Claire Simpson is a British film editor whose work has been honored with an Academy Award (for Oliver Stone's "Platoon") and a BAFTA Film Award for Best Editing for "The Constant Gardener".


Owe Jonsson (23 November 1940 - 29 September 1962) was a Swedish sprinter, ice hockey player and bandy player.


Amina Moudden (born 3 January 1984) is a Moroccan discus thrower.


Germund Dahlquist (16 January 1925 - 8 February 2005) was a Swedish mathematician known primarily for his early contributions to the theory of numerical analysis as applied to differential equations.


The specific name honors the American ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853-1932), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.


Maxi Herber (8 October 1920 - 20 October 2006) was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating.


Jerry S. Rawls is an American businessman and philanthropist.


Bennett Joshua Davlin is an American novelist, screenwriter, film director and producer, noted for being the only American artist to have served in all these roles within a single project, Warner Bros. and Echo Bridge's "Memory."


Hans Aebli (1921-1990) was a Swiss educationist, theorist, and researcher whose main focus was evolutionary psychology.


Matthew Salisbury is a British playwright, actor, and musician based in Warwickshire.


Charles Ambrose Storey (1888 - 1968) was a British orientalist.


Luke Bezzina (born May 7, 1995) is a Maltese sprinter.


Shimon Ratner (), also known as Shimon Leumi (), and by the nickname "Lumek" () was a Polish-born football player and coach, who coached the Mandatory Palestine national football team in 1934, taking control of them for their first ever match during the 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.


Ernst Burgbacher (born 28 May 1949 in Trossingen) is a German politician and member of the FDP.


Irene Mitterstieler (born August 6, 1974) was an Italian luger who competed from the late 1990s to 2005.


Alfred Preissler (9 April 1921 - 15 July 2003) was a German footballer and manager who played as a forward for Borussia Dortmund.


Mehdi Ziadi (born 20 September 1986) is a former Moroccan tennis player.


Mark Grebner (born 1952) is an American politician, attorney, political consultant, and psephologist from the state of Michigan.


Jiří Mihola (born 1 June 1972) is a Czech politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) since October 2013.


Alvin Carlsson (September 25, 1891 - October 26, 1972) was a Swedish diver who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.


Václav Hampl (born 1 July 1962) is a Czech physiologist and politician who was a Senator from Prague 1 since 2014 till 2020.


Mademoiselle chante... is an album recorded in 1987 by the French singer Patricia Kaas.


Four years later, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Figuerola won the silver medal in the 100 m, behind American Robert Hayes (gold) and ahead of Canadian Harry Jerome (bronze).


Beate Deininger (born 24 January 1964 in Frankfurt) is a German female former field hockey player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.


Ian Parks (born 1959) is a British poet, known for his works consisting of love poetry.


Dan Rahmel (born 1969) is an American author best known for his work relating to Visual Basic and database servers.


Abdellah Taïa (; born 1973) is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1998.


Dany Saadia is a Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter, podcaster and entrepreneur who won the 2008 Best Director Malaga Festival award as well as the Best Feature Film award at the Mostra de València (Spain).


Christopher Wolf (born Washington, DC 1954) is an American attorney specializing in Internet and privacy law.


Brian Hodgson (born 1938) is a British television composer and sound technician.


Zbigniew Antoni Fronczek (born 20 February 1935) is a Polish politician, current Member of Bydgoszcz City Council who represents the 4th district.


Farouk Abu Issa () (born 12 August 1933 - 12 April 2020) was a Sudanese politician and the Chairman of the National Consensus Forces.


Nicolás Dujovne (; born May 18, 1967) is an Argentine economist and former Minister of the Treasury between 2017 and 2019 under the administration of Mauricio Macri.


Francis Evrard (born July 12, 1946) is a French-Belgian serial rapist and pedophile, whose rise to notoriety came following his 2007 abduction, kidnapping and rape of a 5-year-old boy from his hometown of Roubaix, in Nord.


Jeremy Burnham (born 28 May 1931, died 31 Dec 2020) was a British television actor of the 1960s and 1970s and a screenwriter.


Eugenio Morales Agacino (March 15, 1914 - March 9, 2002) was a Spanish entomologist and naturalist, named honorary doctorate by the Autonomous University of Madrid.


Wolfgang Weber (born 26 June 1944) is a German former footballer best remembered for scoring the last-minute equaliser for West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final.


