March 9, 2025

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European Fine art

Romanians celebrate National Day on 1 December 

For the 6,625-strong Romanian community living in Luxembourg, 1 December – or National Day – is an important celebration with business and cultural events taking place on or around that date. “National Day is a fundamental milestone within the country and for those that are abroad,” says Romanian Ambassador to Luxembourg, Alexandrina-Livia Rusu. The day,

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Meta Knowingly Collected Data on Pre-Teens, Unredacted Evidence From Lawsuit Shows

The New York Times reports: Meta has received more than 1.1 million reports of users under the age of 13 on its Instagram platform since early 2019 yet it “disabled only a fraction” of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint against the company brought by the attorneys general of 33 states. Instead,

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Google Confirms Its Schedule for Disabling Third-Party Cookies in Chrome – Starting in 2024

“The abolition of third-party cookies will make it possible to protect privacy-related data such as what sites users visit and what pages they view from advertising companies,” notes the Japan-based site Gigazine. And this month “Google has confirmed that it is on track to start disabling third-party cookies across its Chrome browser in a matter

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Tintin is a masterpiece compendium of the legend, myth & science of the 20th century | by Paul Pallaghy, PhD | Nov, 2023

And it’s hilarious as a bonus. I became a Tintin fan as a kid, sure. But I returned to the world of Herge every few years as an adolescent and even now as an adult. Tintin is the original Indiana Jones. As Spielberg ultimately realized. I’m re-reading Prisoners of the Sun (part 2 after Seven

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Google Maps Error Misleads Row of Cars Into the Mojave Desert

“Every car we were driving with was heading that direction…” Shelby Easler says in a TikTok video, “so we assumed this was going somewhere…” But SFGate reports that instead of a handy “alternate route,” Google Maps was leading her and her two passengers “far off the major highway and into Nevada’s fierce deserts on an

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Young Artists encouraged to enter Bradley Art Prize competition

Renowned artist Terry Bradley has launched the 2024 Bradley Art Prize giving hundreds of budding young artists a new chance to showcase their work in Belfast and Brussels and win a share in a total prize pot worth £4,000 for themselves and their school or college. Following unprecedented success last year and specifically designed to

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14 best fine-dining restaurants in India—​​across Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Udaipur, Kasauli and Goa

In recent years, it has become increasingly difficult to curate a list of the best fine-dining restaurants in India since newer ones keep bursting onto the culinary scene even as the existing ones continue to thrive. Post-Covid, Indian diners have proven to be more than willing to spend big bucks to ensure they’re getting the

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Genocide and Civilisation

Palestinian militant and historian Subhi Yasin wrote in 1959: “The Israeli gang decided to attack Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, hoping to gain a cheap victory by killing patients. At two in the afternoon on April 5, 1956, the Israelis began bombing the Gaza hospital with heavy artillery for five continuous hours. More than a hundred

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Small Business Saturday prompts shoppers to support local ‘mom and pop’ stores during holiday season | Key Biscayne

Like many of Key Biscayne’s unique shops, the Village’s two newest retail stores literally originated from the “mom and pop” definition that embraces Small Business Saturday and the four weeks of holiday shopping that follow. Take, for example, Helena Chocolate and Art in The Square shopping center. The owners, Fernando Panizo and his wife, Paloma

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Pastries at bakery in Southlake look as good as they taste

A new bakery in Southlake is sweetening the local pastry game. Called D’Caramel Patisserie, it’s doing beautiful croissants and French desserts, as pretty to look at as they are to eat. Located in a former medical office at 2211 E Southlake Blvd., the shop is from Anna Narinian, a former HR pro who studied with

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