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House of Lords reform first began under Labour in the late 1990s

UK's Aristocratic Lawmakers Prepare For Life After The Lords

The Labour government elected earlier this year is axing the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherited their position as a member of an aristocratic family, as the center-left party moves to reform parliament's unelected upper chamber.
AFP news Dec 09, 2024
The immense organ has been likened to the 'soul' of Notre Dame

Not A Pipe Dream: Notre Dame's Organ To Be 'Revived'

The vast organ escaped the worst of a devastating 2019 blaze that destroyed Notre Dame's roof and spire, but it suffered minor water damage and was left covered with ash and a film of poisonous lead dust.
AFP news Dec 06, 2024
Workers and locals fear the effects of lead contamination despite an extensive clean-up operation

'Miracles' And Controversies In Notre Dame's Renaissance

Paris firefighters won universal praise for their swift and decisive action on the evening of April 15, 2019, with officers later saying they thought they were only 30 minutes away from seeing the structure collapse.
AFP news Dec 05, 2024
The world's most expensive banana taped to a wall

Banana Taped To A Wall Sells For $6.2 Mn In New York

A fresh banana taped to a wall -- a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan -- was bought for $6.2 million on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby's announced in a statement.
AFP news Nov 21, 2024
Quincy Jones's daughter, the actress Rashida Jones, accepted the Oscar, telling the audience that the legendary hitmaker had been 'really excited to attend tonight'

Quincy Jones Awarded Posthumous Oscar

US music industry titan Jones died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 91 just two weeks before he was set to receive one of the Academy's coveted lifetime achievement prizes at the Governors Awards.
AFP news Nov 18, 2024
Ultra-realistic AI robot Ai-Da is designed to resemble a human woman with a face, large eyes and a brown wig

First Artwork By Humanoid Robot Sells For $1.3m

The 2.2 metre (7.5 feet) portrait "A.I. God" by "Ai-Da", the world's first ultra-realistic robot artist, smashed pre-sale expectations of $180,000 when it went under the hammer at London auction house Sotheby's Digital Art Sale.
AFP news Nov 08, 2024
Moving marble across areas divided by Myanmar's civil war has become an expensive, difficult and dangerous mission, leaving artisans without raw material

The Marble 'Living Buddhas' Trapped By Myanmar's Civil War

Buddhist-majority Myanmar has been mired in bloody conflict since the military toppled the government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, terminating a 10-year experiment with democracy and sparking a widespread armed uprising.
AFP news Nov 05, 2024
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has faced strong criticism over its organisation, funding and role, with several high-profile members quitting

Pope's Commission Against Abuse To Publish First Report

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said its report will be a "first step towards a process of data gathering and reporting", and will document "where risks remain, and where advances can be found".
AFP news Oct 29, 2024
Bjorn Ulvaeus, a member of Swedish disco group ABBA, signed a statement warning about the unlicensed use of artificial intelligence

ABBA's Bjorn Among 11,000 Artists Issuing AI Warning

Thousands of artists including ABBA singer Bjorn Ulvaeus, Hollywood actress Julianne Moore and Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro have signed a statement warning about the unlicensed use of artificial intelligence.
AFP news Oct 23, 2024

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