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WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (Reuters) — For the last time in a time-honored tradition, outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday (November 23) pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate at a ceremony in the Rose Garden. Obama spared Tater and Tot, both 18-week old, 40-pound turkeys raised in raised in Northwest Iowa, from being dressed and turned into a Thanksgiving feast. The names for this year’s lucky birds were chosen by Iowa schoolchildren […]
by Fiachra GIBBONS PARIS, France (AFP) — The row over the discovery of a “lost” Vincent Van Gogh notebook took a dramatic new turn Thursday, with experts who back the find demanding a public debate with the Van Gogh Museum, which has dismissed it as a fake. In a point-by-point rebuttal of the museum’s damning assessment of the sketchbook — apparently from the artist’s legendary stay in the French city of Arles — the experts […]
GENEVE, Switzerland (Reuters) — Coloured diamonds fetched high prices on Wednesday (November 16) at Sotheby’s semi-annual jewel sale, with rare and large pink and blue stones finding new owners who paid in the double-digit millions for “rare treasures”. A step-cut fancy intense pink diamond weighing 17.07 carats, set in a ring between triangular diamonds, netted $20.8 million, far exceeding its estimate of $12 to $15 million, to become the top lot. “The […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (Reuters) — The image of actress Marilyn Monroe singing “Happy Birthday Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy in 1962 is historical and so is the skintight, sheer, flesh-colored dress she wore that night. The dress – known as “Happy Birthday Mr. President” – and more than a thousand other items connected to her will be auctioned off starting on Thursday (November 17) with a conservative price tag expected to be around […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (November 4) – Nowadays, people are embracing the world of photography. Anyone can be a photographer. All that constrains us is our creativity and innovative vision. Of course, passion and love is also important. With such traits, your lack of skills at the beginning of your photographic journey will soon become a thing of the past. Most people also found daunting the expensive equipment used by professional photographers. But with the recent developments in technology, […]
by Michelle FITZPATRICK FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — There will still be more books than you could ever read, but visitors to this week’s Frankfurt Book Fair will also be invited to don virtual reality goggles, visit an interactive classroom and discover 3D-printed art as publishers plug into new technology. Organisers of the world’s largest publishing event say the focus on art and technology is a logical next step as the creative industries become ever more […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The global economic slowdown combined with “selective demand” are pushing Christie’s to seek more realistic prices on their collections, directors of the auction house said Sunday. “This year the market is not at the same level as it was one year or two years ago. We are facing a more challenging market,” Guillaume Cerruti, Christie’s president for Europe, the Middle East, Russia and India, told journalists in Dubai. “To […]
CADARACHE, France (Reuters)– Construction of an experimental nuclear fusion reactor in southern France is in full swing as the cost estimate has ballooned to nearly four times the original estimate, but the ITER project’s new head says new forecasts are realistic. The seven partners in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) – Europe, United States, China, India, Japan, Russia and South Korea – launched the project 10 years ago with a 5 billion euro ($5.6 […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The end of China’s one-child-per-couple limit last year will not provide the population boost sought by Chinese leaders in the near term, according to a study released Friday. Any potential benefits the new “two-child” rule might have for the nation’s shrinking workforce and rapidly ageing population will not be felt for at least two decades, the study concluded. China is faced with deep demographic challenges thanks to the strict — and […]
A high-pitched scream pierces the air as a “zombie witch” in a dirty, white dress sprints down a street at a Sydney university, hair whipping around wild eyes as she chases a group desperately scrambling to get out of her way. https://youtu.be/RuygpLkloY0
A Ugandan policeman has turned to rap and breakdancing to win over a skeptical public in a popular music video extolling the virtues of the police service. https://youtu.be/xac59MSZZSY
PASIG CITY – Learners begin their education in the language they understand best—their mother tongue—and need to develop a strong foundation in their mother language before effectively learning additional languages. This is where the Department of Education (DepEd) gets inspiration in its inclusion of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) as a feature of the Enhanced Basic Education Program. It mandates the use of the language that students are familiar with (their first language) as medium […]
