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Augmented reality enjoys growing appeal as a tool for the art trade
The Art Newspaper
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May 30, 2025
As augmented reality (AR) headsets such as the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest II become mainstream, their potential in the art market is increasingly clear, experts say. “I think, one million percent, galleries with the infrastructure to do so...
Elon Musk allegedly told ex he fathered a child with Japanese pop star, would give sperm to anyone who wanted it
Page Six
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May 30, 2025
Elon Musk allegedly fathered a child with a Japanese pop star — and told an ex that he would offer his sperm to “anyone.” Ashley St. Clair, who allegedly shares son Romulus with the Tesla CEO, made the bombshell claims in a new article published...
Japan's Nagoya Pays People to Stand Still on Escalators in Bid to Enforce New Etiquette
Tempo.co
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May 30, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Nagoya, a city in Japan, is paying people to stand still on escalators for six hours a day. The initiative is aimed at encouraging riders to remain stationary while going up or down, in line with new national etiquette...
China hits back at Trump after he accuses it of 'totally violating' tariff agreement
LBC
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30 May 2025, 19:57 Chinese President Xi Jinpingmeets with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump. Picture: Alamy China has hit back at Donald Trump after the US President accused Beijing of violating a two-week-old truce on tariffs. Listen to this...
A GAMBIAN JOURNALIST NARRATES HER JOURNEY INTO CHINA’S TEA TRADITIONS
GRTS
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A GAMBIAN JOURNALIST NARRATES HER JOURNEY INTO CHINA’S TEA TRADITIONS Beijing, China, As I stood amidst the fragrant waft of jasmine, oolong, and pu-erh tea at the Beijing Chaoyang International Tea Culture Festival, the vibrant atmosphere...
Pakistan’s India war
The Hindu
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May 30, 2025
As India reflects on the outcome of the brief military conflict with Pakistan in early May, it may be worthwhile to ponder over the current reality that even as India’s cultural diversity and sweep of history may be unparalleled in a...
Michael Krausz, artist, musician, philosopher
Cape Gazette - Delaware
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Michael Krausz died at his home in Lewes Tuesday, May 27, 2025, after a lengthy illness. Michael was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1942 to musicians Susan and Laszlo Krausz. The family came to the U.S. as refugees from the German occupation of...
Japanese Sculptor Kunimasa Aoki Wins 2025 Loewe Craft Prize
Art in America
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May 30, 2025
LONDON — Japanese sculptor and terracotta artist Kunimasa Aoki has been named the winner of the 2025 Loewe Craft Prize on Thursday evening during an award ceremony in Madrid with a cash prize of 50,000 euros. Selected by a 12-member jury from 30...
Ryan Coogler and ‘Sinners’ cast celebrate blues culture in Clarksdale, Mississippi
NJ.com - New Jersey
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May 30, 2025
Want more good news in your inbox? Sign up for the Black Joy newsletter to bring more joy into your life. New issues every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The residents of Clarksdale, Miss., have really cast a spell on famed filmmaker Ryan Coogler....
IndiaAI Mission gets boost with 34,000+ GPUs, new startups to build indigenous AI models
News9 Live
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May 30, 2025
India News At the ‘IndiaAI–Make AI in India, Make AI work for India’ event in New Delhi, Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw unveiled a series of major initiatives to accelerate the country’s AI mission....
Soaring rice prices are stirring political trouble in Japan
Asia Times
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May 30, 2025
Japan’s agriculture minister, Taku Eto, resigned on May 21 just six months into his term, following a public backlash to his joke that he never buys rice because supporters give it to him for free. Gaffes are by no means uncommon in Japanese...
Crackdown on Students from China Blasted
Sampan
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May 30, 2025
Several Asian American groups and leaders are blasting a newly revealed State Department policy to prevent many Chinese international students from studying in colleges and universities in the United States. The U.S. State Department on May 28 put...
Jaishankar's strong warning to Pakistan: India will never give in to nuclear blackmail
Mint
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May 30, 2025
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday asserted that India will never give in to nuclear blackmail, and those who "sponsor, nurture and utilize" terrorism should be made to pay a heavy price. "We will never give in to nuclear blackmail...
Union tourism minister calls for patronage by corporate world of India’s soft power to gain global visibility
ETHospitalityWorld.com
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May 30, 2025
File photo of union minister tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. While India has its soft power in areas ranging from film, literature, food to culture and spirituality, they cannot all be promoted and marketed globally by the government alone,...
Art About the Tri-Counties, in Annual, Juried Fashion
Santa Barbara Independent - California
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May 30, 2025
To get a taste of a rare survey and overview of our region’s varied artistic riches, one can head up Sycamore Canyon Road, turn right or left at Lotusland, and proceed to the small but mighty treasury that is the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of...
Magnet crisis: Auto giants rush to China for rare earth rescue
The Economic Times
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May 30, 2025
The Indian automotive industry is preparing to send a high-level delegation to China next week to address escalating concerns over delays in rare earth magnet imports, people familiar with the development said. They noted that China's new export...
Ashwini Vaishnaw Confirms Rollout of India’s First Homegrown Semiconductor Chip in 2025
eGov Magazine
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May 30, 2025
In a landmark move poised to redefine India’s technological trajectory, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has announced that the country will roll out its first indigenously developed semiconductor chip...
3LP restaurant caters to stars performing in Chicago, serving Chinese and American eats
WABC ABC 7 - New York
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May 30, 2025
CHICAGO -- Chicago restaurant 3LP began as a dream and a ghost kitchen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the Chinese and American restaurant has multiple locations and has catered for performers like country music star Jelly Roll, comedian Uncle...
Business | May 30, 2025 | 18 min read India AI: 3 more startups to build indigenous foundation model; common compute capacity expanded
Ahmedabad Mirror
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News Business In line with its global AI ambitions backed by a comprehensive plan that entails enhanced AI infrastructure and local language model development, India has also announced availability of 16,000 more GPUs that would take the compute...
CMU, Pitt students speak out as Chinese student visas are threatened
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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May 30, 2025
Mia Cody fears that the diverse student environment she has grown to love in her two years at Carnegie Mellon University is under threat. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the Trump administration will aggressively revoke the...