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- Picasso's Women of Algiers sets new world record at auction – video
- Nepal hit by 7.4 magnitude earthquake near Mount Everest
- Greek finance minister responds to claim that wife was inspiration behind Pulp hit
- Third atheist blogger killed in Bangladesh knife attack
- George Zimmerman wounded in Florida shooting incident
- Jailed Al-Jazeera English journalist sues his employers for negligence
- Picasso painting breaks record for most expensive artwork sold at auction
- Sri Lanka to become the first nation in the world to protect all its mangroves
- Austria gives postal workers bags of treats to fend off aggressive dogs
- Havana's Habana Libre, pawn in Castro's battle against the US - a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 34
- How do I become … a superyacht builder
- Brazil's tough laws on violence against women stymied by social norms
- Boris Nemtsov report on Ukraine to be released by dead politician’s allies
- How a virtual world went to the edge of apocalypse and back again
- 100 British conservation groups oppose review of EU wildlife laws
- How Russia's opposition united to finish Nemtsov's report on Ukraine
- Now showing at Cairo's arthouse cinema: the spirit of 2011
- Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia
- Alabama grandmother gets life in prison for running grandchild, nine, to death
- Monkeys stolen from French zoo are 'extremely rare and fragile'
| Picasso's Women of Algiers sets new world record at auction – video Posted: 12 May 2015 01:16 AM PDT A painting by Pablo Picasso sets a new world record at auction, selling for $179.4m (£115.2m) in New York. The oil painting, Women of Algiers (Version O), is part of a series of 15 paintings created in 1954 and 1955. The successful bid was made via telephone by an anonymous buyer. Christie's auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen says the sale was 'a piece of cultural history' Continue reading...         |
| Nepal hit by 7.4 magnitude earthquake near Mount Everest Posted: 12 May 2015 12:56 AM PDT Earthquake strikes country still recovering from devastating quake that killed more than 8,000 people just weeks ago Nepal has been hit by another strong earthquake, sending people in the capital Kathmandu rushing out on to the streets just weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8,000 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. The US Geological Survey initially said the quake had a magnitude of 7.1 and struck 42 miles (68km) west of the town of Namche Bazaar, close to Mount Everest. The quake was upgraded to a magnitude of 7.4 minutes later. Shockwaves were felt as far away as the Indian capital, Delhi. Related: Nepal earthquake: how to donate Hundreds of people running of out of Kathmandu airport. Scary shaking from aftershock #NepalQuake pic.twitter.com/XiIdB0BCCS Continue reading...        |
| Greek finance minister responds to claim that wife was inspiration behind Pulp hit Posted: 12 May 2015 12:26 AM PDT Details still remain foggy regarding the Common People mystery, but Yanis Varoufakis says Danae Stratou was 'the only Greek student of sculpture at Saint Martins College' Continue reading... |
| Third atheist blogger killed in Bangladesh knife attack Posted: 12 May 2015 12:25 AM PDT Police say Ananta Bijoy Das was attacked in Sylhet city, months after fellow blogger Avijit Roy was murdered A secular blogger has been hacked to death in north-eastern Bangladesh, the third such deadly attack this year. "Attackers wearing masks hacked Ananta Bijoy Das with machetes in Sylhet city at around 8.30 this morning. We have learned that he was a writer," the deputy commissioner of Sylhet police, Faisal Mahmud, told AFP. Continue reading...        |
| George Zimmerman wounded in Florida shooting incident Posted: 12 May 2015 12:19 AM PDT
George Zimmerman was involved in a shooting incident in Florida on Monday afternoon, police say. Zimmerman, who became infamous for shooting dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin while on a security patrol of a housing complex in 2012, was reportedly slightly wounded in the latest incident. Continue reading...        |
| Jailed Al-Jazeera English journalist sues his employers for negligence Posted: 12 May 2015 12:11 AM PDT |
| Picasso painting breaks record for most expensive artwork sold at auction Posted: 12 May 2015 12:06 AM PDT Women of Algiers (Version O) exceeds estimates to sell for $179m at Christie's in New York, amid high demand from collectors for masterpieces A painting by Pablo Picasso has set a new world record for the most expensive artwork to be sold at auction after reaching $179m (£115m) in New York. Women of Algiers (Version O) had been expected to exceed $140m before the auction but the final price far exceeded those estimates in a sale at Christie's auction house at a time when collectors' appetite for masterpieces of impressionist, modern and contemporary art is increasing. Related: A Picasso has just been bought for a record US$179m, but is it worth it? Continue reading...        |
| Sri Lanka to become the first nation in the world to protect all its mangroves Posted: 12 May 2015 12:01 AM PDT National plan puts women at centre of strategy to save trees from being felled for firewood by providing microloans to start business Continue reading...        |