Karl Otto Pöhl (1 December 1929 - 9 December 2014) was a German economist and a President of the Bundesbank and Chairman of its Central Bank Council from 1980 to 1991.


Harold Sandford Mugford VC (31 August 1894 - 16 June 1958) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.


Fernand Guillou (January 6, 1926 - October 7, 2009) was a French basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.


Patricia Spears Jones (born 1951) is an American poet.


Bert De Backer (born 2 April 1984) is a Belgian professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .


Mónica Rosa (born 5 May 1978 in Torres Vedras) is a Portuguese runner who specializes in the longer track distances as well as cross-country running and half marathon.


Erard Corbin de Mangoux (born 6 January 1953) is a French prefect and the former head of the Directorate-General for External Security (DSGE), France's foreign intelligence service.


Nasir Gadžihanov (16 February 1967 - 29 May 2012) was a Russian naturalized Macedonian wrestler.


Fernando Eimbcke (born 1970 in Mexico City) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter.


Ryszard Wasko (Waśko) (born February 21, 1947 in Nysa) is a Polish artist, who has worked in multimedia, including photography, film, video, installation, painting, and drawing.


Teemu Metso (born August 23, 1985) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who played with Kärpät in the SM-liiga during the 2010-11 season.


Grzegorz Więzik (born 21 July 1963 in Poland) is a Polish retired footballer.


Valtteri Hietanen (born December 23, 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman.


Sten Hagander (November 22, 1891 - April 22, 1981) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.


is a 1970 play in two acts by American playwrights Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick about a Jewish couple coming to terms with their son's homosexuality.


Lasse Korhonen is a Finnish ice hockey player who currently plays professionally in Finland for Tappara of the SM-liiga.


Christoph Burkhard (born 19 November 1984 in Aichach) is a German footballer who plays for FC Pipinsried.


Barbara Emile is a British television producer.


La Personalidad de Yolandita Monge is the final release under Patty Records by Puerto Rican singer Yolandita Monge and a re-issue of her second studio album A Star is Shining with different artwork and track listing.


Jakub Giża (born 26 April 1985) is a Polish shot putter.


Dedra Davis (born 17 July 1973) is a retired Bahamian athlete who specialised in the long jump and sprinting events.


Abhai Chandavimol ( 1907-1993), the Thai Minister of Education served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1965 to 1971, representing The National Scout Organization of Thailand.


Cherd Songsri (Thai: เชิด ทรงศรี, September 20, 1931 - May 21, 2006) was a Thai film director, screenwriter and film producer.


José Marroquín Leal (April 1, 1933 - February 6, 1998) was a Mexican actor, notable for playing a clown known as "Pipo".


Vladyslav Helzin (; born 27 August 1973 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian public figure, politician, footballer and football functionary, president of FC Olimpik Donetsk.


Jacob Reider is an American physician and expert in health information technology policy.


Paolo Boffetta (born July 19, 1958) is an Italian epidemiologist.


Tadeusz Kantor (6 April 1915 - 8 December 1990) was a Polish painter, assemblage and Happenings artist, set designer and theatre director.


Rolf Gunnarsson (born 1946) is a Swedish former politician of the Moderate Party.


Jeanne de Casalis (22 May 1897 - 19 August 1966) was a Basutoland-born British actress of stage, radio, TV and film.


Pepe Lienhard (born Peter Rudolf Lienhard; 23 March 1946 in Lenzburg) is a Swiss bandleader and musician.


Joe Ernest Rakotonirina is a Malagasy politician.


Benjamin Herrmann (born July 17, 1971) is a German film producer and distributor.


"I Love Them Ho's (Ho-Wop)" is a song by American singer and songwriter Eamon.


The summit was reached for the first time by the Italian climbers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni, on the 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition led by Ardito Desio.


Zebeda Rekhviashvili (; born February 16, 1991 in Georgian) is a Georgian judoka.


Siegfried Fricke (born 19 November 1954) is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and later became a politician.


Prasit Taodee (Thai: ประสิทธิ์ เทาดี; born March 9, 1985) is a Thai football player.


Milena Nikolić (born 6 July 1992) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a Forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team.


Clifford L. Jones (December 31, 1927 - May 7, 2008) was an American politician and Pennsylvania Republican Party chairman.


Clare Booth (born 19 September 1964 at Liverpool) is a British former alpine skier who competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics and in the 1988 Winter Olympics.


