rapes

Rohingya Muslim Ayamar Bagon has lived on handouts since her husband left her after she told him she was gang-raped by...

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Adam Peaty Targets 50m Breaststroke Record Yet Again

Britain's Adam Peaty warned the men's 50m breaststroke world record could fall again in a fierce battle over the sprint...

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Prominent Australian Aboriginal Singer Gurrumul Dies At 46

World-renowned indigenous singer Gurrumul has died after a "long battle with illness" aged 46, his management said...

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Trump’s Bid To Rally Base Marked By Protests

Fresh from a rare legislative victory, Donald Trump tried to shore up ebbing popular support Tuesday at a raucous rally...

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Barbara Sinatra, Last Wife of Frank Sinatra, Dies At 90

Former model Barbara Sinatra, a humanitarian activist who was Frank Sinatra's last wife, died Tuesday in California,...

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Cardinal Pell Denies Abuse Charges In Australian Court

Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell, a top advisor to Pope Francis, denied all charges of historical sexual...