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Snoop Dogg Biopic Reveals The Notorious B.I.G Casting
A Snoop Dogg biopic is due out in less than a year, but relatively little is known about its story. As more details emerge,…
Why Would Anyone Steal a Renoir?
Stealing from the Louvre is understandable. Who would not want a Géricault or a Leonardo to hang in the downstairs loo? The same goes…
Holborn and St Pancras by-election could reshape the left
Holborn and St Pancras by-election could test Labour and the Greens, after Keir Starmer’s resignation opened the inner London seat.
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The Lost Habsburg Diamonds, Revealed in Quebec for the First Time
The Lost Habsburg Diamonds Revealed in Quebec for the First Time It is a story so improbable that even Hollywood’s best screenwriters might struggle…
Bayeux Tapestry and Franco-British Relations Explained
Five British prime ministers ago – and six French ones – when Emmanuel Macron first confirmed that France would return the Bayeux tapestry to…
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9/11: Experts Say U.S. Response Reshaped the World
On 11 September 2001, the world watched in shock as the United States came under terrorist attack. Four passenger planes were hijacked. Two hit the World Trade Center, another crashed into the Pentagon, while the fourth…
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Russia Orders Germany’s St. Petersburg Consulate Closed
Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that it is closing Germany’s consulate in St. Petersburg. The German consulate in St. Petersburg must cease operations…
Putin Orders Halt to Kyiv Strikes During Trump Envoys Visit
Putin orders halt to Kyiv strikes during Trump envoys' visit The Russian president and supreme commander-in-chief, Vladimir Putin, has ordered that Kyiv not be…
US Envoys Arrive in Kyiv for Talks After Putin Meeting
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a first round of talks in Kyiv with Donald Trump's top envoys, in their first visit since Russia's…
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Why Royalty TV Series Fascinate Us So Much
Palaces, period costumes, love stories, family rivalries and struggles for power: royalty has long proved fertile ground for fiction. With the broadcast of the…
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Germany and Kosovo Join Forces Against Deadly Tick Virus
It can spot its prey from up to 200 metres away — but unlike many other species, it does not lie in wait in the grass for a victim to come closer. Instead, it…
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Saxony-Anhalt Election Could Shake German Politics
Only 1.6 million eligible voters are called to choose a new state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. The region between the Elbe River and the Harz Mountains in eastern Germany is outnumbered in population…
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Macron’s Space Summit Risks Launchpad Failure Amid U.S. Boycott
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s international space summit is not going according to plan. On Friday, the French leader’s office downplayed the last-minute decision by American space giants, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’s…
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Why Royalty TV Series Fascinate Us So Much
Palaces, period costumes, love stories, family rivalries and struggles for power: royalty has long proved fertile ground for fiction. With the broadcast of the series Victoria from 15 September at 20:30 on…
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Snoop Dogg Biopic Reveals The Notorious B.I.G Casting
A Snoop Dogg biopic is due out in less than a year, but relatively little is known about its story. As more details emerge, however, the film appears to be shaping up…