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French-Indian textile designer brings back Mughal patterns
French-Indian textile designer brings back Mughal patterns
by  AFP

Textiles designer Brigitte Singh lovingly lays out a piece of cloth embossed with a red poppy plant she says was probably designed for emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, four centuries ago. It was her father-in-law, a major collector of Rajasthan miniatures, who gave her the Mughal-era poppy cloth connected to Shah Jahan.

Ukraine students brace for underground school year
Ukraine students brace for underground school year
by  AFP

Five metres beneath a Kyiv classroom, headmaster Mykhaylo Aliokhin puts the finishing touches on the bunker where his students will spend much of their time once Ukraine's school term starts later this week. "I live next to my school," said 16-year-old Polina, enjoying time with friends at a Kyiv cafe the week before school restarts.

Taiwan, China trade barbs over island drone incursions
Taiwan, China trade barbs over island drone incursions
by  AFP

Taipei and Beijing have traded barbs over a recent string of drone sorties that have flown from the Chinese mainland to an outlying Taiwanese island, some surveilling military outposts. Civilian Chinese fishing and sand dredging vessels, for example, have increasingly entered into waters around Taiwanese outlying islands in recent years.

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