The Detroit Institute of Arts has opened “Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture,” an exhibit focused on the artist’s paintings of buildings and the places where she lived and worked. The exhibit presents architectural subjects as a significant part of O'Keeffe’s career, which included about 140 architectural paintings.
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The exhibit is at the Detroit Institute of Arts and runs through Jan. 3, 2027.
Curator Ben Colman said the exhibit uses an autobiographical lens to explore places that shaped O'Keeffe and her art.
O'Keeffe was born in 1887 on a Wisconsin dairy farm.
She lived in Manhattan during the 1920s, when skyscrapers were reshaping the city.
O'Keeffe later moved to New Mexico, where adobe buildings and desert landscapes surrounded her.
The article says O'Keeffe completed about 140 architectural paintings.
O'Keeffe died in 1986 at age 98.
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An exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts examines Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings of architecture, a subject less known than her flowers and desert landscapes. The show looks at how she portrayed buildings in city and rural settings through light, atmosphere, and texture.
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The exhibition is titled “Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture.”
It is at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
The exhibition focuses on O’Keeffe’s paintings of buildings.
The works include urban and rural settings.
The show considers how O’Keeffe depicted light, atmosphere, and texture in buildings.
Jane Pauley reports on the exhibition.
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Cambridge scientist Dr Marta Shahbazi died in a train collision near Urda, in Spain’s Toledo province, that killed at least 69 people. Colleagues and research institutions remembered her work on early human embryo development and her recent scientific excellence award.
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Shahbazi was an affiliate associate professor at the University of Cambridge’s Stem Cell Institute and a group leader at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
She was travelling on one of the trains involved in the collision.
The Spanish Society of Developmental Biology had recently awarded Shahbazi its scientific excellence prize.
The laboratory said her research examined early human embryo development and errors that can lead to failed pregnancies.
Shahbazi was a mother of two and had written about balancing family and career.
Spain observed three days of national mourning starting Thursday.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promised an investigation into the crash.
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Residents evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky reached Ukrainian-held territory after a rare local truce. They described years of isolation, food shortages and regular shelling, while the city remains cut off by the Dnipro River and Russian forces.
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Residents left Oleshky, a city under Russian occupation, and reached Ukrainian-held territory.
Their evacuation took place under a rare local truce.
Residents described years of isolation and shortages of food.
Some residents said they ate grass and dogs to survive.
Residents reported regular shelling.
Russian forces seized Oleshky in the early days of the 2022 invasion.
The city is cut off by the Dnipro River on one side and Russian troops on the other.
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Thousands protested in New Delhi, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over changes to voter lists. Opposition parties say the revision removed more than 130 million names and disadvantaged groups less likely to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP; the Election Commission denies political bias and says wrongly removed voters can re-register.
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Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress led Sunday’s rally.
The protest is part of more than a month of demonstrations over the voter-list revision.
Opposition leaders say more than 130 million names were removed and that Muslims and other minorities were disproportionately affected.
The Election Commission says it did not favor any party.
The commission says voters whose names were wrongly deleted can re-register.
The BJP says the opposition is undermining democracy by challenging legitimate procedures.
India’s next general election is scheduled for 2029.
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Former Green Party leader Adrian Ramsay said the party should reform its internal rules to prevent small groups from having outsized influence and to give more members a say on policy. He urged the party to reject a conference motion describing Zionism as racism before its regular two-year review, while saying he would remain in the party and was not calling for leader Zack Polanski to resign.
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Ramsay said some new members from the hard left were seeking to change the party’s direction and used divisive tactics.
He said 0.4% of party members voted for the Zionism-is-racism motion and called for a ballot or survey of the wider membership.
Ramsay said the party should change its rules so policy reflects a wider membership, not mainly those attending its annual conference.
He said he was not planning to leave the party or asking Polanski to stand down.
Ramsay said the party should focus on climate, nature and the cost-of-living crisis.
He said the motion conflicted with the party’s 2024 manifesto, which he said supports equal rights and self-determination for Palestinians and Israelis.
A spokesperson for Greens Organise said Ramsay had lost a previous leadership contest by 84% and cited more than 150,000 members joining under Polanski’s leadership.
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French student unions say high school blockades will restart on Monday, with more expected from Tuesday. Students say the government’s education proposals do not address their main concerns, while President Emmanuel Macron has urged schools to resume classes.
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Pierre Sourzat, head of the Lycéens! student group, said some high schools would be blockaded on Monday.
Sourzat said the blockades would become more widespread on Tuesday.
A Student Union spokeswoman said university and high school blockades were planned for Tuesday and Thursday.
Hundreds of thousands of people, including students, protested across France on Saturday for the third consecutive weekend.
The government announced measures including replacing the university admissions platform and providing loans for school renovations.
Students said the proposals did not address issues such as the shortage of higher education places and applied proposed class-size reductions only to 10th grade.
Macron called for classes to resume calmly and said young people had been heard.
