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'Nowadays, I'd be arrested', says provocative Austrian artist Valie Export

'Nowadays, I'd be arrested', says provocative Austrian artist Valie Export

Society has become so restrictive that police would now arrest her for public performances, provocative Austrian media artist Valie Export told AFP ahead of the opening of a retrospective in Vienna.

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Russia is 'training combat dolphins' in Crimea: UK

Russia is 'training combat dolphins' in Crimea: UK

British military spies on Friday said Russia appears to be training combat dolphins in the annexed Crimean peninsula to counter Ukrainian forces.

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Asian, European markets fall again as traders eye more rate hikes

Asian, European markets fall again as traders eye more rate hikes

Equity markets sank Friday and oil extended a sharp selloff after a string of interest rate hikes by central banks revived worries about the global economy.

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Swiss museum probes 'king of clowns' Nazi links

Swiss museum probes 'king of clowns' Nazi links

Grock became known as the "king of clowns" but the Swiss entertainer who made the world laugh is now in the spotlight over his connections with Adolf Hitler.

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Zimbabwe's carbon credit takeover spooks locals, investors

Zimbabwe's carbon credit takeover spooks locals, investors

It is shortly after sunrise, and Peter Mudenda looks for elephant tracks on a dirt road surrounded by mopane trees.

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Small but powerful: tiny data centre heats UK swimming pool

Small but powerful: tiny data centre heats UK swimming pool

A leisure centre in Exmouth, southwest England, is using a small data centre to heat its indoor swimming pool, trialling an innovative solution that reduces its energy bills and carbon footprint.

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Climate protesters aim to bring London to a halt

Climate protesters aim to bring London to a halt

Slow-moving climate protesters have become a daily sight on London's streets, undeterred by the honking horns of irate motorists, personal insults and even arrest.

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Indonesia entrepreneurs cash in on TikTok live selling spree

Indonesia entrepreneurs cash in on TikTok live selling spree

Indonesian livestreamer Christine Febriyanti stood in a room crammed with clothes in Jakarta, hawking colourful garments to hundreds of viewers on a TikTok livestream for a local fashion brand.

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Squatting Russian diplomat sparks standoff in Australia

Squatting Russian diplomat sparks standoff in Australia

A mystery Russian diplomat with a penchant for loungewear and cigarettes on Friday sparked a national security standoff between Canberra and the Kremlin, defying Australia's efforts to kick him off a messy building site near parliament.

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Kherson residents return to flood-ruined homes after dam destroyed

Kherson residents return to flood-ruined homes after dam destroyed

"My whole life was in this house. Now I have nothing," said Tetiana Pivneva, after returning to her flooded home in the Ukraine city of Kherson following the catastrophic destruction of a dam.

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