Two paintings by artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, stolen from a museum in southern France in September, were found hidden behind a wall in a house. The paintings were damaged but mostly intact, and suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft.
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The stolen Renoir paintings were found during a police search in Clermont-l'Herault, southern France.
The paintings were hidden behind a solid cinder block wall, making them invisible.
Police arrested six people after the discovery, including a suspected main thief linked by DNA evidence.
The paintings are titled "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well."
Both paintings have some damage: a tear on the canvas of one and a damaged frame on the other.
The works will need restoration to fix the damage.
The theft happened at a museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer in September 2026.
There have been several recent museum thefts in France, including a major jewel theft from the Louvre.
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A French company recycles old jeans to make insulation panels that help keep homes warm in winter and cool in summer. These denim panels are being used in some well-known buildings in France to protect against heatwaves and cold weather.
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Old jeans are recycled to create insulation material from denim fibers.
The insulation helps regulate temperature by keeping homes warm or cool.
Millions of jeans are processed in a factory in northern France.
Denim insulation is being installed in some famous French buildings.
This method offers an environmentally friendly way to reuse textile waste.
The product can help protect homes during extreme heatwaves and cold spells.
Recycling jeans for insulation supports sustainability and reduces landfill waste.
The company promotes denim as a natural and effective insulating material.
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A private pollster closely linked to Nigel Farage worked in an important role at the polling company Redfield & Wilton Strategies without public acknowledgment. The company became known for polling during the UK’s Covid lockdowns, but the pollster’s full involvement was not clear until recently.
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Chris Bruni-Lowe, Nigel Farage’s private pollster, had a key role in Redfield & Wilton Strategies from 2020 to 2022 and returned in 2025 to train interns.
Bruni-Lowe sometimes used the name “Chris Redfield” in communications and quotes published by media outlets.
Redfield & Wilton Strategies was founded in 2020 and is owned by Bruno Rodrigues, a lawyer; Philip van Scheltinga was its public face.
The company gained more recognition during the UK’s Covid lockdowns as its polls got media coverage.
There were questions raised about transparency because Bruni-Lowe’s role was hidden, especially given his ties to Farage and Reform UK.
Rodrigues said there was no official financial or commissioning relationship between Redfield & Wilton and Reform UK or Farage.
Dan Jukes, a senior adviser to Farage, tried to promote Redfield & Wilton’s polls in 2020; he recently resigned amid a scandal about overseas donors funding polling.
Reform UK’s internal inquiry cleared its officials of wrongdoing, but police are still investigating the matter.
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Alvaro Pulido Vargas, a Colombian convicted drug trafficker linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government, was arrested in Florida for laundering hundreds of millions of dollars through the U.S. He faces multiple federal money laundering charges related to corrupt contracts and bribery involving Venezuelan government programs.
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Alvaro Pulido Vargas, also known as German Enrique Rubio Salas, was arrested in Florida and faces federal charges.
The U.S. State Department and Drug Enforcement Administration offered a $10 million reward for information leading to his arrest.
Pulido is accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars using the U.S. financial system.
He worked with Alex Saab, a former Maduro ally who pleaded guilty to money laundering and agreed to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors.
Pulido and others inflated costs, paid bribes, and used Venezuela’s government-run food and medicine program, CLAP, to secure contracts worth about $1.6 billion.
The charges include multiple counts of money laundering connected to Venezuelan government contracts and currency-exchange schemes.
Maduro and his wife face separate U.S. charges including narcoterrorism, cocaine smuggling, and conspiracy to commit torture; Maduro denies these charges.
Venezuelan authorities also arrested Pulido in 2023 in a corruption probe related to the state oil company PDVSA.
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A fire destroyed the Marché des Enfants Rouges, Paris’s oldest covered food market, located in the Marais district. The fire damaged the market building and many food stalls, but it did not spread to nearby buildings.
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Marché des Enfants Rouges opened in 1615 and is the oldest covered food market in Paris.
The market’s name comes from a nearby orphanage where children wore red clothes.
It was saved from demolition in the 1990s after a local campaign stopped redevelopment plans.
The market was renovated and reopened in 2000 as a food court with various international street foods.
The market was called the “coolest market in Paris” and ranked 5th worldwide for street food by Food&Wine in 2024.
The fire started around 3am and destroyed much of the metal structure and stalls.
Over 150 firefighters and 50 fire trucks worked to stop the fire.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
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US immigration agents searched the home of Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar on Monday as part of a federal criminal investigation. The search was done with a court-authorized warrant, but no further details were provided.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) carried out the search.
The search took place at Omar’s home in the Washington, DC, area.
The search was part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.
The Justice Department confirmed the search but gave no additional information.
