'Art for everyone': Mucha's masterpiece to find home in Prague, 100 years on
A new Prague museum dedicated to the Czech Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha will offer "art for everyone" when it opens this month, ultimately housing his giant Slav Epic masterpiece after decades in storage, his great-grandson told AFP.
Read moreTrump halts Canada and Mexico tariffs, China still targeted
US President Donald Trump delayed the start of tariffs on neighbors Mexico and Canada for a month Monday -- but China remained in the firing line for levies that are putting the global economy on edge.
Read moreApple blasts porn app for iPhones in Europe
Apple on Monday called a pornography app available for iPhones in the European Union a danger to children, saying landmark digital rules there allowed it to get on to its handsets via an alternative to its App Store.
Read moreStocks and peso boosted by Trump's Mexico, Canada tariff delay
Asian equities bounced Tuesday, while the Mexican peso and Canadian dollar rallied after Donald Trump said he would delay the imposition of stiff tariffs on imports from the US neighbours, soothing trade war worries for now.
Read moreFrance pitches AI summit as 'wake-up call' for Europe
France hosts top tech players next week at an artificial intelligence summit meant as a "wake-up call" for Europe as it struggles with AI challenges from the United States and China.
Read moreHundreds march in New York against Trump's trans policy
Hundreds of people protested in New York Monday against President Donald Trump's executive orders restricting treatment for transgender children, and reports that a local hospital group consequently cancelled appointments for two trans youths.
Read moreLindsey Vonn: World Ski Championships throwback
US speed star Lindsey Vonn will make her return to the World Ski Championships in Saalbach -- her ninth -- after coming out of retirement.
Read moreNeymar homecoming is reminder of promise unfulfilled
When Neymar left Brazil aged 21 in 2013, bound for Barcelona, he set off to establish himself as a footballing great, seemingly destined to be remembered as his country's greatest player since Pele.
Read moreEliasch offers 'hope' and big revenue growth for IOC's 'phenomenal brand'
Johan Eliasch has told AFP that if elected Olympics chief he would offer an essential quality in a "divisive world" -- that of "hope" -- and also the hard-headed business sense to significantly increase the revenues of a "phenomenal brand."
Read moreAttempted murder trial of Rushdie assailant to begin
The man accused of trying to kill the author Salman Rushdie, leaving him blind in one eye, goes on trial Tuesday for attempted murder, according to state court filings.
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