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Booker International Prize winner urges fellow Koreans to read more
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean author Han Kang, whose novel “The Vegetarian” had sold just 20,000 copies in her home country before it became a candidate for Britain’s prestigious Man Booker…
Bone fragment of murdered archbishop of Canterbury begins English pilgrimage
LONDON (Reuters) – A fragment of bone belonging to the murdered archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, has returned to England from Hungary for the first time in 800 years.
Blooming exhibits at London’s Chelsea Flower Show
LONDON, (Reuters) – London comes into full bloom this week for the annual Chelsea Flower Show, with floral displays and edgy designs expected to attract thousands of gardening fans.
Polish agency pushes to take Soviet monuments off streets
WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) – A Polish agency is campaigning to take monuments to the Soviet armed forces off the streets, dubbing them a bitter reminder of Moscow’s domination, and consign them to…
Rome opera house taps Hollywood glitz for new ‘Traviata’
ROME (Reuters) – Rome’s opera house has called on the star power of Hollywood and high fashion for a new production that is already racking up record ticket sales for an institution that until two…
Famed Italian photographer Berengo Gardin looks back on his changing world
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s most famous photo reporter, Gianni Berengo Gardin, has spent more than half a century documenting a disappearing world and now recognizes that even his own profession is…
Wines hidden in Czech castle offer rare taste of 19th century
BECOV NAD TEPLOU, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Proving the adage ‘well worth the wait’, experts enjoyed a rare taste of fine wines from the 19th century, discovered under the floorboards of a Czech…
Europe’s neutral anomaly fetes 200 years beyond borders
KELMIS, Belgium (Reuters) – A small town in Belgium that spent a century living outside the map of Europe’s great power system celebrates the 200th anniversary of the quirky autonomy it secured in…
Beyonce’s Ivy Park apparel has ‘rigorous ethical’ program, retailer says
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ivy Park, the sportswear brand that is a joint venture between singer Beyonce and Topshop tycoon Philip Green, has defended itself against a Sun newspaper report…
7-Eleven worker becomes first woman to climb Everest seven times
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A 42-year-old woman born in Nepal climbed Mount Everest for the seventh time on Friday, breaking her own record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain by any…
Cold comfort: Korean convenience store launches hangover cure ice cream
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Koreans, Asia’s biggest per capita alcohol consumers, can now soothe themselves after a big night out with hangover-fighting ice cream.
New York theme bar inspired by ‘Beetlejuice’ director Tim Burton
NEW YORK – A new theme bar and restaurant in lower Manhattan inspired by Tim Burton and with a menu and drinks that pay homage to the “Beetlejuice” director is proving to be a hit with fans.
Romania calls on citizens to help buy Brancusi sculpture
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanians can collectively own a work of their greatest artist, the modernist giant Constantin Brancusi, by joining a government-led campaign to buy one of his sculptures.
Apple unveils new store design in San Francisco
(Reuters) – Apple Inc unveiled a new vision for its hugely successful retail stores on Thursday, aiming to give shoppers the experience of setting foot in the headquarters of the company credited…
Skywatchers can see close, bright Mars looming large this month
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in a decade this month, providing sky-watchers with a celestial show from dusk to dawn starting this week, NASA said on…
Ai Weiwei’s Greek show highlights ‘shameful’ response to refugee crisis
ATHENS (Reuters) – Beneath the Greek and EU flags flying outside the Athens museum hosting Ai Weiwei’s new exhibition, the Chinese artist has hoisted his own to draw attention to what he calls…
Spain bans killing in controversial bull-lancing festival
MADRID (Reuters) – A bull-lancing festival known as “Toro de la Vega” (Bull of the Plain) which has spurred controversy in Spain will take place as usual in September but participants will no longer…
Auschwitz mug reveals jewelry hidden for more than 70 years
OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) – Staff at the Auschwitz museum have uncovered jewelry secretly hidden in an enamel mug since the liberation of the wartime Nazi death camp in 1945.
Dogs to dust: pets get send-off with a human touch
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Chantal Detimmerman weeps at the funeral parlor as she spends a last few moments with her beloved Chico who has been prepared for cremation and laid out in a dog basket.
DC Comics universe on display
Superman and Batman were brought together on Wednesday to lead a host of DC Comics’ heroes and villains in a new exhibit on the Warner Bros’ studio backlot in Los Angeles.
Brazilian demonstrators band together for musical protest
RIO DE JANEIRO – Demonstrators gathered in downtown Rio de Janeiro to stage a musical protest against the center-right interim government led by Michel Temer following the ouster of President Dilma…
Post-it note art war engulfs ad agencies on New York City street
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A conversation conducted using sticky Post-it notes on the windows of two offices in Lower Manhattan has delighted passersby and drawn a number of neighboring advertising…
Blue diamond soars to world record $57.6 million at Christie’s
GENEVA (Reuters) – The “Oppenheimer Blue”, the largest and finest fancy vivid blue diamond ever offered at auction, sold for a world record 56.837 million Swiss francs ($57.6 million) on Wednesday…
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