That's the provocative question that researchers dug into after the U.S. shut down its premier aid agency. (Image credit: Andrew Kasuku/AP)
Abstract expressionist’s Number 7A, 1948, becomes the fourth most expensive work ever sold at auction A Jackson Pollock painting has sold for a record $181.2m (£135.3m) at Christie’s in New York. The sale on Monday made Number 7A, 1948 the fourth most expensive work ever sold at auction, according to ARTnews. Continue reading...
A ‘thrillingly fresh’ 30th-anniversary production of Jonathan Larson’s musical will open at the Duke of York’s theatre in London, directed by Luke Sheppard The Pulitzer prize-winning musical Rent will return to London this autumn in a 30th-anniversary production starring Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo in his West End debut. The rock opera, based on Puccini’s La Bohème and set in New York’s East Village during the Aids crisis, ran for more than 5,000 performances on Broadway and won four Tony a
Smotrich vows to retaliate by waging ‘war’ on Palestinian Authority and orders evacuation of a West Bank village Middle East crisis – live updates Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has said the international criminal court (ICC) prosecutor has sought a confidential arrest warrant against him, and promised to retaliate by waging a “war” on the Palestinian Authority. He said he had ordered the evacuation of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the Israeli-occupi
Yvette Cooper and Jonathan Reynolds urge colleagues to support each other and remember ‘who we’re here to serve’ UK politics live – latest updates Two cabinet ministers have warned Labour colleagues against damaging anonymous briefings as the party prepares for a probable leadership contest, arguing it is disrespectful to voters to wage a factional war in public. The comments by Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, and Jonathan Reynolds, the chief whip, came as Labour MPs gathered late on Monda
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Tom Kane at the U.S. premiere of "Star Wars The Clone Wars" in Hollywood in 2008.
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Israeli authorities are issuing Palestinians demolition orders in East Jerusalem at an accelerated rate since Israel launched war with Iran, human rights groups and U.N. experts say. (Image credit: Ammar Awad)
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Transport secretary says first official estimate in 2026 prices shows ‘obscene increase’ after ‘shocking legacy’ of previous government Business live – latest updates The HS2 high-speed railway will now cost up to £102.7bn and trains will not start running between London and Birmingham until as late as 2039, the government has admitted – £70bn more and 13 years later than originally promised. The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, said that the truncated railway would not be entirely complete
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Congressional candidate Chris Rabb at a campaign event at Garden of Prayer World Prayer Center in Philadelphia.