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Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution to renew the UN mission in Western Sahara, and the mission’s mandate expired on Saturday. Morocco welcomed the outcome because the draft would have made its autonomy plan the sole basis for talks and removed “referendum” from the mission’s name; Algeria criticized the draft as biased toward Morocco.
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The UN established MINURSO in 1991 to monitor a ceasefire and prepare a referendum on Western Sahara’s future.
The U.S. resolution would have extended MINURSO’s mandate for one year and made Morocco’s autonomy proposal the only basis for further talks.
Russia vetoed the U.S. draft, which had support from 11 of the Security Council’s 15 members.
A Russian proposal to renew the existing mission without the U.S. draft’s changes also failed to win adoption.
MINURSO’s mandate expired on Saturday, leaving the future of the mission uncertain.
Morocco’s royal palace welcomed the failed renewal and called for UN personnel and equipment to leave the territory in the coming days.
Algeria regretted the failure to renew the mandate and criticized the U.S. draft as excessively biased toward Morocco.
Morocco claims Western Sahara, while the Algeria-backed Polisario Front seeks an independent Sahrawi Republic.
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Israel’s October 27 election left no bloc with a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. President Isaac Herzog is expected to ask a lawmaker to form a government by November 11, with coalition talks potentially involving rival Jewish parties or support from Arab-led parties.
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The pro-Netanyahu coalition won 53 seats, while the bloc of Jewish parties opposing him won 48.
Arab-led parties won 19 seats: the Joint List took 11 and Ra’am took 8.
A government needs the support of at least 61 Knesset members.
Election results must be certified and presented to President Isaac Herzog by November 4.
The new Knesset is scheduled to be sworn in on November 10, and Herzog must assign a lawmaker to form a government by November 11.
The person Herzog selects will have 28 days to form a coalition, with a possible 14-day extension.
Likely candidates to receive the mandate include Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot.
Arab-led parties could join an opposition coalition or support it from outside, but the article says their role remains uncertain. If no agreement is reached, Israel could hold another election.
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Israeli attacks on Gaza City and Khan Younis killed at least nine people on Sunday. The report does not provide further details about the attacks or the victims.
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Israeli attacks hit Gaza City.
Israeli attacks hit Khan Younis.
The attacks killed at least nine people.
The attacks took place on Sunday.
The report does not specify the victims’ identities.
The report does not provide further details about the attacks.
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The Northern Territory government has proposed changes to water laws that would remove requirements to reserve water for the environment and weaken other limits on water use. Environmental and Indigenous organizations say the changes could reduce protections and challenge rights, while Environment Minister Joshua Burgoyne says the bill does not dismantle environmental safeguards.
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The proposed bill would remove the requirement for water allocation plans to reserve water for rivers, springs, wetlands and other water-dependent ecosystems.
The bill would also remove a rule limiting industry water use to the amount set in each allocation plan.
The changes would alter the definition of estimated sustainable yield, which sets how much water can be taken from a resource.
The Wilderness Society urged federal Environment Minister Murray Watt to withhold Commonwealth water funding if the bill passes.
The Central Land Council said the proposal could make it harder for native title holders to challenge water licences.
The High Court quashed the Northern Territory's Singleton Station groundwater licence decision in August, finding it was unlawfully granted.
The bill includes changes to marine pollution, heritage and mining laws.
Environment Minister Joshua Burgoyne said the territory's core environmental laws would remain in place.
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Five teenagers were seriously injured in a stabbing at a Halloween party on Park Road in Chandler’s Ford, near Eastleigh, on Saturday night. Hampshire Police said an unknown group entered the party and appealed for witnesses as officers continued their investigation on Sunday.
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Police were called shortly after 10:30 GMT on Saturday.
The injured teenagers were three boys aged 16 and two aged 17.
All five teenagers were taken to hospital.
Hampshire Police said it believes an unknown group entered the party before the stabbings.
Police asked witnesses and anyone with information to come forward.
A police cordon remained in place on Sunday while officers investigated.
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West Midlands Police arrested seven people, aged 15 to 26, after fireworks were set off dangerously during disorder in Birmingham city centre. Police said the arrests followed incidents around Stephenson Street and Corporation Street, and all seven remained in custody for questioning.
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Police arrested seven people on suspicion of offences including assault, possessing fireworks and possessing an offensive weapon.
The arrested people were aged between 15 and 26.
Police responded to what they described as pockets of disorder around Stephenson Street and Corporation Street.
Officers used Section 60 stop-and-search powers, which allow searches without reasonable grounds.
West Midlands Police deployed extra officers at key locations to prevent a repeat of violence from the previous Bonfire Night.
On 6 November 2025, police arrested 21 people after officers were attacked with fireworks on Dale End and Staniforth Street.
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Merseyside Police is reviewing footage that appears to show an officer punching a boy during an arrest in Speke, Liverpool. The force said it received a complaint and that its professional standards team would investigate while it establishes the full circumstances.
