Search results
Here’s why the Olympics have a French connection (and it ain’t just Paris 2024)
Toronto Star· 5 days agoThe truth is that while the ancient Olympics originated in Greece, its modern incarnation is very much a French affair. The Games were revived in the 1890s by a French nobleman, Baron Pierre ...
'Becoming Karl Lagerfeld' miniseries profiles fashion icon – DW – 07/01/2024
Deutsche Welle· 5 days agoJust a few weeks ago, the senate of the German state of Hamburg decided to rename a section of a...
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog to Undecided Voters: What’s Your ‘F*cking Problem?’
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoFor fans of Robert Smigel’s dastardly talking dog, you’re in luck: Triumph the Insult Comic has...
Napoleon’s Loot: When the World Decided Stolen Art Should Go Back
The New York Times via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoAMSTERDAM — In September 1815, Karl von Müffling, the Prussian governor of Paris, presented himself...
Fifth and final man pleads guilty in neo-Nazi group’s plot to attack Idaho power grid
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days ago“The end of the propaganda video shows the four participants outfitted in AtomWaffen masks giving...
Biden's shaky performance against Trump causes Democrats to panic
The i newspaper online iNews· 5 days agoJoe Biden froze up during the first Presidential debate of the 2024 election against Donald Trump in...
Why We Still Want to Hear the ‘Ode to Joy,’ 200 Years Later
New York Times· 18 hours agoBeethoven’s aspirational vision of unity and peace can be applied to virtually any situation or...
The Trussing Hour | by Harold James - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate· 19 hours agoThere are many momentous elections this year, and all are overshadowed by fears of trussing. Truss’s...
Peek Inside Assouline's 'The Last Heroes: 100 Moments of Olympics Legend' Book
Town & Country via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days agoHe saw himself as a symbol of the free world, an African American athlete standing in sharp contrast...
CNN Debate Hosts Tapper and Bash’s Long History of Being MAGA Targets
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days agoUnless Donald Trump decides to back out at the last minute because President Joe Biden didn’t agree...