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After a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19, the jury for Rio de Janeiro’s colorful, cutthroat carnival competition on Tuesday named the winner of the 2022 edition – a parade on the theme of religious tolerance.

Spain's leftist government and King Felipe VI have taken steps to boost the transparency of the monarchy, which has been tainted by financial scandals involving senior royals including his father, former monarch Juan Carlos.

Behind a secondhand shop in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is the story of a man who made what many may consider an astonishing life choice, Ye Zizhen reports. From Wu Kaisi’s appearance in the workplace-an expansive mustache, long hair and wearing a T-shirt and shorts-you might never guess that he has what it takes to be a lawyer.

Than Sok’s The Shapes of Water – or Kbach Teuk in Khmer – is a series of 18 compositions in acrylic paint on canvas with repeated motifs in blue, green, yellow ochre and gray backgrounds meant to represent water’s mobility and the transformations it has undergone from the ancient past on through to the modern age.

People across the Netherlands came out to celebrate King Willem-Alexander’s 55th birthday Wednesday, as the royal family works to recover its popularity following a string of blunders during the pandemic.

Spain's leftist government and King Felipe VI have taken steps to boost the transparency of the monarchy, which has been tainted by financial scandals involving senior royals including his father, former monarch Juan Carlos. Under a decree passed on Tuesday by socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government, the royal palace must publish its budget and make tenders public.

Elon Musk’s vow to let everyone say whatever they want on Twitter after his takeover of the social media giant could put the onus on users to combat bullying and misinformation on the platform, experts say. Details of Musk’s plans for Twitter were slim after his deal to buy the tech firm was announced Monday, but the Tesla chief portrays himself as a free-speech absolutist.

British pop superstar Ed Sheeran will headline the finale of four days of public celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s record-breaking 70-year reign, organisers said on Tuesday. The multi-award-winning singer-songwriter has been booked to deliver the climax of the so-called “People’s Pageant” outside the 96-year-old monarch’s Buckingham Palace home on Sunday, June 5.

EdoEyen, an online jewellery brand inspired by Khmer art founded in June, 2020 by sisters Edo and Eyen, has partnered with the Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art to sell their pieces in the museum’s gift shop.

Behind a secondhand shop in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is the story of a man who made what many may consider an astonishing life choice, Ye Zizhen reports. From Wu Kaisi’s appearance in the workplace-an expansive mustache, long hair and wearing a T-shirt and shorts-you might never guess that he has what it takes to be a lawyer.