Ilhan Omar was born in Somalia and came to the US at age eight.
Omar was first elected to Congress in 2018.
She is known as a critic of President Donald Trump.
It is unknown if Omar was home during the search.
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A team of US researchers is heading to a remote Pacific island where they believe Amelia Earhart crash-landed in 1937. They aim to examine a submerged object that might be the wreckage of her plane, hoping to solve the mystery of her disappearance during a world flight attempt.
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Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly around the world at the equator.
The research team is investigating an object seen in satellite images in the lagoon of Nikumaroro, an uninhabited atoll in Kiribati.
The object might be the Lockheed Model 10-E Electra plane that Earhart flew.
The expedition is led by Richard Pettigrew and funded in part by Purdue University, where Earhart once taught.
Some experts from the group Tighar believe the object is a fallen tree, not the plane wreckage.
Earhart’s navigator was Fred Noonan; both vanished when their plane ran low on fuel.
The team will arrive after a six-day sea journey and plans to explore the object for several days.
Finding the plane wreckage would confirm a theory that Earhart and Noonan landed on Nikumaroro after running out of fuel.
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Hurricane Isaias caused serious damage in parts of Florida and other southern states. It tore roofs off buildings, uprooted trees, and led to several deaths.
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Hurricane Isaias hit Milton, Florida, and other parts of the southern U.S.
The storm caused roofs to be ripped off buildings.
Strong winds swung trees into the air.
Several people died because of the hurricane.
The damage was widespread across multiple southern states.
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Hurricane Isaias hit the Gulf Coast in the U.S., causing deaths and damage over the weekend. At the same time, Tropical Storm Rachel brought large waves and strong weather to the West Coast.
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Hurricane Isaias made landfall on the Gulf Coast states over the weekend.
The hurricane caused fatalities and damage in the affected areas.
Tropical Storm Rachel affected the western side of the United States with major waves.
Both storms impacted opposite sides of the country around the same time.
Emergency services and news outlets are monitoring the situations closely.
Flooding and severe weather conditions were reported in Texas from storm-related rains.
Federal agencies may provide aid to communities in need following the storms.
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A new study tested a combination of drugs for treating psoriasis, a skin disease. The results showed the combined treatment caused more immune system inflammation than using the drug Taltz by itself.
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Psoriasis is a skin condition involving immune system activity.
Taltz is a medicine used to treat psoriasis.
Researchers combined Taltz with other drugs called GLP-1 therapies.
The combination led to increased inflammation in the immune system.
Higher immune activity can affect how well psoriasis treatments work.
The study suggests the combination therapy might have different effects than Taltz alone.
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An Israeli settler was recorded mistreating and allegedly poisoning goats in the Palestinian village of Al-Mughayyir, located in the West Bank. The poisoned animals were said to belong to Israelis, and the act was reportedly meant to falsely accuse Palestinians.
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The incident happened in Al-Mughayyir, a village northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank.
An Israeli settler was caught on video abusing goats.
The goats were reportedly poisoned.
The poisoned animals belonged to Israelis.
The poisoning appears to be an attempt to blame Palestinians for harming the animals.
The West Bank is a territory occupied by Israel, with ongoing tensions between Israeli settlers and Palestinians.
Animal abuse and poisoning in this context highlight the conflict issues in the area.
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President Donald Trump is campaigning in Ohio to encourage Republican voters ahead of the midterm elections. His visits focus on building support in states that generally vote Republican.
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President Trump is holding a campaign rally in Ohio.
The goal is to rally Republican voters before the midterm elections.
Ohio is seen as a state that usually supports the Republican Party.
Republicans are making efforts to boost voter turnout in key states.
The midterm elections will decide control of Congress and affect future policies.
Campaign rallies are common ways for politicians to connect with voters.
The news is part of ongoing coverage of political events leading to the midterms.
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The upcoming midterm elections in Florida are likely to be influenced by changes in racial groups and voters’ responses to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Experts think these factors will affect which candidates win.
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Florida is holding midterm elections soon.
Race and ethnic group changes in the state may impact voter behavior.
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are a key issue for many voters.
Analysts believe these racial and policy issues could decide election results.
The midterms will show how opinions about Trump influence Florida politics.
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The article discusses how elected judges and prosecutors in the U.S. may focus more on winning cases than on seeking the truth, especially when dealing with the death penalty. It highlights concerns about political pressure, possible mistakes in executions, and wrongful convictions in the American justice system.
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Capital punishment in the U.S. is influenced by political agendas, especially during election times.
Judges and prosecutors who seek election may prioritize results over fairness or truth.
Cases like Christa Pike's botched execution show problems with how the death penalty is carried out.
There is a risk of wrongful convictions in death penalty cases.