Samuli Kaivonurmi (born 3 March 1988) is a Finnish footballer currently playing for Finnish Ykkönen club KTP.


Roy Hession (1908-1992) was a British evangelist and author.


Stephan R. Epstein (15 March 1960 - 3 February 2007), known as "Larry", was a British economic historian, and a professor at the London School of Economics.


Jessica Paoletta (born 21 March 1988) is an Italian sprinter.


Marek Bartánus (born February 13, 1987) is a Slovak ice hockey player who is currently playing for the HK Dukla Michalovce of the Slovak Extraliga.


Petra Niemann (born 14 August 1978) is a German former yacht racer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in the 2008 Summer Olympics.


Ross Green (born 3 January 1978 in Falkirk) is a British former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.


"Alla andra får varann" (All the others get each other) is a song by Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist, which represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960, performed in Swedish.


Anders Parker is an American singer-songwriter, guitar player, singer and multi-instrumentalist with a career spanning two decades.


Tom Mangersnes (born 4 January 1977) is a Norwegian football coach.


The film chronicles the fight for democracy in Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe, and includes animated segments narrated by British actor Alfred Molina.


Arnaldo Cinquetti (born 7 November 1953) is an Italian former swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.


Pon-Karidjatou Traoré (born 9 January 1986) is a Burkinabé athlete specialising in the sprinting events.


Eric Adlercreutz (born 1935 in Helsinki) is a Finnish architect, and head of the Helsinki-based architecture firm A-Konsultit, founded in 1962 together with his wife Gunnel Adlercreutz.


Monica Gunnarsson (born 22 April 1965) is a Swedish female former racewalking athlete.


Liu Cuiqing (born October 28, 1991) is a Chinese para-track and field athlete who competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the T11/F11 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres and long jump.


Sarah Beth Grey (born 10 August 1995; formerly known as Sarah Beth Askew), commonly known as Beth Grey, is a British tennis player.


Stefan Ulm (born December 21, 1975) is a German sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2004.


Eduardo Luján Manera (22 August 1944 - 15 August 2000) was an Argentine football defender, and a manager who won the Argentine Primera with Estudiantes de La Plata as player and manager.


Christine Rolfes (born March 25, 1967) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, serving as the Washington State Senator for the 23rd District since 2011.


Samuel Nii Ayi Mankattah was a Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament for the Odododiodio constituency.


Nathalia Acevedo (born November 22, 1984) is a Mexican actress best known for her acting debut in Carlos Reygadas' Post Tenebras Lux which premiered in competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and won for Reygadas the Best Director Award.


Martin Thelander (born 15 May 1981, in Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey player.


Elizabeth Kolbert (born 1961) is an American journalist and author and visiting fellow at Williams College.


Guillermo Ortega Ruiz (born February 15, 1955 in Mexico City) is a Mexican journalist.


John Charles Manning (born 1962) is a South African botanist based in the Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch, South Africa.


Dudley Wood (born 9 July 1946) is a British former racing driver.


Otto Gustaf Carlsund (1897-1948) was a Swedish avant-garde artist and art critic, connected to Cubism, Purism, Neo-Plasticism, and Concrete art.


George Ambler Wilson, CBE, MICE (1906-1977) was a British civil engineer.


Halit Kiliç (born 1 March 1992 in Mardin) is a Turkish athlete competing in the 400 and 800 metres.


Alessandro Fattori (born 21 June 1973) is an Italian former alpine skier who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics, and 2002 Winter Olympics.


Deborah Elizabeth Vavasseur Barnes (born 6 October 1956), known since her marriage as Deborah Barnes-Jones, is a British diplomat and administrator.


Hollywood, Tennessee is an album by the American country music singer Crystal Gayle.


Jérôme Coppel (born 6 August 1986) is a French former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the , , and teams.


"Todo esto es la música" (, "Music is all this") is a song recorded by Spanish singer Serafín Zubiri.


Jari Rouvinen is a Finnish male curler and curling coach.


Ang Lee  (; born 23 October 1954) is a Taiwanese American film director, producer, and screenwriter.


Oleksandr Matvyeyev (; born 11 February 1989 in Poltava, Ukrainian SSR) is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for MFC Metalurh Zaporizhya.


Alain Oreille (born 22 April 1953 in Sarre-Union) is a former French rally driver, who won the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire in 1989, a round of the World Rally Championship.


