Pulses race at new erotic Pompeii exhibition
Raunchy scenes may redden faces at a new exhibition in Pompeii on art and sexuality in the ancient Roman city, where sculptures and paintings of breasts and buttocks abound.
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Kerr says Brooks 'broke code' over Payton injury in NBA
Golden State coach Steve Kerr slammed the Memphis Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks on Tuesday after a flashpoint that left the Warriors' Gary Payton II with a season-ending fractured elbow.
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France's pro-Nazi literary legend returns 78 years on
It is a rare thing when the story of a book's publication is even more mysterious than the plot of the novel itself.
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Ukrainian tartan proves a hit in Scotland
At a tartan workshop in northeast Scotland, machines slowly unwind miles of the familiar criss-cross patterns of fabric in green, red, black, blue and white.
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Behind the veil: The double life of Pakistan rapper Eva B
Pakistan's breakthrough rapper Eva B has racked up millions of views online, but walking through the labyrinthine streets of her Karachi neighbourhood, she is anonymous.
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Russian forces press Ukraine offensive as EU weighs oil sanctions
Russian forces have launched a major assault on the holdout Azovstal steel plant in the devastated port city of Mariupol while pounding sites across eastern Ukraine, as the European Union moves to punish Moscow with oil sanctions.
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NZ emergency agency cleared over deadly volcano eruption
A New Zealand judge on Wednesday cleared the nation's emergency management agency of safety breaches related to the 2019 White Island volcano eruption, which claimed 22 lives.
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North Korea fires ballistic missile, Seoul says
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, just a week after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to boost Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the "fastest possible speed".
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South Ukraine shows signs Russia has come to stay
A Russian military plane was flying in the skies over Berdyansk, a city in southern Ukraine, but no one took much notice.
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Asian markets drift ahead of key Fed rate decision
Investors shifted cautiously in Asian trade Wednesday as they nervously awaited what is expected to be the biggest Federal Reserve interest rate hike in more than two decades.
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