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CCTV footage showing the moment thieves stole a solid gold toilet worth £4.8m has been shown in court. The work of art, called America, was taken from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire in the early hours of Saturday, 14 September 2019. Michael Jones, 39, from Oxford, denies one count of burglary. Fred Doe, 36, from Windsor … Read more
Teenage American snowboarder Oliver Martin swears he broke no laws Saturday in celebrating his first World Cup medal — a gold — in men’s snowboard slopestyle. The legal drinking age in Alberta is 18, and 16-year-old Martin was doused with a bubbly beverage on the podium at Winsport’s Canada Olympic Park. “It was apple cider … Read more
BAMAKO, Mali — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the accident occurred. It is the second major accident this year in the French-speaking West African country, which is one of Africa’s top three gold producers. … Read more
After having already locked up the Crystal Globe for the men’s overall title, William Dandjinou won the men’s 1,000-metre race at the ISU Short Track World Tour finale in Milan, Italy. Source link
What is Thrace? Or, better, where is Thrace? Of all the ancient cultures clustered around the eastern half of the Mediterranean Sea, whether Egypt, Greece, Persia or Rome’s imperial outreaches, Thrace is surely the least well-known. In recent memory, mostly it pops up from “Spartacus,” the 1960 Stanley Kubrick Hollywood epic, and its later television … Read more
