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Malaga Picasso Museum reorders works in new exhibition
The Picasso Museum in Malaga, the southern Spanish city where the artist was born, will open a new exhibition on Tuesday which groups his works according to theme instead of by period.Opened in 2003 in a 16th century mansion, Malaga's Picasso Museum is located just a couple of hundred metres (yards) from the house where the artist was born in 1881.
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Michelin unveils 62 newly starred French restaurants
The Michelin Guide unveiled its annual list of the best French restaurants Monday, praising the "cultural dynamism" of a new generation of chefs, though again honouring only a handful of women.Among top chefs, the Michelin Guide is as feared and criticised as it is respected.
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Elon Musk defends ketamine use, dismisses investor worries
Elon Musk suggested his use of drugs benefits Tesla investors in an interview released Monday, saying he takes prescribed ketamine to treat his "negative frame of mind."“Ketamine is helpful for getting one outside out of a negative frame of mind," Musk told former CNN host Don Lemon in an interview published on social media on Monday.
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Famine imminent in north Gaza, an 'unprecedented' crisis: UN
Half of Gazans are experiencing "catastrophic" hunger, with famine projected to hit the north of the territory by May unless there is urgent intervention, a United Nations-backed food security assessment warned Monday.The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) partnership on Monday estimated that 1.1 million people -- half the population, according to UN data -- were facing catastrophic conditions.
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Bodies found in Haitian suburb as gang violence rages for third week
Fourteen bodies were found in an affluent suburb of Haiti's capital Monday, as international efforts accelerated to fill a political vacuum created by weeks of gang violence that has forced the impending departure of the prime minister.Amid the violence Monday morning, a judge narrowly escaped an attack on his home, a relative told AFP. Haiti has been engulfed for three weeks in a gang uprising by well-armed groups saying they want to topple Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
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China, India hail Putin election win; West brands it 'undemocratic'
Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, including China and India, on Monday congratulated him on winning a fifth term in office but Western powers denounced the election as illegitimate, held under repressive conditions with no credible opposition.France's foreign ministry said the conditions for a free election were not met, citing "increasing repression of civil society and all forms of opposition to the regime".
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Putin addresses Red Square crowd after election win blasted by West
President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed the "return" to Russia of annexed Ukrainian territories, after winning an election slammed as illegitimate by Western powers.Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, who had already slammed Putin for seeking to "rule forever", urged the US Congress on Monday to quickly approve a $60 billion military aid package.
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