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By Ankika Biswas (Reuters) -Europe's benchmark STOXX 600 climbed to a more than one-month high on Wednesday, as investors cheered

TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday asked business leaders to raise wages in next year's spring

BEIJING China's fiscal revenue grew 2.6% in October from a year earlier, after a 1.3% fall in September,

Paintings aren’t always what they seem on the surface, as one team of restorers proved recently in surprising circumstances. In fact, many famous artworks feature layers and layers of paint as artists worked and re-worked their compositions in search of perfection. Now, a piece of art has been restored 230 years after it was first painted to reveal a spooky, hidden demonic figure hiding in the background. The painting in question is the 1789 work by English artist Joshua Reynolds titled ‘The Death of Cardinal Beaufort’. It’s been restored by the National Trust, and the work the team have done has revealed a very unusual new feature. The painting features a scene from the Shakespeare play Henry VI, Part 2. Henry says “O! beat away the busy meddling fiend” in the scene, as he begs for a merciful death for Cardinal Beaufort. At the time, Reynolds painted a demon in the background of the painting to reference the “busy meddling fiend” referenced in the dialogue. However, the painting wasn’t well received at the time and that was at least partly due to the depiction of the demon in the background. Three years after it was painted, people attempted to cover up the demon but left a blur on the canvas. Now, the cover up job has been removed and the painting presents as the artist originally intended to mark what would have been Reynolds’ 300th birthday. It wasn’t the easiest of tasks, with several layers of paint and six layers of varnish to uncover. The National Trust’s senior national curator for pictures and sculpture, John Chu, said: “It didn’t fit in with some of the artistic rules of the times to have a poetic figure of speech represented so literally in this monstrous figure. “When it was first shown at the Shakespeare Gallery in 1789 it generated more controversy than any other work on show.” Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings

Germany’s top court struck down a key element of the government’s plans to address climate change and transform

Israeli troops entered Gaza’s Shifa hospital compound as part of a “precise and targeted operation” against Hamas that

Tullow Oil Plc announced a bond buyback that will see the oil and gas company tap a new

By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS Demand for a 20% stake in Greece's National Bank (NBG) held by the country's

Courteney Cox wrote, 'I am so grateful for every moment I had with you Matty, and I miss you every day,' paying tribute to Matthew Perry

Wednesday's transfer rumours include Man Utd's new top target Jean-Clair Todibo, Joao Neves' price tag, Victor Osimhen's Chelsea interest, Ivan Toney, Nico Williams, Alphonso Davies and more.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Mario Centeno said there are concerns over whether the euro-area economy will