Sharjah festival lights up hearts

Using the magic of lighting and latest technology to narrate the story of the Emirate’s Islamic heritage, history and magnificent architecture, the Sharjah Light Festival, running until Feb.16, has...

From parkas to luxury silk, businesses tackle cultural appropriation

LONDON: One of the Fashion 's most enduring trends is to draw inspiration from other cultures' traditional arts and crafts. But the extent to which Fashion houses profit from...

Tackling global warming should be world priority

While millions of Americans braved Arctic-like temperatures last week as low as minus 49°Celsius that paralysed the US Midwest and claimed several lives, Australia recorded its hottest month ever...

Perspective distortion

  by Guiliana Mazzoni Last year I visited the Hermitage in St Petersburg, Russia – one of the best art museums in the world. I was expecting to serenely experience...

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Thai party to comply with royal order against princess PM candidacy

BANGKOK: A Thai political party will obey a command from the king blocking the candidacy of a princess for prime minister, it said in a statement on Saturday, in...

GT Kiki Bertens fights back for St Petersburg title

Saint Petersburg: Dutch second seed Kiki Bertens dug deep after suffering two early breaks of serve against Croatia's Donna Vekic to win the WTA St Petersburg title on Sunday. The...

Great Britain win marred by controversy after 'worst calls Greece have ever seen'

LONDON: Great Britain set up a winner-takes-all Fed Cup clash with Hungary on Friday, but their victory against Greece was dogged by controversial line calls. Britain made it two...

Body from plane wreckage identified as footballer Sala

LONDON: A body retrieved from the wreckage of a crashed plane in the English Channel has been formally identified as Cardiff City's Argentina-born soccer player Emiliano Sala, British police...

Brazil mourns after football training facility fire kills 10

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian football was in mourning on Friday after 10 people died when a fire ripped through a youth training facility at the country's most popular club,...