Thomas Hugues (born 11 May 1966) is a French journalist, producer and television host.


Marcel Detienne (October 11, 1935 in Liège, Belgium - March 21, 2019 in Nemours, France) was a Belgian historian and specialist in the study of ancient Greece.


Rosey Edeh (born August 16, 1966) is a Canadian television personality, who was a news anchor for "Global News at Noon" on Global Toronto and senior reporter for "ET Canada".


Volker Koepp (born 22 June 1944) is a German documentary film producer.


Thomas Coe (3 November 1873 - 26 October 1942) was a British water polo player who won a gold medal in the 1900 Summer Olympics.


Marie-Pierre Duros (born 7 June 1967) is a French former middle- and long-distance runner who specialised in the 3000 metres.


Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 until 2019.


Eugene Lammot (May 22, 1899 - March 1987) was an American politician who served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, from January 17, 1961, to January 19, 1965, under Governor Elbert N. Carvel.


Sandeep Parikh (; born July 23, 1980) is an American writer, director, actor and producer of comedy currently residing in Silverlake in Los Angeles, California.


Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier (5 August 1787, in Munich - 28 August 1867, in Heidelberg) was a German jurist.


Max Rauffer (born 8 May 1972 in Kolbermoor) is a German former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.


"Merry Happy" is the fifth single by British singer-songwriter Kate Nash.


Oskar Ekberg (born 19 February 1977, in Södertälje) is a Swedish pianist basically active as a performer at the Swedish concert scene.


Benjamin Weger (born 5 October 1989) is a Swiss biathlete.


Bruce Feirstein (born 1956) is an American screenwriter and humorist, best known for his contributions to the James Bond series and his best-selling humor books, including "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" and "Nice Guys Sleep Alone".


Adriano Lombardi (7 August 1945 - 30 November 2007), nicknamed "il rosso di Ponsacco", was an Italian football player and a football coach, mostly known for his time spent at Avellino.


Ronnie Earl (born Ronald Horvath, March 10, 1953, Queens, New York, United States) is an American blues guitarist and music instructor.


Raúl Adolfo Pérez (born 11 November 1939) is an Argentine former footballer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.


Stefan Meller (4 July 1942 in Lyon, France - 4 February 2008 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish diplomat and academician.


Carl August Tidemann (born 7 June 1971) is a highly technical Norwegian Neo-classical metal guitarist and composer, best known for his work in progressive bands like Arcturus and Winds.


Eduard Grüneisen (26 May 1877 - 5 April 1949) was a German physicist; co-eponym of Mie-Grüneisen equation of state

Grüneisen was born in Giebichenstein.


Alfred Struwe (April 22, 1927 - February 13, 1998) was a German actor, best known for his television role as Dr. Alexander Wittkugel in "Zahn um Zahn".


Britt Bohlin Olsson (born 1956) is a Swedish social democratic politician, who has served as Secretary-General of the Nordic Council since 2014.


Helga Schneider (born Steinberg, 17 November 1937) is an Italian writer of German origin.


Bernardo Calderón Cabrera (October 16, 1922 in Mexico City - December 21, 2003 in Mexico City) was a Mexican architect.


Jenny Shircore is a British make-up artist.


Alba Roversi (born August 14, 1961) is a Venezuelan telenovela and theater actress who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s for her role in telenovelas.


Sean Bradley (birthday unknown) is an American conductor, composer, violinist, music theorist, educator, and impresario (producer of large-scale symphonic and operatic events).


Andrea Benetti (born 28 June 1980 in Turin) is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1997 to 2013.


Aleksei Feodorovich Aladin (1873-1927) was a Russian soldier and politician who formed and led the Trudoviks, the Labour Party.


Abdul Rahim Mrad () is a Lebanese Sunni politician.


Roland Clara (born March 8, 1982 in Bruneck) is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002.


It was founded in 1952 in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, by Polish immigrant Samuel Klein, who began his career as a peddler selling products to migrant workers from the Brazilian Northeast.


Paul Finet (4 November 1897 - 18 May 1965) was a Belgian politician who served in the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community and led the Finet Authority from 1958 to 1959.


Thomas Buckner (born 1941) is an American baritone vocalist specializing in the performance of contemporary classical music and improvised music.


Lord of Chaos is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the sixth book of his series "The Wheel of Time".


Jane Boake-Cope is a former German curler.


