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‘Mona Lisa’ copy goes under the hammer for 210,000 euros in Paris auction
PARIS (Reuters) -A faithful copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," one of the world's most recognisable portraits, sold for 210,000 euros ($242,634) at a Paris auction on Tuesday. The auction house,...
Nov 09, 2021
Marie Antoinette diamond bracelets soar to $8 million – Christie’s
GENEVA (Reuters) - A pair of diamond bracelets that belonged to France's Queen Marie Antoinette sold at auction on Tuesday for 7.46 million Swiss francs ($8.18 million), several times the pre-sale est...
Nov 09, 2021
France officially signs over artworks taken from ex-colony Benin
PARIS (Reuters) - Benin's President Patrice Talon signed an agreement on Tuesday to take back from France 26 artworks seized from the former French colony in the 19th century, and said he hoped it wou...
Nov 09, 2021
Family of boy in a coma after trampling at Houston concert files lawsuit, attorney says
(Reuters) -A legal team including prominent civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a father whose nine-year-old son is in a medically induced coma after...
Nov 09, 2021
Exclusive: Facebook unblocks ‘#saltbae’ hashtag after Vietnamese minister’s golden steak
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - Facebook's parent company said on Tuesday it had unblocked the hashtag for celebrity chef Nusret Gokce's nickname '#saltbae', having found the tag had been blocked g...
Nov 09, 2021
Your trash for our books: Indonesian library creates literacy from litter
By Tommy Ardiansyah and Yuddy Cahya Budiman PURBALINGGA, Indonesia (Reuters) - A librarian in Indonesia's Java island is lending books to children in exchange for trash they collect in a novel way to ...
Nov 08, 2021
Explainer – Who could be held liable for deadly Houston concert?
By Luc Cohen and Thomas Rowe (Reuters) - More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed and a criminal investigation has been opened after eight people died and hundreds were injured in an apparent crowd ...
Nov 08, 2021
Production of Disney’s upcoming ‘Star Wars’ movie delayed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Production of Walt Disney Co's next "Star Wars" movie has been delayed because director Patty Jenkins is juggling other projects, a source close to the production said on Monda...
Nov 08, 2021
Ferrell, Rudd swap comedy for the sinister in ‘The Shrink Next Door’
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Best known for his laugh-out-loud movies, actor and comedian Will Ferrell found it "liberating" to branch out in "The Shrink Next Door", a dark comedy abou...
Nov 08, 2021
Alec Baldwin calls for police on film sets to monitor gun safety
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As Hollywood considers new safety measures following the fatal shooting during filming of Western movie "Rust," actor Alec Baldwin said on Monday he believed film and TV produc...
Nov 08, 2021
