Frida Kahlo self-portrait sets new auction record for a painting by a woman
Frida Kahlo’s 1940 self-portrait El sueno (La cama) sold for $54.66 million at Sotheby’s in New York, setting a new benchmark for works by women at auction.
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Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236M sale
Reporting dated 2025-11-18 documents the event and its immediate consequences, with unresolved points retained as attributed or provisional.
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Cambridge Dictionary picks “parasocial” as its 2025 word of the year
Cambridge Dictionary has chosen “parasocial” to sum up a year shaped by one-sided celebrity fascination and growing attention to relationships with artificial intelligence.
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Vatican returns 62 Indigenous artefacts to Canada in repatriation move
The Vatican has handed 62 Indigenous artefacts to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, setting up a return to the communities where the items originated after a century in Rome.
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David Szalay wins the 2025 Booker Prize for Flesh
The British-Hungarian novelist took the Booker Prize for a dark, compressed novel about a Hungarian emigré’s rise and fall.
Read report »United Methodist Church ratifies regional overhaul and new inclusion rules
United Methodist voters approved four constitutional amendments, including regionalization, a gender inclusion change and stronger anti-racism language.
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Egypt opens the Grand Egyptian Museum after years of delay
The long-awaited museum near Giza is now open to the public, with Tutankhamun’s full collection at the center of the display.
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Pope Leo XIV names John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church
Pope Leo XIV has elevated St. John Henry Newman to Doctor of the Church and named him co-patron of Catholic education, linking the honor to teaching and truth-seeking.
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Sagrada Família becomes world’s tallest church
DW reported that Barcelona’s Sagrada Família became the world’s tallest church after part of its central tower was added during construction.
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King Charles dedicates Britain’s first national LGBTQ+ military memorial
A new monument at the National Memorial Arboretum recognizes generations of service members who were barred, dismissed or punished because of their sexuality or gender identity.
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Romania opens Bucharest’s National Cathedral after years of construction
The consecration of the National Cathedral drew thousands to Bucharest and underlined the scale of a project built with major public support.
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Booker Prize Foundation launches Children’s Booker Prize
The Guardian reported a new £50,000 Children’s Booker Prize for fiction aimed at readers aged eight to 12, with the first winner due in 2027.
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Most of Louvre reopens after jewel heist, Apollo Gallery stays closed
DW reported that the Louvre reopened most galleries after a daylight jewel theft, but the Apollo Gallery remained shut while investigators worked the case.
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László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Hungarian novelist and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for his visionary oeuvre.
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Pope Leo XIV takes part in Swiss Guard oath ceremony in a first not seen since 1968
Pope Leo XIV attended the swearing-in of the newest Pontifical Swiss Guards, becoming the first pope to do so in more than half a century.
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Amenhotep III tomb reopens in Luxor after 20-year restoration
Egypt has opened one of the Valley of the Kings’ largest tombs to visitors after a restoration project backed by Japan and UNESCO.
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Yehiel Curry installed as ELCA's first Black presiding bishop
The former Chicago regional bishop began a six-year term leading the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
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Sarah Mullally becomes first woman Archbishop of Canterbury
Dame Sarah Mullally has been named the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England's almost 500-year history, a landmark appointment that arrives amid church and public scrutiny over leadership, unity and antisemitism.
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Two-year-old Aryatara Shakya installed as Nepal's new Kumari
The child entered Kathmandu's temple palace during Dashain, succeeding Trishna Shakya as the living goddess revered by Hindus and Buddhists.
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South Korea legalizes tattooing by non-medical professionals after three-decade ban
South Korea's National Assembly has passed the Tattooist Act, ending a 1992 restriction that left most tattoo artists working illegally and setting up a new licensing system for the industry.
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Centuries-old map returned to Mexico after recovery in Santa Fe
On the event date, the FBI and Mexican officials marked the return of a centuries-old map tied to the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro after it was recovered in Santa Fe.
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Vietnam’s Đức Phúc wins Intervision 2025 in Moscow as Russia revives its Eurovision rival
The Intervision contest returned to Moscow with political overtones and a Vietnamese winner, as Đức Phúc took the top prize on a night designed to showcase Russia’s alternative to Eurovision.
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Canada bars Kneecap from entry over terror-related allegations
Canada has banned Irish-language rap trio Kneecap from entering the country, citing statements officials said were contrary to Canadian values and allegations linked to terror charges and support for designated groups.
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ABC Suspends Jimmy Kimmel Live! Indefinitely After Kirk Remarks
ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely after comments about Charlie Kirk's killing prompted station backlash and a flood of scrutiny.
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