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In the early 17th century, laughter was almost never captured on a painter’s canvas.Frans Hals changed that.”He was not a sober painter,” said Friso Lammertse, co-curator of a major exhibition of the Dutch master’s paintings that opens this week at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum.BRITISH PAINTING STOLEN BY NJ MOBSTERS IS RETURNED HALF…
The president of Argentina embraced Pope Francis during an extensive meeting in Rome this week, quashing a long-standing feud with the pontiff.President Javier Milei appeared at the Vatican and spoke with Pope Francis for over an hour – an exceptionally long diplomatic meeting by the pope’s standards.”One of the things…
The world has entered an era of increasing instability as countries around the globe boost military spending, according to a new report released by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.Key factors contributing to the deteriorating security environment include Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Hamas attacks on Israel and China’s assertiveness in…
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More than 1,500 protesters gathered in central Athens on Sunday to oppose legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Greece. The bill is set for a vote in parliament in days.Greece’s conservative government is sponsoring the bill but it will require votes from center and left opposition parties to be…
North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles off its east coast into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, according to Yonhap News.The missiles were launched around 9 a.m. Wednesday off the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) confirmed, according to the outlet. …
Russia has lost more than 3,000 tanks in Ukraine – the equivalent of its entire pre-war active inventory – but has enough lower-quality armored vehicles in storage for years of replacements, a leading research center said on Tuesday.Ukraine has also suffered heavy losses since Russia invaded in February 2022, but…
Pakistan’s parliamentary elections left no clear winner.Allies of imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan won the most seats in the lower house of parliament in the elections last Thursday. It was a shock outcome given the obstacles: His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party could hold no campaign rallies, had no polling agents on…
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday shared a video of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar escaping through a tunnel network in the days after the group’s brutal Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The IDF said it obtained the video in recent days after special units uncovered a tunnel, dozens of meters underground…
A Polish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been freed and is “safe and sound,” Poland’s foreign minister said Tuesday.The woman had been volunteering at the Saint-Michel Hospital in the Central African nation’s Tandjile region, where kidnappings for ransom are common. Attackers pretending to be patients abducted her and a Mexican…
