A 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci has been sold in New York for a record $450m (£341m). The painting is known as Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World). It is the highest auction price...
Tiffany shoppers can now channel their innerAudrey Hepburnat the luxury jeweler's new cafe. Tiffany & Co. will starting serving meals at its Blue Box Cafe, in the company's Fifth Avenue flagship store in New York City. Blu...
One restaurant inChicagois serving up a modern twist on a Thanksgiving classic: clear pumpkin pie. Chefs at Alinea created a stunning slice of pie without its traditional orange pigment for the restaurant's 20-course fall tasting...
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Here in the good old U.S. of A., storing your eggs in the fridge is about as American as apple pie and baseball. (By the way, have you ever wondered why Americans refrigerate eggs and Europeans don’t?) But depending on where you pl...
The US Air Force has said it is investigating its apparent failure to enter information about Texas gunman Devin Patrick Kelley's criminal history into the national database. Ex-airman Kelly was court-martialled for domestic violence in 2012...
Paradise Papers : How to hide your cash offshore...
Ikea has apologised and pulled a controversial television advertisement in China which some said was sexist. The commercial by the Swedish furniture chain shows a mother scolding her daughter for not "bringing home a boyfriend" to ...
This Friday is the kick-off for preorders for Apple’s much anticipated 10th-anniversary edition of its iPhone, the iPhone X. During a Sept. 12 release event, CEO Tim Cook described the iPhone X — pronounced 10...
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China has entered a "new era" where it should "take centre stage in the world", President Xi Jinping says. The country's rapid progress under "socialism with Chinese characteristics" shows there is "a new c...
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The Foreigner(2017) Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan Action Movie...
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology student has created a new line of sleeping bags designed to help Syrian refugees survive winters in the Middle East. Sophomore Vick Liu designed the TravlerPack from his dorm room and re...
With a dazzling spectrum of designs used to advertise the capital's transport system, for more than a century women have been shaping the way London is perceived. Yet the identity of many of these female artists has been hidden. Often they w...
Actor Ben Affleck has apologised after being criticised for groping an MTV presenter on air in 2003. The incident surfaced after he posted condemnation of Harvey Weinstein, who is facing sexual assault allegations. One Twitter user remember...
Naysayers beware! On “Younger Now,” Miley Cyrus shows remarkable and much-needed growth. The need to shock, the Autotune/vocoder effects and the ill-fitting hip-hop poses of “Bangerz” have all fallen by the w...
The case of a Dutch woman fined €90 (£80; $105) for relieving herself in an alleyway in the centre of Amsterdam has turned into a debate about sexism. The Dutch capital offers 35 public urinals for men compared with just three toi...
You don't even need a full workout—just walking to the water cooler can help. You’ve heard it before: Sitting all day isn’t good for you. Sure it causes back pain, but studies have also linked sedentary time with diabetes, ...