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Sweden's newborn prince to be named Alexander 21 Apr 2016 - 03:55 pm

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's palace has announced that the latest addition to the royal family will be named Prince Alexander. The baby boy was born...

Half of women on boards like quotas but male colleagues say no - survey 21 Apr 2016 - 10:21 am

By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK: Half of women sitting on corporate boards of directors around the world support quota systems to fix stubborn...

Replica of 5,000-year-old 'Iceman' made on 3D printer 21 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

US Paleo artist Gary Staab works on another copy of the Oetzi mummy at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy,...

German museum exhibits racist stickers spanning 130 years 20 Apr 2016 - 06:47 pm

BERLIN: One of Germany's main history museums is exhibiting racist and anti-Semitic stickers spanning more than a century, a show that comes as...

Canapes under the canopy? Paris gentrifies rusty mall 19 Apr 2016 - 05:48 pm

PARIS: Swapping burgers for lobster souffle and rusty welding for a state-of-the-art canopy roof, Paris' mayor this month unveiled a $1 billion revamp...

'Chaplin's World' honors cinema legend with first museum 18 Apr 2016 - 04:59 pm

Portraits of Charlie Chaplin are pictured above his bed during a media visit of 'Chaplin's World', an interactive museum celebrating the life and...

What happens when your child joins ISIL? 18 Apr 2016 - 10:45 am

Zara Azam and Farshid Rokey; Photo by Tristram Kenton; London National Theatre By Jessica Baldwin London, UK: A fractured flag of Syria is...

Monks, families gather for Bhutan holiday 17 Apr 2016 - 03:35 pm

(File photo) Monks in Bhutan REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton Thimphu, Bhutan: Thousands of Bhutanese dressed in traditional clothes and carrying their children flocked to monasteries...

Lights, camera, action! Charlie Chaplin museum springs to life 14 Apr 2016 - 05:14 pm

A picture taken on April 6, 2016 shows Charile Chaplin's hat and stick displayed in a showcase at the Chaplin's World museum in...

Harry Potter author's chair sells for $394,000 at auction 07 Apr 2016 - 08:39 am

This file photo taken on April 4, 2016, shows a chair used, and later decorated, by author JK Rowling while she wrote the...

Fast fashion to ethical couture: Vietnam's design evolution 06 Apr 2016 - 08:48 am

A woman working at a local embroidery workshop in the central city of Hue. AFP / HOANG DINH NAM Cao Bang, Vietnam: Long...

Painting by Chinese master fetches record $35 million in Hong Kong 05 Apr 2016 - 12:02 pm

Splashed ink and colour painting "Peach Blossom Spring" by the late painter Zhang Daqian is displayed during a preview at Sotheby's in Hong...

What's in a name? China paper blasts foreign nomenclature 05 Apr 2016 - 11:34 am

Thames Town residential complex emulates facets of England such as red telephone boxes and cobbled roads. Beijing: For many aspiring Chinese, living in...

In Australia, surfing soothes asylum-seekers' fears of sea 05 Apr 2016 - 10:35 am

By KRISTEN GELINEAU SYDNEY: They gather under the blazing sun and blue skies of an Australian beach, looking out at the water that...

Chinese 'parachute kids' flock to US schools 04 Apr 2016 - 10:10 am

Chinese students Tony Lu and Henry Li (R) spend their free time connected to China on their Internet devices at their host family's...

Mobile messages tell stories of refugees fleeing war 03 Apr 2016 - 09:19 am

A woman looks at images taken by Jordanian photographer Tanya Habjouqa of Syrian refugees during a joint exhibition along with Syrian artist Omar...

Australia's colonial past haunts major Sydney tram project 31 Mar 2016 - 01:26 pm

Cultural heritage manager Danny Franks inspects the excavation site where he had discovered Aboriginal artifacts in the ground at a construction site for...

Priceless tomes in Italy hold key to European identity 31 Mar 2016 - 12:06 pm

The exhibition "Books that have made Europe" at the Lincean Academy includes an imposing 12th-century "Atlantic" bible weighing 18 kilos. AFP Photo/Alberto Pizzoli ...