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Trump unveils golden vision for presidential library
The New York Times, Published on 31/03/2026
» WASHINGTON — A skyscraper with a red, white and blue spire. A golden escalator. Airplanes, including what appears to be Air Force One, displayed in the lobby.
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 17/02/2026
» The charismatic US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday.
Eight Matisse engravings stolen from Brazil library
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» BRASíLIA - Eight engravings by the French artist Henri Matisse were stolen from a library in Sao Paulo, the Brazilian city's government said Sunday.
Eyeing bottom line, US media giants bow to Trump
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» NEW YORK - The suspension by Disney-owned ABC of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is the latest surrender by a US media giant to pressure from the Trump administration, putting the bottom line over free speech.
Unnamed skeletons? US museum at centre of ethical debate
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» PHILADELPHIA — For years, a man's giant intestine was anonymously on display at a US medical museum in Philadelphia, identified only by his initials JW.
Library user borrows rare Chinese artwork, returns fakes: US officials
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - A California library user who allegedly took home rare Chinese manuscripts and returned fake ones in their place has been charged with $216,000-worth of theft, US officials said Thursday.
UK to lower voting age to 16
Reuters, Published on 17/07/2025
» LONDON - The British government said on Thursday that it planned to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all elections in a major overhaul of the country’s democratic system.
How will the Dalai Lama's successor be chosen?
Reuters, Published on 02/07/2025
» DHARAMSHALA — The choice of a successor to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, is a matter of riveting interest not only for followers of his religion, but also China, India, and the United States, for strategic reasons.
'Hidden treasure': Rare Gandhi portrait up for UK sale
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» LONDON - A rare oil painting of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, which is believed to have been damaged by a Hindu nationalist activist, is to be auctioned in London in July.
'War has taken everything': AFP reporter returns home to Khartoum
AFP, Published on 18/04/2025
» KHARTOUM — It had been nearly two years since Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali set foot in his home in war-torn Khartoum, after the sound of children playing in the street gave way to the fearsome fire of machine guns.