A portrait by the Dutch master Rembrandt was auctioned for $1.41 million after being discovered in Maine. The painting, titled Portrait of a Young Girl, remained in a farmhouse attic for decades. Auctioneer Kaja Veilleux identified its connection to Rembrandt during an estate visit. Experts suggest its true value could be as high as $15 million if authenticated.

TAIPEI – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te devoted most of his national day speech to domestic issues, but analysts saw his call for Taiwan to become a “city upon a hill”, a biblical image and a phrase long used by US politicians, as a message to Washington. After a morning of marching bands and mass displays,

Former Georgia Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene issues stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump after receiving campaign email asking: ‘Did I do something wrong?’

As a throng of people waded through a flooded street after heavy rain in Bangkok, Thailand, the moment was captured by Sakchai Lalit, a staff photojournalist based in Thailand who has worked with The Associated Press for 33 years.

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A devastating blaze destroyed the French capital’s oldest covered food market in the early hours of Monday, stripping Paris of a cherished venue popular with locals and tourists alike. Traders and residents said the destruction of the Enfants Rouges market, named after a 16th-century orphanage, had left them feeling “orphaned” themselves.