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Blacks largely left out among high-paying jobs 31 Mar 2018 - 06:26 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Romanian computer science students take part in an internship fair on the campus of the Polytechnic University on March 17, 2017 in Bucharest. (AFP / Andrei Pungovschi)
Novelist Anita Shreve dies 30 Mar 2018 - 11:11 pm
Anita Shreve (Photo courtesy: bibliotaphsblog.com)
'Uninhabited' Amazon may have been home to a million people 27 Mar 2018 - 08:56 pm
Chief Marcelino Apurina of the Aldeia Novo Paraiso in the Western Amazon region of Brazil near Labrea stands by a table of modern medicines delivered to the village on September 21, 2017. (AFP / Carl De Souza)
WWE signs first woman wrestler from Arab world 27 Mar 2018 - 05:40 pm
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As Uber bows out to Grab, drivers and riders bemoan loss of choice 27 Mar 2018 - 12:01 am
A ComfortDelgro taxi passes Uber and Grab offices in Singapore March 26, 2018. Reuters/Edgar Su
Kanye West's muse Abloh takes over Louis Vuitton menswear 26 Mar 2018 - 02:59 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 17, 2018 US fashion designer Virgil Abloh acknowledges applause following the presentation of the men's Fall/Winter 2018/2019 collection he designed for Off White in Paris. AFP / FRANCOIS GUILLOT
Cezanne's maverick side explored in first-ever US portrait show 24 Mar 2018 - 09:49 am
A woman looks at the painting Gustave Geffroy, 1895–1896, by Paul Cezanne, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC on March 23, 2018. AFP / Olivia Hampton
Off the sideline: Students, women, teachers embrace activism 21 Mar 2018 - 09:48 pm
Sophie Phillips holds a sign as she attends a rally for those heading to the March for Our Lives event in Washington D.C. on March 20, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. The rally was held in the name of the 17 students and school staff killed on Valentines Day a
Flower power: Chinese artist hails east-west dialogue with petals 21 Mar 2018 - 07:01 pm
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This man is trying to rebuild Mosul. He needs help - lots of it. 21 Mar 2018 - 02:17 pm
Destroyed buildings from previous clashes are seen in Mosul, Iraq, January 10, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Erratic Chicano writer who vanished focus of new documentary 20 Mar 2018 - 06:16 pm
Christie's to auction rare watch once owned by Egyptian king 19 Mar 2018 - 02:44 pm
An exhibitor displays the Patek Philippe 18k gold perpetual chronograph wrist watch with moon phases belonging to the King Farouk, at the Christie's auction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2018. Reuters/Satish Kumar
At 55, 'French spiderman' keeps climbing world's skyscrapers 18 Mar 2018 - 03:23 pm
Alain Robert, the French urban climber dubbed Spiderman, is grabbed by security guards preventing him to climb a building hosting the headquarters of French energy giant Engie at La Defense business area, on March in Paris on March 14, 2018. AFP / PHILIPP
Mystery dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in Paris 18 Mar 2018 - 03:18 pm
The skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur
Singapore still world's costliest city; Paris a close second 15 Mar 2018 - 12:10 pm
Merlion statue lit up in front of the city skyline in Singapore. The eye-watering cost of owning a car in space-starved Singapore means the city state is the world's most expensive place to live for the fifth year in a row, a survey said on March 15. (AFP
'The mind of God': top quotes from Stephen Hawking 14 Mar 2018 - 08:54 pm
Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik gives final touches to a sculpture in honour of British physicist and award-winning author Stephen Hawking at Puri beach, some 65 kms. from Bhubaneswar on March 14, 2018.  AFP / Asit Kumar
Aussies plunge into river in DIY gliders for charity 11 Mar 2018 - 12:14 pm
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Into the dark: Climber recounts terrible choice on Pakistan mountain 08 Mar 2018 - 08:08 am
In this photograph taken on March 6, 2018, Russian-Polish climber Denis Urubko speaks during an interview with AFP in Islamabad after attempting to summit the K2 mountain alone during winter. AFP