• 11/18/2024

A Kelly Wearstler-Approved Ceramic Artist Finds Fresh Energy in France

Wall Street Journal Since moving to Vallauris, a French town known for its pottery, ceramicist Olivia Cognet has been making more and more ambitious work. https://www.wsj.com/articles/olivia-cognet-france-ceramics-pottery-e952b7e3

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Diamonds for Day

Wall Street Journal Major gems come out to play for daytime glamour. https://www.wsj.com/articles/jewelry-dior-harry-winston-chanel-tiffany-bulgari-f6e6288c

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Russian diplomatic missions’ operation in Sweden continues to be complicated — ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday that in response to Sweden’s confrontational actions, Russia is revoking the Swedish consulate general’s right to operate in St. Petersburg and is closing its consulate general in Gothenburg starting September 1 https://tass.com/politics/1623505

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Natural-Gas Prices Extend Record-Setting Drop in Europe

Wall Street Journal Europe’s benchmark wholesale gas price was on track to tumble 15% this week, which would mark its eighth-straight weekly decline. https://www.wsj.com/articles/natural-gas-prices-extend-record-setting-drop-in-europe-4bca69fa

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Sen Tim Scott warns Democrats could ‘weaponize’ words of GOP 2024 candidates

Fox News GOP presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott warned Thursday that Democrats could “weaponize” the words of Republican candidates against each other.  “I think the road to socialism runs right through a divided Republican Party,” he told “Your World” with Neil Cavuto. “Everything we say about each other, the Democrats will weaponize against all of…

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US screens highest number of air passengers since 2019

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-744289

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Highways agency ruled liable for Japanese cyclist’s death

Taipei, May 26 (CNA) The Supreme Court has ordered the Directorate General of Highways to pay compensation of NT$4.68 million (US$152,295) to the family of a Japanese cyclist killed by falling rocks in Taroko National Park in Hualien County in 2017. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305260013

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Register of missing people includes 23,000 names, 1500 bodies of soldiers returned to Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine Information on more than 23,000 people has been added to the Unified Register of Missing Persons since the beginning of May. During the year, the Office of the Commissioner for Missing Persons established the whereabouts of approximately 8,000 persons and recovered the bodies of more than 1,500 fallen soldiers. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/26/7404019/

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Britain may have taken part in planning terrorist attacks on Russia — MFA

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is emphasized that Russia reserves the right to take proportionate measures in response https://tass.com/defense/1623487

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FM: Iranian diplomat released from prison in Belgium, on way home

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Iran’s foreign minister says Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat detained in Belgium on false terror-related charges, has been released after an Omani-brokered deal and is on his way back to his home country.…

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