Frida Kahlo painting sells for £41.8m, breaking auction record for women artists
The painting of Kahlo asleep in bed surpassed the record held by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 which sold for £34 million in 2014.
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Sanna Marin Led Finland Through Covid and Russian Threats. But She’s Famous for a Shimmy. – The New York Times
Sanna Marin Led Finland Through Covid and Russian Threats. But She’s Famous for a Shimmy. The New York Times
Sanna Marin Led Finland Through Covid and Russian Threats. But She’s Famous for a Shimmy.
Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after leaving office, she’s trying to turn a scandal over a leaked dancing video into a battle cry.
A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend
Nearly 13m people are hoarding millions of dollars’ worth of the stylish 50 peso note, featuring Mexico’s cutest critterFor most of her life, Gorda was just an axolotl who lived in a museum in Mexico City – that is, until she became the star of the cou…
‘It’s one of the least known’: A remote and dangerous Amazon river finally spills its secrets – BBC
‘It’s one of the least known’: A remote and dangerous Amazon river finally spills its secrets BBC
US has power to make Russia ‘serious’ about ending Ukraine war, Zelensky says
Volodymyr Zelensky has said the US can make Russia “serious” about ending the war in Ukraine.
Iran Says Cairo Cooperation Framework with IAEA is now void
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi announced that Tehran has officially ended the Cairo Memorandum of Understanding, the document that had governed its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Seaspan mulls billion-dollar order for up to six VLEC newbuildings
Charterer is understood to be a Chinese state oil company
Buddhist monks resume 2,300-mile peace walk across America after crash
One of the monks has ‘substantial leg injuries’ and was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Houston
Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest – ABC News
Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest ABC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News