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Louvre Museum closed as workers strike
AFP, Published on 15/12/2025
» PARIS (FRANCE) - The Louvre Museum closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery.
Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine after 3 years of war
Reuters, Published on 11/05/2025
» MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Turkey that he said should be aimed at bringing a durable peace, an initiative welcomed by US President Donald Trump.
Rare photos from WWII Jewish ghetto shown in Warsaw
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» WARSAW - Never-before-seen photos of the Warsaw Ghetto -- from a roll of film shot by a Polish firefighter under the noses of the occupying Germans -- were unveiled to journalists Wednesday.
Cambodia says lost artifacts found in Gallery 249 at the Met
New York Times, Published on 19/08/2022
» In the 1970s, long after its encyclopaedic collection had been acknowledged as among the world’s finest, the Metropolitan Museum of Art recognised it had slender holdings in South or Southeast Asian art. One in-house estimate suggested that no more than 60 objects were worth exhibiting.
The curators saving Ukraine's heritage at all costs
AFP, Published on 16/08/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA (UKRAINE) - When she understood Russian troops were advancing in the region of Zaporizhzhia, Natalya Chergik helped to fill a truck with a ton of paintings, antique firearms and 17th-century ceramics.
Curators squeezed out by high dino bones price tag
AFP, Published on 21/10/2021
» PARIS - This week the largest triceratops skeleton ever unearthed goes up for auction in Paris -- but museum curators like Francis Duranthon can only dream of getting their hands on such a prize.
Trump returned from Paris in 2018 with art from US envoy's residence
AFP, Published on 07/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has come under heavy fire for his decision in 2018 not to visit a US military cemetery while in Paris on an official visit.
Face masks and slippers: Museums preserve lockdown life
AFP, Published on 11/05/2020
» LONDON - Would you put your slippers on display? The global coronavirus pandemic is still raging but museums are already gathering testimony and objects to remember life under lockdown.
Museum explores spooky science behind 'Frankenstein', 'The Mummy'
AFP, Published on 11/10/2019
» LOS ANGELES - What is the spookiest thing about "Frankenstein," "The Mummy" and "Dracula"? The hideous monster? The ancient curse? The sharp fangs?
Firefighters form human chain to rescue priceless treasures
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» PARIS: Risking their own lives as they toiled through the night, firefighters formed a human chain to rescue a swathe of Notre-Dame's "priceless treasures."