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ADVERTISEMENTThe jury has reached a verdict in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial in New York City on the third day of deliberations.Combs was convicted of a prostitution-related offense but acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put one of hip-hop’s most celebrated figures behind bars for life.Here are the verdicts:  Racketeering

ADVERTISEMENTWith more than 200 unique haute couture pieces on display across 14 themed rooms, the exhibition celebrates Dolce & Gabbana’s universe.Whether exploring references to Italian opera, folklore, architecture, or traditional theatre, one theme remains central: exceptional craftsmanship.“I feel like I learned not only about different techniques, but also about Italian culture and the various cities

ADVERTISEMENTA work depicting Venice by 18th-century Italian painter Canaletto has set a new auction record for the artist, selling for £27.5m (€32.6m) - or £31.9m (€37.8m) with fees - at Christie’s in London.Titled Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day (c.1732) and once owned by Britain’s first prime minister Robert Walpole, the work

ADVERTISEMENTTurkish police have detained a cartoonist for Leman magazine over a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad greeting Prophet Moses in a war zone.Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on X that Leman magazine's cartoonist was taken into custody for questioning. The minister also shared a video of the cartoonist - identified only by his initials DP

ADVERTISEMENTSpain's Puerta de Alcalá is one of Madrid's most emblematic monuments. As the song by Ana Belén and Víctor Manuel says: "There it is, there it is, watching time go by". Now, the monument, in addition to having a song in its honour, has been awarded the prestigious European Heritage Prize/Europa Nostra Prize 2024 for

ADVERTISEMENTContent warning: This article contains language that some may find offensive.“Language!”We’ve all heard that exclamation shouted by an exasperated parent when a child is being foul-mouthed.But when it comes to expletives uttered by politicians, who are supposed to mind their usage of profanity and set a good example, what hope do parents or any other role models

ADVERTISEMENTHow dedicated do you have to be to amass a peerless art collection?  “I think both the obsession grows, but you get more selective as go on. And you also learn all the time - that's what I like about the art. The knowledge is endless,” says Swiss media and tech mogul Michael Ringier who

ADVERTISEMENTFrench President Emmanuel Macron has called for French electronic music - also referred to as French touch - to be granted UNESCO cultural heritage status – like Irish harp music, Jamaican reggae and Cuban rumba before it. The list of intangible cultural heritage allows signatory states of the UNESCO Convention to register “practices, representations, expressions, knowledge