Culture & Society

A Tax on Robots? Yanis Varoufakis Twitter: @yanisvaroufakis ATHENS – Ken makes a decent living operating a large harvester on behalf of farmer Luke. Ken’s salary generates income tax and social security payments that help finance government...

North Korean art market under scrutiny amid international tensions   International experts are looking at North Korea's art galleries as possible source of regime funding, and examining restricting access to buyers abroad. In recent years as countries...

'Chinawood' hopes to challenge Hollywood for cinematic dominance   China inaugurated the Qingdao Movie Metropolis this weekend, dubbed "Chinawood", which aims to become the global capital of film production. But as a tool of soft power,...

Santas worldwide gather for annual world congress in Denmark   The annual World Santa Claus Congress, now in its 60th year, has drawn attendees from a dozen countries, most sporting traditional red coats and white beards...

Spain holds epic annual food fight festival known as Tomatina   The fiesta which celebrates its 72nd anniversary and is billed at "the world's biggest food fight" has become a major draw for foreigners. More than 20,000...

Japanese 'baby factory' man wins custody of 13 kids born to Thai surrogates   Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, became the centre of a "baby factory" scandal in 2014 after Thai police said DNA samples linked him to...

Cuba's Capitol reopens after years of restoration   Capitol, an imposing neoclassical gem previously shunned as a symbol of US imperialism now to become the seat of Cuba's national assembly in the capital Havana. People visit the...

Lady and the Unicorn: Mona Lisa of the middle ages weaves a new spell Brigid Delaney   The tapestries on display at the Art Gallery of NSW have appeared in everything from the writings of George Sand...

New York-bound, a ballet star rises in Bollywood's heartland   The 16-year-old son of an Indian metal welder has received an invitation from the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in New York City for...

How Andy Serkis became Caesar in ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ By Ed Symkus   Andy Serkis has become, in two-and-a-half decades of stage, television, and film work, one of the world’s great unrecognized actors....