Sicilian museum hit by €80 million art theft
Europe • Aug 17, 2026, 1:20 PM
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Three works by Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina, valued at up to €80 million, were stolen from a museum in Messina, Sicily. Police are investigating the theft, which comes days after Italian authorities recovered three stolen works by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse.
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'In Ceuta, they are eating the cats': Fake images and a persistent rumour
Europe • 2:54 PM
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Cats “massacred” in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta? Three weeks after thousands of migrants crossed the border into Ceuta, Spanish websites and social media users are claiming that the migrants who have stayed are killing cats. But all of the dead cat phot
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Kremlin says CIA chief met Russian counterparts, not Putin, in Moscow
Europe • 10:44 AM
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CIA chief John Ratcliffe held talks with Russian intelligence officials during his visit to Moscow, but did not meet President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said Wednesday. President Donald Trump described Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow as a "semi-routin
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Iceland to vote on reopening EU membership talks in close referendum
Europe • 5:23 AM
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Icelanders will vote in a referendum on Saturday whether to resume entry talks with the European Union amid growing global insecurity. Voters are not being asked to decide just yet if they want to join the 27-member bloc – only whether they want their go
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