32 h. ago Daughter of Nazi officer who looted painting charged with cover

Patricia Kadgien, 59, and her husband, Juan Carlos Cortegoso, 62, have been under house arrest on suspicion of concealing the painting since police raided their home on Monday

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42 h. ago Daughter of Nazi officer who stole 'Portrait of a Lady' and her husband charged with cover

Prosecutors in Argentina have charged the daughter of a fugitive Nazi official with trying to hide an 18th-century painting from authorities following revelations that it had been stolen from a Jewish art dealer during World War II

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49 h. ago ‘The musty whiff of a yard sale’: why is Morrissey attempting to sell his share of the Smiths’ catalogue?

The frontman advertised the sale of one of indie’s most significant catalogues in a shockingly cavalier manner. With estranged bandmates among the other stakeholders, legitimate bidders may be hard to findMorrissey puts his business interests in the Smiths up for sale ‘to any interested party’There is a well-trodden line about assessing the trustworthiness of online bargains: if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. It comes to mind when looking at the extremely unusual way in which Morrissey is apparently seeking to offload his business interests in the Smiths. This is not like the forensic and formal processes behind huge catalogue sales in recent years such as Sting, Bob Dylan, Queen, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd or Paul Simon.A post on Morrissey Solo – the outlet for all official Morrissey communiques – says the singer has “no choice but to offer for sale all of his business interests in ‘the Smiths’ to any interested party/investor” and that he wants out. ...

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53 h. ago Fife crime: Woman, 46, arrested after shopkeeper 'assaulted' at Glenrothes post office

A woman fled the scene following the alleged incident.

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55 h. ago Looted painting recovered after daughter of fugitive Nazi officer posted it online

Authorities in Argentina conducted raids on several homes

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62 h. ago Old master painting looted by Nazis recovered a week after being spotted in Argentinian property listing

Portrait of a Lady by the Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi handed over by daughter of the late Nazi financier Friedrich KadgienAuthorities in Argentina have recovered an 18th-century painting stolen more than 80 years ago by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a week after it was spotted by chance in a real estate listing.The painting, the long-lost Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by the Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi, was looted in the second world war. It was handed over on Wednesday to the Argentinian judiciary by the daughter of the late Nazi financier Friedrich Kadgien, Patricia Kadgien, who has been under house arrest with her husband since Tuesday. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Mystery over painting 'looted' by Nazis deepens as cops discover more art after raid on heiress's home

The new paintings were discovered as officials searched for an 18th century masterpiece stolen by SS officer Friedrich Kadgien , who fled to Argentina.

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66 h. ago Hunt for Nazi painting 'looted' by Hitler's financial adviser may have led to more stolen art in Argentina

The new paintings were discovered as officials searched for an 18th century masterpiece stolen by SS officer Friedrich Kadgien , who fled to Argentina.

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3 d. ago Posters showing Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller being hit in head with hoagies from ‘sandwich guy’ protester pop up around DC

The posters of the Trump administration officials appeared in the city’s Shaw neighborhood this week

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5 d. ago Berlin police investigate after Irish activist struck by officer at protest

Ireland’s foreign office conveys ‘concern’ about incident that was captured on videos posted on social mediaBerlin police have opened an internal investigation after videos emerged showing an Irish activist at a pro-Palestinian demonstration being punched in the face twice by an officer, drawing protest from Ireland’s foreign office.Footage posted on social media showed the activist, Kitty O’Brien, being struck by a policeman and dragged away, their face bloodied, from the rally on Thursday in the Mitte district of the German capital. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Berlin police investigate after officer punches Irish activist at protest

Ireland’s foreign office conveys ‘concern’ about incident that was captured on videos posted on social mediaBerlin police have opened an internal investigation after videos emerged showing an Irish activist at a pro-Palestinian demonstration being punched in the face twice by an officer, drawing protest from Ireland’s foreign office.Footage posted on social media showed the activist, Kitty O’Brien, being struck by a male police officer and dragged away, their face bloodied, from the rally on Thursday in the Mitte district of the German capital. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Late Fame review – Willem Dafoe is a natural poet in a slice

Venice film festivalA postman’s forgotten poetry collection finds new admirers in a tale of how the mystique of the past filters to the presentEd Saxberger is an amiable, unassuming New Yorker on the cusp of old age who works at the post office and wears a pen behind one ear. In his youth, he published an anthology of poetry called Way Past Go, which caused barely a ripple and quickly slipped out of print. Then one day he is accosted outside his apartment by an NYU student, who explains that he stumbled across Way Past Go at a secondhand bookstore and was transported, blown away and could scarcely believe what he’d found. “You’re a man of letters,” the student tells Saxberger, which is undeniably true given that he spends his days sorting them.Hitchcock once said that nine-tenths of a film’s success is in the casting, by which measure Late Fame already qualifies as a hit. Saxberger is portrayed with a loose, warm-leather ease by Willem Dafoe, who makes the man look bemused but never...

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8 d. ago Madness legend Chris Foreman reveals incurable cancer diagnosis

The 69-year-old musician shared the news with fans in a candid post on the band’s official Facebook page

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8 d. ago Samoa’s election: Voting has begun after months of turmoil, here is everything you need to know

Samoans began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections amid personal rivalries and geopolitical tensions Samoa went to the polls on Friday in a national election called early by the caretaker prime minister, Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa, after months of political turmoil.Official campaigning ceased on Sunday with billboards blacked out, posters taken down and social media endorsements suspended under strict orders from the electoral commissioner. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Painting allegedly looted by Nazis during WWII spotted in real estate listing

The original ‘Portrait of a Lady’ appeared to be hanging above a velvet sofa in the living room of a chalet for sale

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9 d. ago Royal Mail launches services to help customers post to US after new charges

Goods valued at 800 dollars or less will no longer be exempt from US import duties and taxes from August 29.

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9 d. ago Samoa’s election: Personal rivalries, geopolitical tensions and everything else you need to know

Samoans will go to the polls for parliamentary elections on Friday after months of political turmoilSamoa will go to the polls on Friday in a national election called early by the caretaker prime minister, Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa, after months of political turmoil.Official campaigning ceased on Sunday with billboards blacked out, posters taken down and social media endorsements suspended under strict orders from the electoral commissioner. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israel's military calls Gaza City evacuation ‘inevitable’ as Washington hosts talks on post

Israeli and American officials are preparing to meet in Washington to discuss postwar Gaza

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1 week ago Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing

Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos AiresMore than 80 years after it was looted by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a portrait by an Italian master has been spotted on the website of an estate agent advertising a house for sale in Argentina.A photo shows the painting, Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by the late-baroque portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi, also known as Fra’ Galgario, hanging above a sofa in the living room of the property, in a seaside town near Buenos Aires. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nazi descendant's blunder reveals she owns priceless looted painting

'Portrait of a Lady,' a portrait of Contessa Colleoni created by Vittore Ghislandi in 1743, was pictured hanging over a sofa in a real estate listing in Argentina.

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