by mgall74 | Oct 20, 2025 | World News
Demolition has begun on part of the East Wing of the White House in preparation for the construction of US President Donald Trump’s new ballroom. Construction crews on Monday tore down massive chunks of a covered entryway and windows in the East Wing, which...
by mgall74 | Oct 20, 2025 | World News
A preliminary report into last month’s funicular crash in Lisbon that killed 16 people has detailed a litany of failings.Portugal’s Air and Rail Accident Investigations Bureau said an underground cable – which acted as a counterweight between two...
by mgall74 | Oct 20, 2025 | World News
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks to Rob Dannenberg, a former CIA station chief in Moscow, about his time spent in Russia, President Vladimir Putin and more. Source link
by mgall74 | Oct 20, 2025 | World News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would be ready to join Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at a proposed summit in Hungary if he were invited.The US and Russian presidents announced after their phone call on Thursday that they planned to hold talks on...
by mgall74 | Oct 20, 2025 | World News
Daily Scene in the Louvre, a 1911 cartoon by Samuel Ehrhart, shows patrons blatantly stealing works from the museum after an inventory at the time found that over 300 canvases were missing. Universal History Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Universal...
by mgall74 | Oct 20, 2025 | World News
BBC / Regan MorrisA statue of Matthew Fontaine Maury, a Confederate officer, on display A massive monument of General Robert E Lee that once sparked riots in the Virginia city of Charlottesville is now a pile of melted-down bronze, artfully displayed in a Los Angeles...
