Attack on Canadian mining firm in Burkina Faso threatens gold’s final frontier
As jihadists wreaked ever more havoc in the last two years, mining firms in Burkina Faso rolled out extra security measures, from barracks for government...
Hidden Banksy mural to be uncovered in heart of London’s Notting Hill
A Banksy mural, covered up by builders’ hoarding and scaffolding for the past few months, will be uncovered on Monday in the heart of London’s...
Ancient treasures go on display in London Tutankhamun exhibition
Treasures from the tomb of boy-king Tutankhamun will go on show in London from Saturday as part of what organizers say will be their last...
Russia’s Lukoil, Hungary’s MOL to sign dirty oil settlement: sources
Russian oil producer Lukoil and Hungarian energy company MOL are set to sign a settlement deal over contaminated oil during Russian President Putin’s visit to...
Long-lost Italian Renaissance painting sells for 24 million euros
A long-lost painting by 13th century Italian master Cimabue that was found in the kitchen of an elderly French woman was sold for 24 million...
At home of Mona Lisa, a retrospective on da Vinci’s life and work
France’s Louvre museum, home to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, is putting the final touches to one of the biggest ever exhibitions of the Italian...
Why does art matter? Banksy asks, offering originals for the right answer
British street artist Banksy is selling a Union Jack stab vest, riot helmet ‘disco balls’ and a ‘designer handbag’ made from a brick to randomly...
Swedish Academy defends choice for 2019 Nobel literature prize
The Swedish Academy has defended its decision to award the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature to Austrian writer Peter Handke, saying he had made provocative...
‘Invisible’ Bosnians born of wartime rape use art to find their voice
Ajna Jusic, the first baby to be registered as born of rape during the Bosnian war in the 1990s, describes to a packed Sarajevo theatre...
Koons unveils giant ‘Bouquet of Tulips’ tribute to victims of 2015 Paris attacks
American artist Jeff Koons unveiled in Paris on Friday his sculpture Bouquet of Tulips, a tribute to the victims of militant Islamist attacks in the...