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The incident happened on Friday in the Alder Wood Avenue area of Speke.
The video circulating on social media appears to show the officer striking the boy three times while holding metal handcuffs.
The footage shows the boy being handcuffed and led to a police van.
A second teenager can be seen being pulled from the ground during an arrest.
Police said officers had responded to reports of about 20 youths blocking roads with wheelie bins and aiming fireworks at people.
The force said it had also received reports that youths smashed nearby flat windows, tried to start fires and threatened members of the public.
Merseyside Police said its professional standards team would examine the incident after a complaint was made on Saturday.
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Macklemore ended his “Free Palestine” tour with a sold-out show in London. The tour brought together artists and activists calling for an end to suffering in Gaza; Macklemore had been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour after making pro-Palestinian remarks.
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Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” tour ended in London.
The final show sold out.
The tour brought together artists and activists.
Participants called for an end to suffering in Gaza.
Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour.
The article links his removal from the tour to his pro-Palestinian remarks.
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Poland’s constitutional crisis deepened on Saturday as the European Commission urged President Karol Nawrocki to recognise judges appointed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The dispute comes ahead of next year’s parliamentary election, which polls indicate could be close between Tusk’s coalition and the nationalist right.
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The European Commission urged President Karol Nawrocki to recognise newly appointed judges.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk appointed the judges at the center of the dispute.
The standoff has deepened Poland’s constitutional crisis.
Poland is due to hold a parliamentary election next year.
Polls suggest a close race between Tusk’s coalition and the nationalist right.
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London police said they arrested 325 people at a Saturday protest outside the US embassy in support of Palestine Action, which the UK banned under terrorism legislation in July 2025. The UK Supreme Court is due to review the ban after a co-founder was granted permission to appeal.
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The Metropolitan Police said 320 of the 325 arrests were for expressing support for a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act.
Protesters gathered at Nine Elms in London and held signs supporting Palestine Action.
Police carried away some demonstrators who refused to walk after being arrested.
Figures cited in the article put arrests linked to Palestine Action at 4,089, including 3,630 in the year ending June 2026.
The Home Office said it would defend the ban against the appeal.
Defend Our Juries has coordinated protests against the ban.
Amnesty International UK called for the government to end Palestine Action's proscription.
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A 1981 “Sunday Morning” report visited artist Georgia O’Keeffe, known for paintings of New Mexico landscapes and desert flowers. The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival commissioned composer John Harbison to write a piano quintet dedicated to O’Keeffe, with music described as echoing the open spaces in her paintings.
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The report originally aired on Aug. 30, 1981.
The report featured a visit with Georgia O’Keeffe.
O’Keeffe became closely associated with New Mexico landscapes and desert flowers.
The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival commissioned a piano quintet for O’Keeffe.
Composer John Harbison wrote the quintet.
The festival dedicated the music to O’Keeffe.
Bruce Morton reported the story.
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Hospital sources told Al Jazeera that at least eight Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza on Sunday. The reported deaths included five people in al-Mawasi and at least three in Gaza City; Gaza’s Ministry of Health says more than 74,594 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023.
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An Israeli drone attack in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, killed five people and wounded several others, according to the article.
Gaza’s Ministry of Interior said the people targeted in al-Mawasi were police officers carrying out their duties.
The Israeli army told AFP it had targeted “a terrorist” in southern Gaza.
A drone attack in Gaza City’s Rimal neighbourhood killed at least three Palestinians, including a four-year-old boy, sources at al-Shifa Hospital said.
The Taj Mall in Gaza City was also targeted, according to the article.
Another person died on Sunday from wounds sustained in an earlier attack.
Hamas condemned the attacks and described them as a “deliberate war crime.”
Gaza’s Ministry of Health says at least 74,594 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its war in October 2023. The article says more than 1,500 have been killed since a US-brokered ceasefire took effect last October.
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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon face worsening hardship as inflation and high energy costs make it harder to earn a living. Osama Najjar, who closed his shop in Beddawi camp in early 2024, says he has struggled to find work and pay rising bills. The article describes this hardship alongside longstanding restrictions on Palestinians’ work, property ownership and political representation.
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Osama Najjar, a Palestinian refugee in Beddawi camp in Tripoli, closed his aluminium shop in early 2024 after business faltered and he could not keep up with bills.
Najjar says high prices and rising electricity bills are among his main concerns.
Lebanese law bars Palestinians from working in several professions, including medicine, law, engineering and pharmacy.
Labour-law changes in 2010 and a 2021 ministry decree eased some restrictions, but experts say their implementation and impact have been limited.
A February 2026 government mechanism allows Palestinian nursing students to apply for employment sponsorship.
The article says Palestinians in Lebanon cannot own land and lack representation in the country’s parliament.
UNRWA recognises 12 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and reported that about 222,000 Palestinians lived in the country as of February 2025.
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