Ahmed Khamis (; born 16 November 1985), also known as Ahmed, is an Emirati footballer.


Joakim Alriksson (born August 18, 1992), is a Swedish footballer who plays for Enskede IK as a midfielder.


Julien Gorius (born 17 March 1985) is a French professional footballer who is currently unemployed after playing for Oud-Heverlee Leuven in the Belgian First Division B.


Malika Zouhali-Worrall is a British-Moroccan documentary filmmaker, best known as one of the directors, with Katherine Fairfax Wright, of the 2012 film "Call Me Kuchu".


Gini Graham Scott is an American author, songwriter, and game developer.


Marlene Mizzi (born 24 December 1954, Rabat, Malta) is a former Maltese politician and Member of the European Parliament.


Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (31 October 1948, Helsinki, Finland - 4 December 2011, Valkeakoski, Finland) was a Finnish writer of crime fiction.


Reino Tolvanen (31 July 1920, in Viipuri - 21 November 1974, in Pretoria, South Africa) was a Finnish actor who played Antti Rokka in Edvin Laine's movie "The Unknown Soldier", based on a book by Väinö Linna.


Karl Ringel (born 30 September 1932) is a German former footballer who played internationally for both Saarland and West Germany.


Alexandra Schneider (born 10 January 1977) is a German sport shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.


Dorris Henderson (February 2, 1933 - March 3, 2005) was an American-born, United Kingdom-based folk music singer and autoharp player.


Joshua Bishop (born 30 May 2000) is a Barbadian cricketer.


Paulo Pires (born 26 February 1967) is a Portuguese television and film actor and former stage actor and fashion model, known for his work in Portuguese and Spanish television and films.


Bradley Ray (born 16 May 1997 in Ashford, Kent, England is a British motorcycle racer.


Carl Jacob Burckhardt (September 10, 1891 - March 3, 1974) was a Swiss diplomat and historian.


Eberhard Heinrich (born 12 March 1926) is a German journalist.


Geoff Senior (born 1960) is a British artist, best known for his work in the comic book field in the 1980s, mainly for Marvel UK.


My Love Affair with Trains is the 20th studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released in 1976.


Kakha Bendukidze (; 20 April 1956 - 13 November 2014) was a Georgian statesman, businessman and philanthropist, regarded as the "Man Who Remade Georgia", founder of the Knowledge Foundation and head of the supervisory board of Agricultural and Free Universities.


Benito Corghi (26 May 1938 - 5 August 1976) was an Italian long-distance truckdriver, who was a victim of Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic on a border crossing point.


Vicente Salgado y Garrucho (born 20 April 1936 Manila - 9 April 2005) was a Filipino Roman Catholic bishop and the second Bishop of Romblon succeeding His Most Reverend Nicolas M. Mondejar in 1988.


The current rapid world champion is the Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen.


The Woman's Boat is the third album by American singer/songwriter Toni Childs.


Tereza Králová (born 22 October 1989) is a Czech athlete specialising in the hammer throw.


Sven Thiele (born 12 May 1969 in Merseburg) is a German former wrestler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.


Joonas Laurikainen (born May 19, 1983) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Jazz Pori.


Robustiano Patrón Costas (August 5, 1878 - September 24, 1965) was a conservative Argentine politician and businessman who served as interim president of the nation and governor of his native province.


Franz Joseph Molitor, or Joseph Franz Molitor (July 7, 1779 in Oberursel/Taunus - March 23, 1860 in Frankfurt/Main) was a German writer and philosopher.


Hayat El Ghazi (born 1979) is a Moroccan hammer thrower.


"The Tunnel" () is a dark, psychological novel written by Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato about a deranged porteño painter, Juan Pablo Castel, and his obsession with a woman.


Katrin Schreiter (born February 24, 1969 in Arnstadt) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.


Abdelhadi Said () (born 1974 in Marrakech) is a Moroccan poet.


Paul Mehlitz (born 24 December 1906, date of death unknown) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.


Burt Kearns is an American television and film producer, writer, director, journalist and author, known for his work in reality television and his controversial 1999 tabloid television memoir, "Tabloid Baby".


Pierre-André Schürmann (born 5 July 1960 in Port-Valais, Switzerland) is a Swiss football manager and former footballer.


"It Can Only Get Better" is an English language song by Swedish singer Amy Diamond.


Maurizio Nassi (born January 3, 1977 in Taormina) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912.