| Austria gives postal workers bags of treats to fend off aggressive dogs Posted: 11 May 2015 11:40 PM PDT Postal service says 47 letter carriers were bitten by dogs last year Postmen and women in Austria have begun carrying a second bag — and it's not because of mail overload. Aggressive dogs can make delivering the mail difficult, so the post office is providing each letter carrier with a bag of doggie treats. Continue reading...        |
| Posted: 11 May 2015 11:30 PM PDT Once a playground for American tourists, after Fidel Castro's revolutionaries marched on Cuba's capital, this grand Hilton hotel was recast as a symbol of changing allegiances and ideologies Continue reading...        |
| How do I become … a superyacht builder Posted: 11 May 2015 11:00 PM PDT Traditional skills such as carpentry and welding are useful, as is versatility and a robust set of sea legs Continue reading...        |
| Brazil's tough laws on violence against women stymied by social norms Posted: 11 May 2015 11:00 PM PDT Grassroots experience shows that funding for women's rights organisations and initiatives is vital in challenging the view that violence against women is normal Continue reading...        |
| Boris Nemtsov report on Ukraine to be released by dead politician’s allies Posted: 11 May 2015 10:00 PM PDT Opposition leader was working on investigation into Russian soldiers secretly fighting in Ukraine when he was shot dead near Kremlin in February Activists and friends of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov will release a report on Russian soldiers secretly fighting in Ukraine that Nemtsov was working on before he was gunned down in front of the Kremlin in February. Ilya Yashin, a close friend of Nemtsov and a high-ranking member of his RPR-Parnas party, plans to publish the finished report, called Putin. War, in Moscow on Tuesday. Yashin recently said that Nemtsov had hoped that "opening society's eyes to the crime" of Russian soldiers fighting on the side of separatists in eastern Ukraine would help stop the war. Low-level fighting has continued in the region despite a February ceasefire. Continue reading...        |
| How a virtual world went to the edge of apocalypse and back again Posted: 11 May 2015 09:59 PM PDT The video game Eve Online is one of Iceland's biggest exports and has become the world's largest living work of science fiction. While rival games have come and gone, it has survived – thanks to a unique experiment in democracy Continue reading...        |
| 100 British conservation groups oppose review of EU wildlife laws Posted: 11 May 2015 09:01 PM PDT Changes to EU birds and habitat directives 'single biggest threat' to biodiversity and species, say groups as they launch their campaign to block the move Continue reading...        |
| How Russia's opposition united to finish Nemtsov's report on Ukraine Posted: 11 May 2015 09:00 PM PDT Allies of murdered government critic publish the findings of his investigation into the Kremlin's secret military involvement across the border. RFE/RL reports Continue reading...        |
| Now showing at Cairo's arthouse cinema: the spirit of 2011 Posted: 11 May 2015 09:00 PM PDT Network of film-makers and fans keep the cultural fervour of the revolution alive under an authoritarian government – but it was a look back at Egypt's golden age of film that filled the auditorium Under bright lights, a few dozen people queue at the box office for the opening of a non-fiction film series. The lobby smells of popcorn, the room burbles with conversation. Zawya, a single-screen cinema and Cairo's self-proclaimed sole arthouse cinema, is a hub for Egypt's independent film scene, a loose but vital network of film-makers, fans and intellectuals trying to keep the cultural fervour of the 2011 revolt alive in an era of authoritarian government in which film-making is intensely regulated and distribution for alternative cinema scarce. Continue reading...        |
| Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia Posted: 11 May 2015 08:20 PM PDT International groups worry that boats will soon land with dead bodies on board as Rohingyas and Bangladeshis flee poverty and discrimination As many as 6,000 asylum seekers in south-east Asia may be trapped at sea in crowded, wooden boats, and activists warn of potentially dangerous conditions as food and clean water runs low. Even though hundreds of people abandoned at sea by smugglers have reached land and relative safety in the past two days, thousands of Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims from Burma are believed still at risk. Related: Burma census is not counting Rohingya Muslims, says UN agency Indonesia sends away 400 boat people to unknown destination pic.twitter.com/y5LJsLNGqp Continue reading...        |
| Alabama grandmother gets life in prison for running grandchild, nine, to death Posted: 11 May 2015 07:28 PM PDT Joyce Hardin Garrard, described by prosecutors as the 'drill sergeant from hell', given life without parole for killing her granddaughter, Savannah Continue reading...        |
| Monkeys stolen from French zoo are 'extremely rare and fragile' Posted: 11 May 2015 06:57 PM PDT Director of zoo in Beauval says thieves broke in, avoiding security cameras and patrols, and took seven golden lion tamarins and 10 silver marmosets Two families of endangered monkeys were stolen from a zoo in central France over the weekend, the sanctuary's director said on Monday. Rodolphe Delord said the thieves broke into the zoo in Beauval on Saturday night, avoiding security cameras and patrols, and took seven golden lion tamarins and 10 silver marmosets. Continue reading...        |
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