Pablo Picasso’s sinuous 1932 lilac-hued painting of his mistress, “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,” fetched $106.5 million tonight at Christie’s International in New York, the highest amount ever paid for an artwork at auction.

A 1960 Alberto Giacometti sculpture sold for £65 million ($104.3 million) at Sotheby's, setting a record price for a work of art at auction and signaling a potential resurgence in the art market.

Burj Khalifa, formerly known as Burj Dubai, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m (2,717 ft).Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010.

Egypt will demand the return of Queen Nefertiti’s bust from Berlin as the diary of the archaeologist who discovered it shows that he misled authorities when it was transferred abroad, the antiquities authority said.