Medical ethics play a role in executions and raising concerns about humane treatment.
The U.S. approach to the death penalty differs from countries like France, which have abolished it.
The system raises important questions about human rights and the use of absolute power.
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American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work on economic models that help governments manage shocks like inflation and energy crises. Their research improved ideas about how people and businesses make financial decisions, helping policymakers stabilize economies in difficult times.
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Robert E. Hall (Stanford) and Michael Woodford (Columbia) won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2024.
Their work helps governments and central banks handle economic shocks, such as energy crises and inflation.
They improved earlier economic models by focusing on how individual households and businesses decide to spend or invest money.
Hall showed that most households base spending on their future income expectations, but some live "hand to mouth" without savings.
Woodford studied how businesses set prices based on expectations of future costs and competitors’ prices.
Their research led to better tools for managing economic problems, including during the pandemic and recent energy crises.
They updated and refined the Keynesian economic approach, which had limitations shown by stagflation in the 1970s.
Central banks use insights from their work to set policies that affect interest rates and stabilize economies.
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Homeland Security investigators carried out a search at Representative Ilhan Omar's home in Washington, D.C. The investigation, led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Justice Department, focuses on her immigration documents as part of a federal criminal inquiry.
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Ilhan Omar's home was searched early in the morning by ICE's investigations unit.
The investigation is centered on her immigration paperwork.
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), part of ICE, is leading the probe.
The Justice Department secured the search warrant and is assisting in the investigation.
The Justice Department confirmed the search is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.
This is not the first time Omar has been linked to an investigation; it was mentioned publicly by a government official in September.
Omar had previously said she was not contacted about any investigation at that time.
President Donald Trump has frequently criticized Ilhan Omar.
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Girls in Azerbaijan have been banned from wearing hijabs in schools because of new uniform rules. This has led to protests by students and teachers, arrests, and some problems with social media access.
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Azerbaijan introduced new school uniform rules that ban girls from wearing hijabs.
Students and teachers have protested against this ban.
Authorities have arrested dozens of people involved in the protests.
Some users report difficulties with social media platforms during the unrest.
The protests and arrests reflect growing anger about the school dress code changes.
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Astronomers have found a new type of planet called a second-generation planet. Unlike most planets that form when a star is born, this planet formed from the material released by a dying star.
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Most planets form at the same time as their stars; these are called first-generation planets.
The newly discovered planet formed later, from gas and dust given off by a star near the end of its life.
This suggests that planets can form in different ways and at different times in a star’s life cycle.
The discovery helps scientists learn more about how planets evolve and what happens around dying stars.
It is the first clear example of a planet born after its star started dying.
Understanding second-generation planets can improve knowledge about the life and death of stars and their systems.
Astronomers use special telescopes and technology to spot planets around stars far away.
This finding may lead to more studies of old stars and their planets.
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Germany’s labour minister and SPD co-leader, Bärbel Bas, has resigned due to the recent death of her stepdaughter and the political criticism she faced during her mourning. Her departure weakens the current coalition government led by CDU’s Friedrich Merz, which is already facing serious political and economic challenges.
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Bärbel Bas resigned as Germany’s labour minister and co-leader of the Social Democrats (SPD).
Her resignation was prompted by the death of her stepdaughter and criticism from political opponents, including members of the coalition partner CDU.
Bas faced attacks for being absent during key economic reform talks, even though her family tragedy was known.
Lars Klingbeil, SPD co-leader and finance minister, criticized the disrespect shown to Bas and called for mutual respect in political debates.
CDU leader Friedrich Merz thanked Bas and expressed condolences, but his government is under pressure after poor election results.
The far-right party AfD, which is leading national opinion polls, commented on Bas’s resignation as a sign of the coalition’s collapse.
Bas will stay a member of parliament but her ministry handles important social welfare programs targeted for cuts by Merz.
The coalition government is divided over economic reforms, including pension changes, amid worries about Germany’s aging population and economic slowdown.
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A research team from Purdue University is on an expedition to Nikumaroro island to investigate if an object seen in a 2020 Apple Maps image is the wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s lost airplane. The team is using underwater surveys and archaeology to study the site and will share updates during their nearly three-week trip.
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The expedition is searching for Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed 10E Electra plane, which disappeared in 1937.
The “Taraia Object” was first spotted in a satellite image from Apple Maps in 2020.
Purdue University and the Archaeological Legacy Institute are funding the search.
Earhart worked at Purdue University as a career counselor and adviser.
The team left from Tarawa in October 2025 and plans to return around October 22.
The expedition uses underwater surveys and archaeological methods to examine the object.
If the object is confirmed to be Earhart’s plane, future missions will aim to recover it.
The search was delayed earlier due to cyclone season in the South Pacific.
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