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US returns two stolen 7th-century antiquities to China
The United States returned two looted antiquities to China, the latest in a wave of repatriations of artifacts stolen from more than a dozen countries, New York authorities announced Tuesday. …
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King crowned in ceremony blending history and change
King Charles III has been anointed and crowned in the United Kingdom’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a display of pomp and pageantry that sought to marry 1000 years …
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King Charles III and his Greek roots
King Charles’ special relationship with Greece was featured in Greek outlet Proto Thema by Michael Stukas who wrote about, among other things: His visits to Mount Athos are well known, …
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Greek Orthodox music to accompany the coronation of King Charles III
More than 2,200 people will attend the coronation of King Charles III, Buckingham Palace has announced. They include international delegates from 203 countries, as well as community and charity workers. …
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Wars, religion and football: five faces of Erdogan
Abhorred and adored, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been compared to sultans and pharaohs while stamping his outsized personality and domineering style on Turkey over 20 years. Elected as prime minister …
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Egypt calls Netflix Cleopatra doco “a falsification of Egyptian history and a blatant historical misconception”
Egypt is not happy with Netflix’s upcoming docudrama, ‘Queen Cleopatra’, produced by Jada Pinkett Smith. The controversy centres on the casting of a black actress as the Hellenic Egyptian queen. …
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Kenya starvation cult death toll rises to 89
The death toll among followers of a Kenyan cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves has now risen to 89. The toll has steadily risen …
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Musician, actor, activist Harry Belafonte, dies at 96
Harry Belafonte, a singer, songwriter and groundbreaking actor who started his entertainment career belting Day O in his 1950s hit song Banana Boat before turning to political activism, has died …
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UAE spacecraft takes photos of Deimos, Mars’ little moon
A spacecraft around Mars has sent back the most detailed photos yet of the red planet’s little moon. The United Arab Emirates’ Amal spacecraft flew within 100 kilometres of Deimos …
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Who is John Poulos, founding President and CEO of Dominion Voting?
The settlement of US$787.5 million ($1.17 billion) paid by Fox News to Dominion Voting Systems is the largest defamation settlement ever made public, and involved an admission that a news …