SpaceX 'Crew Dragon' docks with ISS just 15 hours after launch A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying an international team of four astronauts docked on Saturday with the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) just 15 hours after it launched. 
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US theatre and opera director Bob Wilson dies aged 83 Innovative theatre auteur Bob Wilson died Thursday in New York after a short illness, his management said. His productions were hugely popular wherever they were shown, but he was best known in France, where he directed the inaugural show of the Opéra Bastille in 1989.
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Michael Jackson's glittery sock sells for more than $8,000 at French auction A single glittery sock that late pop superstar Michael Jackson wore during a concert in France in the 1990s sold for more than $8,000 on Wednesday, a French auctioneer said. The "King of Pop" wore white athletic socks adorned with sparkling rhinestones during his "HIStory World Tour" in 1997.
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Video game 'reloots' stolen artefacts, by reclaiming works of art from Western museums Have you ever imagined yourself, on a visit to a major museum, busting through a wall, arms full of looted African artifacts and ready to return them to their rightful homes? Well, you may soon have the chance, thanks to South African video game studio Nyamakop. Story by Emily Boyle.
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Ziad Rahbani, Oriental jazz pioneer and giant of Lebanese theatre, dies at 69 Legendary musician and composer Ziad Rahbani blended Arabic music and classical jazz into a new form that he called "Oriental jazz". The son of iconic Lebanese singer Fayrouz, Rahbani was also a leftist playwright whose works explored the social complexities of the Lebanese civil war. He died on Saturday aged 69. 
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