Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mona Lisa has been displayed in the Salle des États in the Louvre since 2005 She’s one of the world’s most recognisable faces, with a smile that’s been printed on mugs, bags and T-shirts across the globe. But she’s only left her country a handful of times, and has […]
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Image copyright Reuters Facebook’s plan for a cryptocurrency has come under further attack at a US hearing, with politicians calling the company “delusional” and not trusted. The Senate Banking Committee is quizzing Facebook executive David Marcus over the tech giant’s intention to launch its Libra digital currency. The company had showed “through scandal after scandal
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Ryanair, the Irish budget airline, said on Tuesday that it would scale back its growth plans for next summer because of expected delays in taking delivery of Boeing 737 Max planes. The airline, which has grown quickly by offering inexpensive flights to smaller airports across Europe, had ordered 58 of the planes for delivery by
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Kayla McBride’s eyes light up when talking about the Las Vegas offense. With the addition of 6-foot-8 Liz Cambage in the offseason to join 6-5 A’ja Wilson in the Aces’ frontcourt, her life on the court as a shooter has gotten much easier. “Liz and A’ja command so much attention that I’m getting a lot
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It was there in 1882, when the Chinese Exclusion Act sought to curb the number of Chinese workers and families entering the United States to find day-labor work, from building railroads to doing laundry. And it was there in the 1840s, when anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States led to the creation of
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FYI, HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Some Prime Day deals are time sensitive, so prices are subject to change. Staying organized is hard, but when you have a place to put everything it becomes a little easier to keep your countertops clean and your closets organized. Fortunately,
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Winter and “Game of Thrones” might be over, but HBO’s fantasy behemoth led the nominations for the 71st annual Emmy Awards with a historic 32 nods when the contenders were announced Tuesday. “Community” alum Ken Jeong and “The Good Place” star D’Arcy Carden unveiled the Emmy nominations ahead of the awards presentation ceremony in September as
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ahdaf Soueif had been a trustee since 2012 An Egyptian writer has resigned from the British Museum’s board of trustees, claiming it is “immovable” on its sponsorship deal with oil company BP. Ahdaf Soueif also cited the museum’s positions on worker relations and the repatriation of cultural artefacts as
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Le Veau d’Or, an Upper East Side bistro that has been a dining mainstay for more than 80 years, has new owners: the chefs behind one of Manhattan’s most in-demand restaurants. Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, who own Frenchette, in TriBeCa, said Monday that they took over Le Veau d’Or in April. The restaurant is
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Finance officials from the Group of Seven rich democracies will weigh risks from new digital currencies and debate how to tax tech companies like Google and Amazon when they meet this week in the Paris suburb of Chantilly. Those two issues, raised by the impact of the digitalization on the world economy, are at the
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