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Rothschild heir accuses Vienna of 'perpetuating' Nazi laws: reports
AFP, Published on 26/01/2020
» VIENNA - A member of the Rothschild family is suing the city of Vienna, accusing it of "perpetuating" Nazi laws by plundering the Jewish banking family's foundation, media reports said Saturday.
Heiress and legendary socialite Gloria Vanderbilt dies at 95
AFP, Published on 17/06/2019
» NEW YORK - American heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, a designer and artist who became one of the most chronicled socialites of her era, died Monday after a battle with stomach cancer, her son announced. She was 95 years old.
Heiress and legendary socialite, Gloria Vanderbilt dies at 95
AFP, Published on 17/06/2019
» NEW YORK: American heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, a designer and artist who became one of the most chronicled socialites of her era, died Monday, her son announced. She was 95 years old.
The art of shedding light on gifts with possible Nazi ties
AFP, Published on 06/01/2019
» BERN (SWITZERLAND) - When Georges F. Keller began donating paintings by masters like Henri Matisse and Salvador Dali to the Kunstmuseum in Bern his reputation was not in doubt.
Saudi king backs son amid furore over Khashoggi murder
AFP, Published on 20/11/2018
» RIYADH - Saudi King Salman stood by the crown prince and heaped praise on the judiciary Monday, in his first public remarks since critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder tipped the country into one of its worst crises.
Prince Harry's fiancee craves 'Diana 2.0' role: biography
AFP, Published on 09/04/2018
» LONDON - Meghan Markle has her heart set on becoming "Diana 2.0", according to a new biography of Prince Harry's fiancee that details her lifelong embrace of good causes but also points to a calculating streak.
Paolo Gentiloni completes long march to power in Italy
AFP, Published on 11/12/2016
» ROME - Paolo Gentiloni, the man named Sunday as Italy's new prime minister, is a trusted ally of his predecessor Matteo Renzi, to whom he owes his rise to the summit of national politics.
'I'm not afraid to return to Bataclan', says Marianne Faithfull
AFP, Published on 11/10/2016
» PARIS - Marianne Faithfull knows why some musicians are reluctant to return to play at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where jihadist gunmen massacred 90 people last year.
Video game giant Ubisoft thinking young at age 30
AFP, Published on 16/06/2016
» LOS ANGELES - French video game star Ubisoft is still diving into new worlds at the age of 30.
Marquis de Sade's writing chair goes up for auction
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» PARIS - The chair on which France's most notorious writer, the Marquis de Sade, wrote his most shocking work goes under the hammer in Paris Wednesday with nearly 100 of his rare surviving manuscripts.