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Cinema

European Film Awards: May the best movie win!

Final preparations are underway in Berlin for Saturday's 30th edition of the awards

World News

The best of Lyon's Festival of Lights

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Wow: Lyon illuminated for Festival of Lights

Around one million visitors a day are expected to descend upon the city centre for the event, which stretches from Thursday to Sunday.

China

China sends terracotta warriors to UK

China promotes Shaanxi region sending terracotta warriors to Liverpool

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Georgia

Museum in a suitcase

Turkey

Turkish 'Microangelo' tells tales on tiny objects

Russia

Siberia's Santa: Lord of the Cold

The local tale of Chyskhaan is that every autumn he emerges from the Arctic ocean, bringing cold to the earth with his breath.

Living

Limoges Porcelain earns recognition of geographical name

Only products manufactured end-to-end in the French Haute-Vienne county will have the right to bear the official name.

Green News

YSL, Lady Bird and Costaguti

Five things to know this week.

Greece

Ancient texts revealed

A scientific project is underway to uncover ancient texts hidden beneath more recent writings. The manuscripts, known as palimpsests, form part of the collection of St Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai peninsula in Egypt.

USA

Salvator Mundi: stunning backstory of Leonardo's long-lost masterpiece

There are many Salavator Mundis.

Living

Inside Pussy Riot

Opening of “Art Riot: post soviet actionism” new exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London

USA

Leonardo DiCaprio makes surprise appearance to view da Vinci painting

The actor features in a project designed to show the significance of da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi painting by filming the public's reactions to it.

Georgia

World's oldest wine 'made in Georgia'

Researchers find traces of grape fermentation in 7,000 year-old jars.

United Kingdom

First female Dr Who's new look unveiled

And it involves yellow braces...

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi celebrates the opening of the Louvre museum

French President Emmanuel Macron was the guest of honour at the event

Italy

Ban on cruise ships in central Venice planned

Authorities have come up with a new plan that would ban the largest cruise ships from passing in front of St Mark's Square

Cult

Mexico City exhibit offers glimpse into ancient Tenochtitlan

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Mexico City's zombie walk attracts tens of thousands

Travel News

Half a day in Bodrum