December 27th, 2025

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A long-lost Rubens painting depicting Crucifixion sells for $2.7 million

By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025

VERSAILLES, France (AP) — A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold at 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction Sunday in Versailles. The painting was recently found in a private townhouse in Paris. It depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It was part ... Read More »

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A long-lost Rubens painting depicting Jesus’ Crucifixion sells for $2.7 million

By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025

VERSAILLES, France (AP) — A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold at 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction Sunday in Versailles. The painting was recently found in a private townhouse in Paris. It depicts the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It was part ... Read More »

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‘Zootopia 2’ roars to record-setting global box office with $556M opening

By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025

“Zootopia 2” had a roaring, record-setting opening at the box office. The animal city sequel from the Walt Disney Company brought in $96 million in North America over the weekend, earned $156 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame, and scored a staggering $556 million globally since its Wednesday opening, according to studio estimates Sunday. That ... Read More »

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Long-lost Rubens painting depicting crucifixion sells for $2.7M

By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025

VERSAILLES, France (AP) — A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold at 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction Sunday in Versailles. The painting was recently found in a private townhouse in Paris. It depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It was part ... Read More »

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A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media

By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Cat Murphy, a college student, has wanted to be a journalist since she was 11. Many of her friends don’t understand why. When they engage with the news — if they do — they hear a cacophony of voices. They don’t know who to believe. Reporters are biased. They make mistakes. ... Read More »

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AI country hit ‘Walk My Walk’ built on Blanco Brown’s sound sparks questions of attribution, ethics

By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When an AI-generated country song called “Walk My Walk” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s country digital song sales chart this month, it was credited to a fictional artist named Breaking Rust — a white, digitally generated avatar that didn’t exist two months ago. But the song’s vocal phrasing, melodic shape and ... Read More »

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Paris’ Louvre museum to increase ticket price for visitors from outside the EU

By Canadian Press on November 28th, 2025

PARIS (AP) — Paris’ Louvre museum has approved a ticket hike from 22 to 32 euros ($25 to $37) for non-European visitors from January to help finance an overhaul of the building whose degradation has been exposed by the Oct. 19 crown jewels heist. The measure comes as other major cultural sites across the country, ... Read More »

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K-pop stars announce flurry of donations to support victims of Hong Kong tower fire

By Canadian Press on November 28th, 2025

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — K-pop band aespa and other South Korean pop stars have announced a flurry of donations to support victims of an apartment fire in Hong Kong that killed at least 128 people in one of the city’s deadliest blazes. Girl group aespa said they will donate 500,000 Hong Kong dollars ($64,000) ... Read More »

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25 holiday TV offerings to watch ranging from comedies to rom-coms and cozy mysteries

By Canadian Press on November 28th, 2025

Whether you prefer something naughty, like the animated movie “Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer” or nice, like classics “The Sound of Music” and “Home Alone,” streamers, cable and broadcast networks offer up festive choices in December. Highlights this year include music specials with Derek Hough and Jimmy Fallon, the Rockefeller Tree lighting hosted ... Read More »

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Epic tales and star power: How Tollywood is reshaping Indian cinema

By Canadian Press on November 28th, 2025

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A fast-rising parallel film industry in India is competing with Bollywood’s musicals and action-packed films and has taken the world by storm: It’s called Tollywood. As Mumbai is to Hindi films — or Bollywood — the southern Indian city of Hyderabad is to movies made in Telugu, one of the country’s ... Read More »

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Sons of Virginia Giuffre, who accused Andrew and Epstein of abuse, seek control of her estate

By Canadian Press on November 28th, 2025

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Lawyers for two sons of Virginia Giuffre, her housekeeper and her former attorney appeared in an Australian court Friday in a case deciding who controls her estate. Giuffre was the highest-profile accuser of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and she settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed sum in 2022 against then- Prince ... Read More »

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