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Three paintings by the Flemish Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens have been permitted to remain at the Courtauld Gallery in London, after the UK’s Spoliation Advisory Panel rejected a claim from the Koenigs family. ‘St Gregory the Great with Ss Maurus and Papianus and St. Domitilla with Ss Nereus and Achilleus’, ‘The Conversion of St. Paul’ and ‘The Bounty of James 1 Triumphing Over Avarice’ were all painted by Rubens between 1606 and 1632, the period in which some of his most respected works were created. Barcelona exhibition examines the promises and illusions of US suburbs#WhereIsKate: How th...
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A World War II-era bomb whose discovery prompted one of the largest peacetime evacuations in British history has been detonated at sea, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday. The 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) explosive was discovered Tuesday in the backyard of a home in Plymouth, a port city on the southwestern coast of Britain. More than 10,000 residents were evacuated to ensure their safety as a military convoy transported the unexploded bomb through a densely populated residential area to a ferry slipway, from which it was taken out to sea. “I think it is fair to say that the last few days ...
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Until now, UNESCO has refused to classify arenas of war as World Heritage Sites – but the institution has now changed its mind and said it is ready to study a new application. On 6 June, 1944, 150,000 men landed in just a few hours on the beaches of Omaha, Juno or Gold Beach in Normandy, France. They arrived as part of Operation Overlord, which marked the beginning of the liberation of Europe from the Nazi yoke. 10,000 men did not make it. Bolero declared UNESCO intangible cultural heritageOn the eve of the celebrations for the eightieth anniversary of the D-Day landings, this UNESCO listing i...
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Eighty years to the day after his execution by the Nazis at Mont-Valérien, Armenian resistance fighter Missak Manouchian will be inducted into the Panthéon on Wednesday. His burial signifies the first time a non-French body has been interred at the Pantheon, which holds the remains of many famous French citizens, including Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Èmile Zola, and Marie Curie. Manouchian's burial is a respectful nod to his position as leader of the "Red Poster" ("L'Affiche Rouge") group. The name derives from a propaganda poster distributed by Vichy France and German author...
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Eight decades ago, amidst the turmoil of World War II, a group of 76 daring detainees carried out a remarkable escape from a German prisoner of war camp, tunnelling their way into a snowy forest. It ended tragically for most of the escapees. Three made it to safety, the others were recaptured and 50 of them were executed under the order of Adolf Hitler. Nevertheless, the event became known as the “Great Escape," credited with embarrassing the Germans and celebrated in a film starring Steve McQueen that took liberties with the facts - but became the stuff of legend. Now, to mark its 80th annive...
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In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Nazi Germany and its fascist allies, Japan and Italy, were well on their way to conquering their neighbors in Europe and Asia. The United States – while protected by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans – hoped to stay out of the gathering conflict. But Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt was able to send vast amounts of military aid to the United Kingdom, and then, to the Soviet Union, in the hopes of halting the military advances of these fascist nations. He managed this over the vociferous protests of the America-Firsters, primarily very rightwing Congressi...
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The numbers for U.S. economic growth in 2020 are in, and as expected, they’re not good. Although things were looking up in the fourth quarter, the first two quarters were so bad that the economy shrunk the most since World War II. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more 2020 economic growth numbersThe Commerce Department reports that the U.S. gross domestic product, which is the total of all goods and services produced by the economy, grew to 4% during the fourth quarter. However, that missed the Dow Jones estimate of 4.3%. For the full year, GDP declined 3.5%, and from the fourth qua...
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