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Rare Stradivarius violin sells for $11.3 mn at Sotheby's

A rare Stradivarius violin, made over 300 years ago by Antonio Stradivari during his so-called golden period, fetched $11.3 million at auction in New York on Friday, Sotheby's said."This extraordinary violin represents...

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'Sacred job': Iraq Kurds digitise books to save threatened culture

Members of the Kurdistan Centre for Arts and Culture (KCAC), select old books from the shelves before making digital copies, as part of an effort to digitise historic Kurdish volumes and manuscripts, in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk on February 13, 2024. Many historic documents belonging to Kurds, an ethnic group spread across modern day Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey, have been lost or destroyed during their volatile history across the region. (Photo by Safin HAMID / AFP)

Birds, beetles, bugs could help replace pesticides: study

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Nizwa Museum offers journey to ancient Oman

Nizwa Museum offers journey to ancient Oman

Heatwaves may be driving whale decline in the Pacific

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What's in a leap year? Eternal youth, wedding bells and tech bugs

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Furry Trims and Nosy Neighbors: How London Fashion Week Turned 40

A model presents a creation during a catwalk presentation for British fashion house Burberry's Autumn/Winter 2024 collection, at London Fashion Week

Can someone break into Musandam's lock houses?

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Japan's humble 'onigiri' rice balls get image upgrade

Japan's humble 'onigiri' rice balls get image upgrade

Salalah a pit stop for soul recharge

Lubica with staff at Crowne Plaza Resort, Salalah

The first dinosaur was named 200 years ago. We know so much more now

An Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton

The first dinosaur was named 200 years ago. We know so much more now

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Rome restores towering colonnade of Trajan's Basilica

Rome restores towering colonnade of Trajan's Basilica

Mexican community revives customs with ancient fire ritual

A Purepecha Indigenous woman holds incense during a 3-day ceremonial procession from Cocucho to Ocumicho indigenous villages in Michoacan State, Mexico, on January 31, 2024. Every year, Purepecha痴 Indigenous people from different regions of Michoacan State celebrate the Fuego Nuevo Purepecha (Purepecha痴 New Fire), a fire lighting ceremony to mark the start of the new year.

'Suspense' of slowest horse race wins new fans in Japan

This picture taken on December 9, 2023 shows a Banei Keiba horse race at the Obihiro racecourse in Obihiro, Hokkaido Prefecture. Speed isn't everything at one racecourse in Japan, where the unpredictable stop-and-start drama of the world's slowest horse race has drawn new fans eager to bet on their sturdy favourite.

Don’t discard unwanted clothes; contact Kiswa

The Kiswa team, according to its CEO Hanaa al Hashemi, collects unwanted clothes from customers, associations, and charitable teams and recycles them
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