British artist David Hockney smashed records last year when his "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" sold at auction in New York for $90 million.

Profiles of the two victims killed in the Sydney cafe siege

As China rapidly builds new artificial islands in the South China Sea to expand its territory claim there, Washington is adamantly refusing to recognize those claims.

The seemingly endless cycle of North Korean provocation, international condemnation and little change is set to be broken, writes Gordon Flake.

Their almond-shaped eyes stare blankly into space. The ambivalent corners of their mouths leave their moods utterly indiscernible.

• Pollution in China falls during Covid-19 outbreak • India holds nationwide vigil amid crisis

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for an inquiry into a suspected mass HIV infection in a remote village in northwestern Battambang province.

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