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A faithful copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, one of the world's most recognisable portraits, sold for €210,000 (S$320,000) at a Paris auction on Tuesday (Nov 9). The auction house, Artcurial, had estimated the copy, dating from…

Ahmed Ghadrib, a Tunisian, was motivated by his love for nature and the environment to collect glass bottles lying on the beach in the Tunisian city of Rades, and then decided to recycle these bottles and turn them into masterpieces usable…

Netflix Inc has removed two episodes of spy drama "Pine Gap" from its streaming service in the Philippines, after the South-east Asian country rejected scenes involving a map used by China to assert its claims to the South China Sea. The…

Offices and shops in India's tech capital of Bengaluru shut down on Friday (Oct 29) and police were brought in to control swarming crowds of fans, in anticipation of violence after a popular actor died in the city. Mr Puneeth Rajkumar,…

Jordanian Arabic Calligraphy and Islamic Ornamentation Forum announced the competition winning calligraphy works, during a festival displaying a group of calligraphic artworks by a group of professional calligraphers from the forum’s…