The painter went on: “I sell them at an affordable price, which still gives me a little to live off once I’ve paid for painting materials. At my prices, more people can afford to buy them, because paintings in galleries are perhaps dozens of times more expensive. Not everyone can spend thousands of dollars on a painting.” … [Read more...] about Portrait of an artist on a bridge
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Australian Open to plough ahead despite players’ quarantine anger
MELBOURNE -- Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed the year’s first Grand Slam will go ahead from Feb. 8 despite anger from players forced into hard quarantine in Melbourne due to positive COVID-19 cases on their charter planes. … [Read more...] about Australian Open to plough ahead despite players’ quarantine anger
VND1.8-trillion Cu Chi hospital gets off ground
Representatives attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cu Chi Regional General Hospital project in HCMC on January 15 - PHOTO: SGGPO HCMC - The HCMC Project Investment Management Authority for Civil and Industry on January 15 broke ground on the Cu Chi Regional General Hospital project with a total investment of over VND1.8 trillion. … [Read more...] about VND1.8-trillion Cu Chi hospital gets off ground
India hails ‘life saving’ Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Frontline workers such as hospital staff, people over 50 and those deemed to be at high risk due to pre-existing medical conditions are on the shortlist to receive the vaccines. "We have got encouraging and satisfactory feedback results on the first day," Health Minister Harsh Vardhan told his state counterparts on Saturday. "This vaccine will indeed be a 'Sanjeevani' (life saver)" in the fight against the virus, he added. The health ministry said "no case of post-vaccination hospitalisation" had been reported, although local media said a security guard at the country's top-ranked public hospital, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, had developed an allergic reaction shortly after getting his shot. A doctors' representative body at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi wrote a letter asking for the Oxford-AstraZeneca "Covishield" vaccine to be supplied instead of Covaxin to allay any fears. "The residents are a bit apprehensive about the lack of … [Read more...] about India hails ‘life saving’ Covid-19 vaccine rollout