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Gaultier's great goodbye
After 50 years, the designer held his last show, and it was a doozy
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Ayushmann Khurrana, a rare film personality who stands up for scriptwriters
Actor, singer, lyricist and composer, Ayushmann Khurrana is a rare film personality who stands up for scriptwriters
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Iranian interlude: Notes from a recent visit to the embattled country
After a recent visit to the embattled country, Ranjita Ganesan writes about the people and places that stand to suffer
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Asics Gel-Nimbus 22 review: A running shoe that leaves little to be desired
The shoe ticks all the boxes: exciting design, responsive midsole, and a robust build ideal for not only running, but also the gym
 "Asics Gel-Nimbus 22 review: A running shoe that leaves little to be desired")
Meet the restaurateurs who are offering taste and innovation on a platter
A new entrepreneurial force is taking your dining-out decisions for you. Veer Arjun Singh meets some of the people driving it
 "Meet the restaurateurs who are offering taste and innovation on a platter")
MacKenzie Bezos to receive $38 bn in world's biggest divorce settlement
MacKenzie, 49, an author, will become the world's fourth-richest woman, and has already promised to give away at least half of her fortune, the CNN business reported
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Woody Allen settles $68-million contract lawsuit against Amazon Studios
The studio ended their deal with Allen when allegations that he raped his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, arose again amid the rise of the #MeToo movement
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Frames per Second: Remember Derozio, enfant terrible of Bengali Renaissance
An almost forgotten Bengali film casts light on the current turmoil on campuses
 "Frames per Second: Remember Derozio, enfant terrible of Bengali Renaissance")
Punjab becomes second state after Kerala to pass resolution against CAA
While the ruling Congress and main opposition Aam Aadmi Party supported the resolution, the BJP opposed it and Akali Dal sought the inclusion of Muslims in the act
 "Punjab becomes second state after Kerala to pass resolution against CAA")
Trump announces he will nominate two allies for Fed reserve board
Trump had originally tweeted in July he would nominate Christopher Waller, a director of the Fed's satellite office in St. Louis, Missouri, and conservative economist Judy Shelton
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US prepares for cyber threats from Iran as military clash fears recede
The simmering tensions since the US drone attack that killed Qasem Soleimani, who was by some measures the second most influential person in Iran, make it likely that Iran will seek retaliation
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China's Belt and Road projects lack transparency, say European firms
Only 20 out of 132 firms polled said they have bid for projects related to the BRI, a massive global network of ports, railways, roads and industrial parks spanning Asia, Africa, West Asia and Europe
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US House delivers articles of impeachment against Trump to Senate
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed the articles, which charge Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress
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US warns of threat to vessels transiting Gulf amid tensions with Iran
Tensions have soared since the US airstrike earlier this month that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top general and the architect of its regional military activities
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Russia hacked Ukrainian gas firm at center of Trump's impeachment
Russia's GRU spy agency launched a "phishing" attack in November to access the email of Burisma Holdings employees, California cyber firm Area 1 Security said in a report
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Re-election of Taiwan's President signals growing divide with China
It's a contradiction that will keep the island of 23 million people at odds with its much larger neighbour for the foreseeable future and put increasing strains on the one-China principle
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Former pope Benedict XVI rejects opening up priesthood to married men
The ex-pontiff, who retired in 2013, issued the defence of clerical celibacy in a book written with arch-conservative Cardinal Robert Sarah
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12 shot, five dead, in single day of separate shootings in Baltimore
The city recorded 348 homicides last year, its fifth consecutive year with more than 300 murders and the most violent year ever on a per-capita basis
After Gaitonde and Raza, who are the new Old Masters of Indian art world?
Subodh Gupta is set to enter the big league but there are others too
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Why Kolkata, a city of manifold joys, is best enjoyed in the winter
The queues in Bow Barracks offer clinching evidence that word of Kolkata's star-spangled Christmas has spread far and wide
 "Why Kolkata, a city of manifold joys, is best enjoyed in the winter")