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2021 Opens with "Drouot Déco"

2021 Opens with "Drouot Déco"

Art & Art Market

The year’s first installment of "Drouot Déco", a regular exhibition co-organized by auction house experts, is on view...
Electric Car Sale Globally Increased In 2020 Despite Pandemic Hit

Electric Car Sale Globally Increased In 2020 Despite Pandemic Hit

Business & Finance

According to data published on Tuesday by EV-volumes.com, a Sweden-based consultancy, even though there was a decline...
Paris, Aufrère, chess-board maker, Rue Planche Mibrai, c. 1770-1780, cavagnole set in its wooden box, complete with 14 cards with colored engraved decoration, green silk bag with ivory dome, 68 hollow wooden playing pieces and ivory stylus. Paris, Drouot, December 19, 2012. Pierre Bergé & Associés auction house. Mr. Forgeot Sold for €8,000

The King's Gambit: The Price of Gaming at the French Court

Art & Art Market

At the court of Versailles, people needed to know how to play the game in every sense to avoid being burned by the Sun....
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French Total buys $2.5bn stake in Indian solar energy market leader

Business & Finance

French energy company Total announced on Monday that it has bought a 20 percent stake in India's Adani Green Energy...
Following Recovery From Pandemic, Chinese Economy Posts Strongest Growth In Two Years

Following Recovery From Pandemic, Chinese Economy Posts Strongest Growth In Two Years

Economics

A very fast paced recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic induced economic slowdown and recession helped the Chinese...
Francis Bacon’s large triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus (1981) sold for $84.55 M in New York on June 29.

Art Market Overview: the Highest Prices in 2020

Art & Art Market

Every year, Artprice ranks the most expensive artworks sold at auction. The website posted very positive results for...
$1.9 Trillion Additional Pandemic Package Unveiled By President-Elect Joe Biden Post Pandemic

$1.9 Trillion Additional Pandemic Package Unveiled By President-Elect Joe Biden Post Pandemic

Economics

A massive $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal to counter the impact of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic in the...
Study Finds US-China Trade War Resulted In Loss Of 245,000 Jobs At Its Peak

Study Finds US-China Trade War Resulted In Loss Of 245,000 Jobs At Its Peak

Economics

According to a recent study commissioned by the US-China Business Council (USCBC), a peak loss of 245,000 jobs in the...
Ilya Plekhanov

Xiaomi shares lose 11.8% after blacklisting in the U.S.

Business & Finance

Shares of Chinese technology company Xiaomi fell 11.8% at the opening of trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on...

Management

Art & Art Market

C for Cristallo

C for Cristallo
The sieges of Constantinople in 1204 and 1453 spurred the growth of a thriving luxury glassware trade in Europe. The invention of cristallo—thin, translucent glass—made Venice famous. From the 13th century, princes who collected precious objects became unhappy with the unreliability of the supply...

BRAFA in the Galleries: An International Fair

BRAFA in the Galleries: An International Fair
The Belgian government’s anti-Covid restrictions have not prompted the cancellation of BRAFA. However, the Brussels eclectic fair will take place not in an online viewing room but at participating galleries. Welcoming the invitation they received in late October, the dealers themselves encouraged...

Living with Modern Art: The Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection

Living with Modern Art: The Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection
On long-term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum, the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection encapsulates the enduring legacy of a collector fascinated with the experience of art. According to his recollections, Henry Pearlman became an art collector when he first saw Chaïm Soutine’s...

Science & Technology

Japan to deploy unmanned fighter jets by 2035

Japan to deploy unmanned fighter jets by 2035
Japan has embarked on the development of unmanned fighter jets to be operational by 2035, the...

Japan's NEC Launches A Face Recognition Tech That Can Identify Even With A Mask

Japan's NEC Launches A Face Recognition Tech That Can Identify Even With A Mask
A facial recognition system that has the capability to identify people even if they are wearing...

Pfizer Vaccine May Take Ten Days Before Protection Is Developed In The Body

Pfizer Vaccine May Take Ten Days Before Protection Is Developed In The Body
A health worker in California tested positive for COVID-19 following a week of vaccination. Just...

Hungary Launched COVID-19 Vaccine One Day Before The Other EU Countries

Hungary Launched COVID-19 Vaccine One Day Before The Other EU Countries
The EU has a population of nearly 450 million, therefore mass vaccination across the continent...

Ancient Street Food Shop Excavated In Pompeii Throws Light On Greco-Roman Life

Ancient Street Food Shop Excavated In Pompeii Throws Light On Greco-Roman Life
The archaeologists even found traces of food that are “nearly 2,000-year-old” within some “terra...

Clinical Trials Ongoing In UK On Post-Exposure Antibody Protection

Clinical Trials Ongoing In UK On Post-Exposure Antibody Protection
Ten people in the United Kingdom have been administered antibodies in the form of emergency...

What People Googled For Most In The Trying Year Of 2020

What People Googled For Most In The Trying Year Of 2020
According to the annual "Year in Search" list of Google, more people in 2020 used the query “why”...

UK Finds A More Infectious Coronavirus Strain Linked To South Africa

UK Finds A More Infectious Coronavirus Strain Linked To South Africa
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday that scientists in the country has found...

Google Directs Its Scientists To Have A “Positive Tone' In AI Research Papers: Reports

Google Directs Its Scientists To Have A “Positive Tone' In AI Research Papers: Reports
Launching of a "sensitive topics" review by Alphabet Inc's Google earlier this year was an attempt...

Frontline Essential Workers In US Recommended To Be Prioritized For Inoculation

Frontline Essential Workers In US Recommended To Be Prioritized For Inoculation
With the beginning of the distribution of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine across the United States, the...
World Politics

World & Politics

New Yorkers owe more than $1B in rent due to COVID-19 pandemic

New Yorkers owe more than $1B in rent due to COVID-19 pandemic
New Yorkers renting flats in the city have owed more than $1 billion in rent since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. This was reported by The...

France agrees to vaccination, but vaccines are scarce

France agrees to vaccination, but vaccines are scarce
A curfew has been in imposed in France since Saturday. Due to the emergence of new, more dangerous COVID-19 variant, internal and external borders...

Germany blocks the world's largest darknet trading site

Germany blocks the world's largest darknet trading site
German law enforcers shut down and disconnected the world's allegedly largest darknet trading platform from its servers, according to Bild. The...

US President Trump’s Account Permanently Suspended By Twitter Over 'Incitement Of Violence' Risk

US President Trump’s Account Permanently Suspended By Twitter Over 'Incitement Of Violence' Risk
The twitter account of United States President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended by the social media company because of the risk of further...

WHO: New strain of coronavirus found in 40 countries

WHO: New strain of coronavirus found in 40 countries
Cases of infection with a new strain of coronavirus, detected in mid-December in the UK, were identified in 40 other countries. This is reported by...

Study: Sales of nano-apartments are growing in Hong Kong

Study: Sales of nano-apartments are growing in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's real estate market, known as the most expensive housing market in the world, is being taken over by nano-apartments. This is reported by...

More Deaths Than Births Occurred In South Korea In 2020 Raising Alarm

More Deaths Than Births Occurred In South Korea In 2020 Raising Alarm
There were more deaths occurring in 2020 in South Korea than birth for the first time in its history.   This data has raised concerns and...

U.S. FAA Alters Rules Allowing Commercial Drone Usage At Night And Over People

U.S. FAA Alters Rules Allowing Commercial Drone Usage At Night And Over People
Remote ID keys to act as “a digital license plate for drones”. The Federal Aviation Administration, in short FAA, of the United States informed that...