Art historians claim to have unearthed a masterpiece by Cimabue, the Florentine painter dubbed "the father of the Renaissance", in an elderly lady’s kitchen at her home near Paris. Christ Mocked, a tempera painting on a wood panel by the 13th-century artist, is estimated to be worth between €4-6 million (£3.5-5.3m), according to the Old […]
Five British climbers were rescued from a 22,500ft mountain in Pakistan after they fell and were injured during a climb on on Sunday. The party of experienced climbers was tackling Koyo Zum in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when they fell on a glacier, local officials said. An army helicopter reached two of the climbers on Sunday evening, […]
US President Donald Trump was under renewed pressure over his dealings with Ukraine on Sunday after it emerged that another whistleblower had come forward, this time with firsthand knowledge of the allegations. News of the second whistleblower broke amid signs of increasing anxiety among Republican senators, as the Democrats in the House of Representatives pressed […]
A first meeting between Ecuador’s president and indigenous leaders will take place on Sunday, the United Nations said, after Lenin Moreno ordered a curfew and military control in the capital to try to quell deadly, anti-austerity protests. The rolling demonstrations have left six people dead and nearly 2,100 wounded or detained, according to authorities, with protesters […]
The stretch of low-rise suburbia on the outskirts of Toronto known as the 905 is one of Canada’s most diverse regions. Mansions line the same broad thoroughfares as social housing – along with Sikh temples, mosques, strip malls and baseball diamonds. With its mixture of soccer moms, young professionals, and immigrant communities, the 30 electoral […]
Australia’s Uluru closed to climbers on Friday after a decades-long battle by the Indigenous owners of the sacred site. Thousands of people swarmed to Uluru this year before an official ban kicked in. Anyone now caught climbing Uluru will be in breach of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act and could face heavy fines. To […]
The harassment started with nuisance phone calls – more than 4,000 in two days to a personal number for Vincent, a Hong Kong police officer. Spam messages piled up; he’d been added to random chat groups on WhatsApp. Then, the anonymous death threats arrived – in texts to his whole family, and in letters sent […]
Iran’s breach of the 2015 nuclear agreement by enriching uranium at an underground facility “marks a profound shift” which could signal the ultimate collapse of the deal, Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday. The French president, who has worked vigorously to save the nuclear deal since Donald Trump withdrew the US last year, said he was deeply […]
Selon un récent sondage OpinionWay, s’appliquer de la crème quand on s’expose au soleil est loin d’être un réflexe pour tous les Français. En effet, l’enquête dévoile que seul un sondé sur deux utilise un produit pour protéger sa peau des rayons UV. Si les Français sont ravis de retrouver le chemin de la plage, […]
NEW YORK, NY — Eli Manning, one of the greatest quarterbacks in New York Giants history, announced his retirement from the NFL after playing 16 seasons with Big Blue. Manning made the announcement on Friday morning at the New York Giants training facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Many of Manning’s former teammates and mentors […]