A young street vendor walks in front of closed shops in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Oct 21, 2021.UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations is appealing to the Ethiopian government for the immediate release of an unprecedented number of detained staffers and contract aid truckers, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. "We continue to actively engage with the government to try to undo this situation," said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. "We wan...

A young street vendor walks in front of closed shops in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Oct 21, 2021.UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations is appealing to the Ethiopian government for the immediate release of an unprecedented number of detained staffers and contract aid truckers, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. "We continue to actively engage with the government to try to undo this situation," said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. "We wan...

Visitors appreciate some works by Fang Lijun displayed as part of the ongoing exhibition, The Realm of Existence, at Tsinghua University Art Museum.An exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum, The Realm of Existence, presents a sample of Chinese contemporary art over the past three decades. The ongoing exhibition, which runs until Dec 12, shows ink-water shuimo works, oil paintings, sculptures, installations, photos, videos and performances by 13 noted figures in contemporary art circles....

Visitors appreciate some works by Fang Lijun displayed as part of the ongoing exhibition, The Realm of Existence, at Tsinghua University Art Museum.An exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum, The Realm of Existence, presents a sample of Chinese contemporary art over the past three decades. The ongoing exhibition, which runs until Dec 12, shows ink-water shuimo works, oil paintings, sculptures, installations, photos, videos and performances by 13 noted figures in contemporary art circles....

Trucks of the convoy carrying 26 cultural artifacts are welcomed by people in a street of Cotonou, Benin, November 10, 2021.COTONOU - A total of 26 artifacts, removed by France from Benin during the colonial era, arrived in Cotonou on Wednesday afternoon. The plane carrying these treasures from Paris landed around 3:15 pm local time at Cardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport in Cotonou, the economic capital of the West African country. A mixed feeling of joy and anxiety could be read ...

Trucks of the convoy carrying 26 cultural artifacts are welcomed by people in a street of Cotonou, Benin, November 10, 2021.COTONOU - A total of 26 artifacts, removed by France from Benin during the colonial era, arrived in Cotonou on Wednesday afternoon. The plane carrying these treasures from Paris landed around 3:15 pm local time at Cardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport in Cotonou, the economic capital of the West African country. A mixed feeling of joy and anxiety could be read ...