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French actress and singer Brigitte Bardot‘s personal items have fetched about €1 million at auction in Paris. The amount is almost 20 times the estimate, according to the auction house Millon. A total of 285 objects, ranging from straw hats, sunglasses and nightgowns to tableware and furniture from Bardot’s homes in Paris and Saint-Tropez, were…

A tiny figurine connected to Russia’s last imperial family spent nearly eight decades hidden from public view before emerging from a New York attic and selling for $5.2 million at auction. The hardstone figure, created by the Fabergé workshop in 1912, depicts Nikolai N. Pustynnikov, a personal Cossack bodyguard to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of…

A student at Mohawk College in Ontario, Canada, who expected to work four or five shifts a week to pay for her education, has received a $20,000 Schulich Builders Scholarship to cover her tuition, equipment, and living costs as she trains for a career in heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning. The funding is part of…

Dunlap Broadside [Declaration of Independence]. This is the first printed version of the Declaration of Independence. Image Credit: The U.S. National Archives/Wikimedia Commons A $4 flea-market purchase in Pennsylvania turned into one of the most remarkable discoveries in American history. In 1989, a man bought a framed painting mainly because he wanted the frame. When…

The PTI march is scheduled for September 27 Pakistan on Wednesday blocked major highways leading to the capital, Islamabad, and deployed tens of thousands of security personnel ahead of a march planned by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) seeking the release of its founder and jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.“Nearly 35,000 additional police and paramilitary…

Pic credit: Hamptons Covert The ‘Dune Cottage’, which was once part of the historic Wiborg Estate and later owned by Lee Radziwill, has changed hands for $72 million. The sale of the 3.6-acre oceanfront compound in East Hampton closed in March this year, making it the largest known home sale in the Hamptons in 2026,…

Trump said on Tuesday that nearly 30 countries had joined the Board of Peace overseeing Gaza’s stabilisation and reconstruction The Board of Peace, set up by US President Donald Trump, will reportedly unveil a six-month, $2.45 billion recovery plan for Gaza on Wednesday, outlining 66 projects focused on rebuilding infrastructure, restoring essential services, reviving the…