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US chief justice lobs an 'OK Boomer' in age case 16 Jan 2020 - 08:18 pm
In this file photo taken on November 30, 2018 Chief Justice John Roberts poses for the official group photo at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.  AFP / Mandel Ngan
Art installation shows the reality of London's toxic air 14 Jan 2020 - 11:29 pm
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Harry and Meghan crisis triggers racism debate 14 Jan 2020 - 09:00 pm
File photo: Artist Kaya Mar shows off his latest work in front of the castle in Windsor on May 17,  2018 two days before the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. AFP / Adrian Dennis
14-year-old among new HBKU Press authors at DIBF 13 Jan 2020 - 08:43 am
Where Is My Teacher? by Dalal Ghanim Al-Romaihi is a delightfully inventive tale that takes readers on a literary adventure.
Are young crusaders and heroes fair game for critics? 12 Jan 2020 - 08:08 pm
Greta Thunberg watches as US President Donald Trump enters the UN to speak with reporters in a still image from video taken in New York City, September 23, 2019. Reuters / Andrew Hofstetter
Asylum seekers give new life to 'end of the world' French village 09 Jan 2020 - 11:11 pm
A view of Chambon-le-Château Photo courtesy Bastien.pierre / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Orthodox women seek bigger role as Jews end Talmud cycle 07 Jan 2020 - 05:49 pm
Orthodox Jews arrive during the 13th Siyum HaShas, a celebration marking the completion of the Daf Yomi, a seven-and-a-half-year cycle of studying texts from the Talmud, the canon of Jewish religious law, at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jer
Singular 'they' is voted word of the decade by US linguists 05 Jan 2020 - 05:48 pm
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Japan 'Tuna King' buys new year catch for $1.8 million 05 Jan 2020 - 10:30 am
Kiyoshi Kimura (C), President of Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai, displays a 276-kilogram bluefin tuna that fetched 193.2 million yen (1.8 million USD) at his main restaurant in Tokyo on January 5, 2020 after
Ballet dancers down tutus in longest strike ever at Paris Opera 03 Jan 2020 - 07:30 pm
Australian ballet dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet Bianca Scudamore poses during a photo session in Paris on October 16, 2019. AFP  / Joel Saget
Folk puppets keeping heritage of Egyptian satire alive 02 Jan 2020 - 08:11 pm
Members of Egypt's Wamda troupe manipulate puppets during a Aragoz puppets show in Beit al-Sehemi, in Cairo's Gamaliya district, on November 15, 2019.  AFP / Mohamed el-Shahed
TS Eliot letters to muse to be unveiled after 60 years 02 Jan 2020 - 07:53 pm
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German opera great Harry Kupfer dies aged 84 01 Jan 2020 - 08:38 pm
German opera director Harry Kupfer in Berlin on March 13, 2019. AFP / DPA / Soeren Stache
Gertrude Himmelfarb, influential conservative scholar of Victorian England, dies at 97 01 Jan 2020 - 08:38 pm
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children as idealized family.  (Franz Xaver Winterhalter / Royal Collection / Buckingham Palace)
Top jobs for next decade 30 Dec 2019 - 05:22 pm
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Toronto's old streetcars, a symbol of city, leave the rails 26 Dec 2019 - 08:28 pm
A streetcar travels a street in Toronto, Canada, December 7, 2019.  AFP / Olivier Monnier
JFK letter promising Santa safe during Cold War on display 25 Dec 2019 - 05:00 pm
John F Kennedy (Reuters)
Glittering symbol of press, Newseum set to close its doors 24 Dec 2019 - 08:45 pm
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