Toubé Clément Dakio (born 1939) is a Burkinabé politician and President of the Union for Democracy and Development (UDD) party, a minor political party in Burkina Faso.


Andrew Chetcuti (born 19 November 1992 in Pietà) is a Maltese freestyle and butterfly swimmer specialising in short course events.


David Grier is an American acoustic guitarist.


William Trinke (January 25, 1897 - September 25, 1982) was an American lawyer and realtor from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and partner in the firm, Trinke and (John) Raup.


Markus Hillukkala (born 1987) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Bollnäs GIF (2005-) as a defender.


Gerhard Stoltenberg (September 29, 1928 - November 23, 2001) was a German politician (CDU) and minister in the cabinets of Ludwig Erhard, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Helmut Kohl.


Artem Kasyanov (; born 20 April 1983) is a Ukrainian footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for FC Okzhetpes in the Kazakhstan Premier League.


Donatien Bouché (May 10, 1882-1965) was a French sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.


Lynne Cherry (born January 5, 1952) is an American writer and illustrator of nature-themed children's books and a film producer.


Sakhidad Hamidi (born 10 October 1952) is an Afghan former wrestler who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.


Pavel Tigrid (27 October 1917 - 31 August 2003) was a Czech writer, publisher, author and politician.


Giuseppe D'Altrui (born Naples April 7, 1934) is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.


Boo Cook (born 1972) is a British comic artist, whose work mainly features in the comic "2000 AD".


George Sikazwe (born 1938) was a former Zambian footballer and coach, who played for Mufulira Wanderers and Zambia as a midfielder, representing his country before and after independence.


Marvin Weinstein (born August 18, 1957) known as Meir Weinstein and previously known as Meir Halevi is the national director of the Canadian branch of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) and since 2017 has claimed to be the leader of the JDL in North America.


Georg Voigt was a German historian who was born in 1827 in Königsberg in East Prussia.


Harald Klose (born 12 March 1945) is a German former footballer.


The Women of Tammuz is a 2004 prize-winning novel written by Filipino author Azucena Grajo-Uranza It won two Philippine National Book Awards in 2004, namely the Juan C. Laya Award for being the Best Novel in a Philippine Language, and the Juan C. Laya Award for being the Best Novel in a Foreign Language.


Paul C. P. McIlhenny (March 19, 1944 - February 23, 2013) was an American businessman and executive at family-owned McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco sauce and other Tabasco brand products at Avery Island, Louisiana.


René Pedroli (Montignies-sur-Sambre, Belgium, 19 July 1914 — Charleroi, Belgium, 17 July 1986) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer.


Ajin Panjapan (, 11 October 1927 - 17 November 2018) was a Thai writer, best known for his "Tine Mine" series of short stories, based on his experiences in the tin dredging operations of Phang-nga Province.


Richard Rudolf Walzer, FBA (14 July 1900 in Berlin - 16 April 1975 in Oxford) was a German-born British expert on Greek philosophy.


Woody Aragón (born as Emilio de Paz Aragón on 3 October 1974, Madrid), is a Spanish magician.


Fritz Messner (January 18, 1912 - November 7, 1945) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.


Eyre Sealy is a Barbadian professional football manager.


Scott Colomby (born September 19, 1952) is an American film, television, and stage actor, best known for his roles in "Caddyshack" (1980) and "Porky's" (1982).


Oscar Alsenfelt (born June 24, 1987) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).


Fatima Tabaamrant (berber: ⴼⴰⵜⵉⵎⴰ ⵜⴰⴱⴰⵄⵎⵕⴰⵏⵜ; born 1962) is a Moroccan Berber actress and singer-songwriter.


William Brede Kristensen (21 June 1867 - 25 September 1953) was a Norwegian born, Dutch theologian, professor and historian of religion.


After the former National President, Maltese boxer Alex Vella, was stranded in Malta after a visit in 2014, it is presumed that Damien Vella, who was permitted to return to the country, took the role of National President.


Anna Bacchiega (born 18 July 1957) is an Italian yacht racer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.


Karl Krumbacher (23 September 1856 - 12 December 1909) was a German scholar who was an expert on Byzantine Greek language, literature, history and culture.


François Briatte (27 September 1805 - 30 January 1877) was a Swiss politician, member of the Conseil d'Etat of the Canton of Vaud (1845-1861), member and several times President of the Swiss Council of States.


