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A man mounts a light advertisement on a booth on the Oktoberfest grounds in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. The Oktoberfest is on tap again in Germany after a two-year pandemic interruption. The beer will be just as cold and the pork knuckle just as juicy. But brewers and visitors are under pressure from inflation in ways they could hardly imagine in 2019. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)

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Oktoberfest is back but inflation hits brewers, cost of beer
By MICHAEL FAULHABER AND DANIEL NIEMANN - Associated Press
Fri,09/16/22-5:42AM , 130 Reads
MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is back in Germany after two years of pandemic cancellations — the same bicep-challenging beer mugs, fat-dripping pork knuckles, pretzels the size of dinner plates, men in leather shorts and women in cleavage-baring traditional dresses.
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An installation by Malagasy artist Joel Andrianomearisoa "The Five Continents of All Our Desires," is seen in the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. The work transforms the towering atrium of the museum with black silk paper suspended in the museum's multi-story central atrium.(AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

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Suspended sculpture transforms Cape Town museum's atrium
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,09/16/22-4:52AM , 253 Reads
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Moody, brooding and floating, Malagasy artist Joel Andrianomearisoa's "The Five Continents of All Our Desires” is transforming the towering atrium of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art in Cape Town.
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Britain's King Charles III, Britain's Princess Anne, Britain's Prince Andrew and Prince Edward attend a vigil for Queen Elizabeth II, as she lies in state on the catafalque in Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, London, Friday Sept. 16, 2022. (Daniel Leal/Pool Photo via AP)

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King stands vigil; Wait to see queen's coffin hits 24 hours
By MIKE CORDER, JILL LAWLESS AND DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press
Fri,09/16/22-3:50AM , 298 Reads
LONDON (AP) — A surging tide of people — ranging from London retirees to former England soccer captain David Beckham — have lined up to file past Queen Elizabeth II's coffin as it lies in state at Parliament, so many that authorities had to call a temporary halt Friday to more people joining the miles-long queue.
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Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako prepare to leave for Britain, at Haneda airport in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. They will attend Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral to pay respects to her. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Live updates: Japan emperor, empress head to UK for funeral
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Fri,09/16/22-3:34AM , 807 Reads
TOKYO — Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako left for Britain on Saturday to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral to pay respects to her and the British royal family who considered as a model for Japan’s monarchy in modern history.
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