US returns stolen Christopher Columbus letter to Vatican
By The United States is returning to the Vatican Library a letter written by Christopher Columbus in 1493 announcing his discovery of the New World, which was stolen and replaced with a forgery. The Columbus Letter, as it is known, was addressed to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, who funded his exploration. The letter […]
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Daily Update: Emma injury, Raw competition, Brown attacked in Brazil
Emma suffered a back injury at yesterday’s house show in Charlottesville, VA. She was being examined today. In other injury news, it is official that Matt Jackson’s fractured hand will keep him out of the ring for four to six weeks so he and Nick Jackson are both out of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, […]
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Benetton ad featuring migrants being rescued at sea criticised as ‘squalid’ by Italy’s hard-right interior minister
Italy’s hardline interior minister condemned Benetton for using a photograph of migrants being rescued in the Mediterranean in an advertisement, calling the choice “squalid”. The clothing company took out two-page advertisements in Italian papers this week, using a huge photograph of a rescuer throwing orange lifejackets to dozens of African refugees who had been rescued […]
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Plague of green iguanas wreaks havoc in Florida
They first arrived as pets the 1960s before escaping into the wild and colonising the wildlife havens of southern Florida. Since then, green iguanas have taken over, wreaking havoc in the form of stripped vegetation, power outages and contaminated swimming pools. This summer is looking like the worst year anyone can remember, with packs of […]
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Philippine bishops hit back after Duterte calls God ‘stupid’
After cursing the pope, the European Union and the United Nations, the Philippines’ controversial president, Rodrigo Duterte, has now lashed out at “stupid” God, sparking outrage in his majority Catholic nation. Mr Duterte provoked the latest furore when he questioned the Biblical story of creation in a televised speech, asking why God had created Adam […]
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How the US Supreme Court nomination could secure Donald Trump’s legacy for decades to come
When the 2016 election was held American voters knew they were not just choosing a president who would decide policy for the next four years, but one that could shape America for decades to come. At that time the nine-member US Supreme Court, finely balanced between conservatives and liberals, had one seat open. It also […]
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Doubts over EU plans to open hotspot migrant camps in Africa as Niger struggles with numbers
Fresh doubts have emerged about the practicality of EU plans to open hotspot migrant camps in Africa after officials in Niger said it was already struggling with thousands of migrants returning from Algeria and Libya. Click Here: cheap Cowboys jersey In the wake of the EU migrant crisis talks, Niger has been cited as one of […]
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Barack Obama attacks ‘strongman politics’, saying world at crossroads between Mandela vision and ‘disturbing’ times
Barack Obama implicitly but repeatedly rebuked Donald Trump’s political vision on Tuesday as he gave warning that the “politics of fear” threatened to destroy the liberal values underpinning the modern global order. Making arguably his most important intervention since stepping down as US president last year, Mr Obama painted a bleak vision of a world […]
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WWE Smackdown results: Roman Reigns speaks, AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens
– Air Date: March 17, 2016 (3.16 in Canada)– Location: U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH – The Big News: Kevin Owens pinned AJ Styles. – Show Recap: Roman Reigns came out to a heavy mixed reaction. The lighting effects for his entrance appear to have changed and he came out through the stage, not […]
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WWE WrestleMania Top 10 Performer Series: Hulk Hogan
In leading up to what is being billed as the biggest WrestleMania of all time, I thought it would be fun to go back and look at the 10 greatest performers in Mania history based on a point system created with the help of Chris “Mookie” Harrington, The past few weeks, we have gone from number 10 […]
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