French couple who sold an African mask to a second-hand goods dealer for €150 (£130) have gone to court for a share of the proceeds after the mask fetched €4.2m (£3.7m) at auction.
Campaigners insist that the rare artefact should be returned to Gabon, in a case that has raised questions over Africa’s cultural heritage plundered by colonial France. The unnamed retired couple,…
HK ends mask mandate 3 years since Covid started
After almost 3 years since the Covid eruption, Hong Kong is "to discontinue mask mandate by Wednesday at the earliest."
No lifting of Thailand’s face masks in public
The mandate requiring the wearing of face masks in public will not be lifted outright when the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) meets tomorrow (Friday), but guidance will be…