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Lights, camera, action! Charlie Chaplin museum springs to life 14 Apr 2016 - 05:14 pm

A picture taken on April 6, 2016 shows Charile Chaplin's hat and stick displayed in a showcase at the Chaplin's World museum in...

Harry Potter author's chair sells for $394,000 at auction 07 Apr 2016 - 08:39 am

This file photo taken on April 4, 2016, shows a chair used, and later decorated, by author JK Rowling while she wrote the...

Fast fashion to ethical couture: Vietnam's design evolution 06 Apr 2016 - 08:48 am

A woman working at a local embroidery workshop in the central city of Hue. AFP / HOANG DINH NAM Cao Bang, Vietnam: Long...

Painting by Chinese master fetches record $35 million in Hong Kong 05 Apr 2016 - 12:02 pm

Splashed ink and colour painting "Peach Blossom Spring" by the late painter Zhang Daqian is displayed during a preview at Sotheby's in Hong...

What's in a name? China paper blasts foreign nomenclature 05 Apr 2016 - 11:34 am

Thames Town residential complex emulates facets of England such as red telephone boxes and cobbled roads. Beijing: For many aspiring Chinese, living in...

In Australia, surfing soothes asylum-seekers' fears of sea 05 Apr 2016 - 10:35 am

By KRISTEN GELINEAU SYDNEY: They gather under the blazing sun and blue skies of an Australian beach, looking out at the water that...

Chinese 'parachute kids' flock to US schools 04 Apr 2016 - 10:10 am

Chinese students Tony Lu and Henry Li (R) spend their free time connected to China on their Internet devices at their host family's...

Mobile messages tell stories of refugees fleeing war 03 Apr 2016 - 09:19 am

A woman looks at images taken by Jordanian photographer Tanya Habjouqa of Syrian refugees during a joint exhibition along with Syrian artist Omar...

Australia's colonial past haunts major Sydney tram project 31 Mar 2016 - 01:26 pm

Cultural heritage manager Danny Franks inspects the excavation site where he had discovered Aboriginal artifacts in the ground at a construction site for...

Priceless tomes in Italy hold key to European identity 31 Mar 2016 - 12:06 pm

The exhibition "Books that have made Europe" at the Lincean Academy includes an imposing 12th-century "Atlantic" bible weighing 18 kilos. AFP Photo/Alberto Pizzoli ...

Thousands of Aboriginal artefacts found at Australian building site 30 Mar 2016 - 01:45 pm

Sydney: A huge trove of Aboriginal artefacts, which could have been part of an armoury, has been unearthed at an Australian building site,...

Sharjah Book Authority launches world’s first virtual reality book 29 Mar 2016 - 02:40 pm

(Photo: Sharjah Book Authority) Sharjah, UAE: Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has launched the world’s first virtual reality book in Arabic and English, as...

Palestinian artists reject violence, favour creative protest 28 Mar 2016 - 02:32 pm

Kholoud Mohammed el-Desoki, 23, in her family's apartment in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip with a portrait of a young girl wearing...

Caveman's best friends? Preserved Ice Age puppies awe scientists 28 Mar 2016 - 01:17 pm

A handout picture taken on March 15, 2016 shows scientists gathering for a first glimpse at the remains of the puppy discovered in ...

US museum returns looted statue to Cambodia 28 Mar 2016 - 10:12 am

A Cambodian takes a picture of a Khmer statue on display during a ceremony in Phnom Penh,Cambodia, 28 March 2016. EPA/MAK REMISSA Phnom...

Miyajima's LED numbers tell tale of life in Hong Kong 26 Mar 2016 - 10:37 am

File photo shows Japanese artist Tatsuo Miyajima's light installation for Art Basel Hong Kong entitled 'Time waterfall'. AFP / ANTHONY WALLACE Hong Kong:...

Emin launches show in Hong Kong as Art Basel comes to town 21 Mar 2016 - 11:59 am

British artist Tracey Emin during a press conference in Hong Kong. EPA/JEROME FAVRE Hong Kong: The pain of intimacy, raw physicality, love, sadness,...