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Giotto's famed fresco cycle depicting St. Francis of Assisi restored in Florence
7+ hour, 11+ min ago (452+ words) Giotto’s frescoes depicting the life of St. Francis of Assisi at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence. The celebrated fresco cycle was recently restored after four years of work. (Sailko/Wikimedia Commons) The newly vibrant “Stories of St. Francis…...
Epigraphic Museum Presents Exhibition "Ostracism – Ostrakon II: From Ancient Athens to Contemporary Forms of Exclusion"
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (339+ words) The exhibition unfolds within the Museum’s permanent galleries, where works by forty contemporary artists enter into dialogue with ancient inscriptions and sherds (ostraca) used in the practice of ostracism, from the Ancient Agora of Athens and the Kerameikos. The starting…...
An Iranian Commercial Ship Is Struck near Strait of Hormuz with 1 Dead, Iranian Media Say
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (562+ words) State-run IRNA news agency quoted the Qeshm governor as blaming a “terrorist enemy.” He also said the person killed was among the cargo vessel’s 10-member crew, and that authorities had not yet identified the projectile. Separately, the United Kingdom Maritime…...
Olympic Flame Arrives in Senegal for Youth Games, the First Olympic Event to Be Held in Africa
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (384+ words) More than a hundred people gathered at Dakar’s Place du Souvenir Africain, a waterfront plaza overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by portraits of prominent figures from Africa and its diaspora, to greet the flame ahead of the Youth Olympic Games…...
Houthis Seize Strategic Red Sea Port in Yemen
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (193+ words) The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group on Thursday took over Yemen’s port city of Mokha, Houthi and Yemeni officials said. Mokha is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic waterway between the Red Sea and the Gulf of…...
European Central Bank Raises Interest Rates a Quarter Point to Quell Energy-Fueled Inflation
4+ day, 8+ min ago (207+ words) The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. The bank said in an…...
Greek Air Force Pilot Ioannis Blesias Who Died in Tragic Accident is Mourned and Buried in Pyrgos
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (286+ words) Funeral service in his hometown of Pyrgos for the 40-year-old Air Force major who was killed in the tragic accident at the Tanagra Air Show after a Phantom fighter jet crashed Saturday, September 5. (ILIALIVE.GR/YIANNIS SPYROUNIS/EUROKINISSI) PYRGOS – The…...
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Opens a Major Yayoi Kusama Exhibition after Her Death Last Month
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (553+ words) The installation — specially created for an exhibition of the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who died Aug. 14 at age 97 — is titled “Infinity Mirrored Room — The Hope Of The Polka Dots Buried In Infinity Will Eternally Cover The Universe.” The…...
Hours After a Russian Attack Destroys Their Home, a Ukrainian Couple Marries Anyway
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (904+ words) After repeated delays caused by the war with Russia, she was only hours away from marrying her partner, a 43-year-old Ukrainian soldier, in a ceremony in the capital. But as the couple slept, a Russian strike hit a warehouse across…...
Netanyahu Will Make a Quick Trip to Speak at the UN After Mamdani Urged His Arrest, Diplomat Says
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (382+ words) Ambassador Danny Danon accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani of “doing politics” when he called the prime minister a “war criminal” and called for his arrest, which he had to withdraw because New York City does not have authority to take Netanyahu…...