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ARTS | AGENCIES | US-based Ethiopian artist, Julie Mehretu, has made an indelible mark in the contemporary African art scene by setting a new auction record. Her abstract painting, ‘Walkers With the Dawn and Morning,’ was sold for a staggering $10.7 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York, making it …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | The Oxford University college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied said Saturday it had taken down a portrait of the Myanmar leader, a decision that follows widespread criticism of her over the Rohingya crisis. The portrait, which was on display in the main entrance of …