French artist hits out at ‘hypocrisy’ after nude mural painted over near Bangkok red light district

Myrtille Tibayrenc tells Shahana Yasmin her design was approved and unveiled at an event with the French ambassador – but ...

I'm sickened by the middle-class mums using cocaine. I've seen their appalling behaviour. They should hang their heads in shame: CLARE FOGES

A basement snooker club in Bristol, sometime in the late 1990s. I was a student in my late teens. My friend drunkenly took me ...

As Belgian court dismisses fair trial concerns of Mehul Choksi, Mumbai's Arthur Jail gears up for his extradition | See pics

The court said the documents filed by Choksi were insufficient to make it “concretely plausible” that he faced a “real, ...

NYC townhouse tied to Uma Thurman, a famed restaurant and a bitter divorce has listed for $11.5M

A 19th-century Gramercy Park townhouse once owned by the actress Uma Thurman has hit the market for $11.5 million. The ...
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Why Paris Designed Its Peculiarly Popular Grand Graveyards to Evoke a Celebration of Life Amid All the Death

One summer afternoon in Père Lachaise, the sprawling cemetery in the east of Paris, a white-haired man, neatly dressed, was tending his own grave. First, he brushed away a spider web that had formed ...

Task force aims to move those displaced by ex-typhoon in Alaska from shelters to hotels, rentals

Officials have identified more than 1,000 available hotel rooms plus additional rental options in Alaska’s largest city for ...
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Celebrities to Join UK’s Prince William in Brazil for Earthshot Prize

Pop star Kylie Minogue and former Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel will be among celebrities joining Britain's ...