Łukasz Garguła (; born 25 February 1981 in Żagań, Poland) is a Polish footballer who plays for Lechia Zielona Góra as a central midfielder.


Christin Sørum (born 12 January 1968) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in 3000 metres and cross-country running.


Felix Wagner (born ) is a Swiss wheelchair curler.


Jean-Pierre Amat (born 13 June 1962 in Chambéry, Savoie) is a French sports shooter who competed and won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the "small bore rifle, three positions".


Marco Falaschi (born 18 September 1987) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, bronze medalist of World League 2013, Montenegrin Champion (2014).


Norbert Haug (born 24 November 1952 in Engelsbrand, Baden-Württemberg) is a German journalist, and the former Vice President of Mercedes-Benz motorsport activity, including Formula One, Formula 3 and DTM.


Somebody's Someone is the third studio album by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Gil Grand.


Henry Ferrini (born 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an American non-fiction filmmaker best known for his portraits of Jack Kerouac and Charles Olson.


Virginie Moinard (born 7 August 1981 in Thiais, France) is a French road and track racing cyclist.


Silke Pielen (born 29 August 1955 in Nordhorn) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.


Darko Nikač (; born 15 May 1990) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a forward for Kosovan side Gjilani.


Guidina Dal Sasso (born 16 January 1958) is an Italian cross-country skier and mountain runner who competed from 1982 to 2002.


Xavier Saelens (born 1965) is a Belgian scientist and currently his main research interest is finding a universal influenza vaccine.


Joan Molina (November 15, 1940 - October 4, 2014) was a Spanish film and television actor, best known for his roles on "L'Alqueria Blanca", in which he portrayed the mayor, and "Doctor Mateo".


Jindřich Dejmal (born 4 July 1948) is a Czech football manager who is the current sports director of FC Písek.


José Martial Ranaivo is a Malagasy politician.


Jörg Kastendiek (18 September 1964 - 13 May 2019) was a German politician for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), who was member of the Bürgerschaft, the state parliament of Bremen.


Niklaus Niggeler (3 May 1817, Grossaffoltern - 26 May 1872) was a Swiss politician from the canton of Bern.


Patrik Norén (born December 1, 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).


Olivia Vieweg (born October 3, 1987 in Jena) is a German cartoonist and author, also a cartoonist and editor of comic anthologies.


Andreas Loverdos ( ; born 15 May 1956) is a Greek politician who was Minister for Education and Religious Affairs from 2014 to 2015.


Sandra Cóias is a Portuguese actress, known for Tu e Eu (2006), Terra Mãe (1998) and A Grande Aposta (1997).


Peter Hamerlík (born 2 January 1982) is a Slovak ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for HK Poprad of the Slovak Extraliga.


Pathaan actor Shah Rukh Khan is the only Indian in the list of '50 Greatest Actors of All Time' released by Empire magazine on Tuesday.


An impoverished noble by birth, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) joined the French military to help support his family, began taking flying lessons and soon began to make his name as a celebrated aviator in North Africa and Argentina, helping to establish often-perilous air mail routes.


A range of work  both sculptural and framed  was in plentiful supply to tempt every palate and budget, from works by Nineteenth Century European masters like Pierre Auguste Renoir's (French, 1841-1919) 1918 oil on canvas "Etude de Femme au Chapeau Jaune" to "Audrey Hepburn," by contemporary American artist Doug Powell, who creates pictorial mosaics from upcycled computer keys.


Five years later he teamed up with the American actress Blair Booth and jeweller Anouchka Grose and began recording as Terry, Blair & Anouchka, though their debut album Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes (1990) did not chart.


Focusing on the lives of rural women, Prabha was one of the most prominent Indian female artists of her time.


On the bottom is the mark of his partner John Hull (1624-1683), a British-born tradesman who arrived in Boston in 1635.


"ASEAN and the international community at large have stood idly for too long as the Rohingya tragedy unfolded over the years," said Kasit Piromya, an APHR board member and a former Thai minister of foreign affairs.


Fox, 29, a native of Huntingdon, England, made 86 appearances with El Paso over the past four seasons, scoring six goals and registering three assists … USMNT captain Tyler Adams and goalkeeper Matt Turner, the first American with two shutouts in the same World Cup since 1930, head the list of nominees of men's player of the year while NWSL scoring champion Alex Morgan and league MVP Sophia Smith top the women's list.


Swimming life-saver -- When 25-year-old American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez passed out at the end of her solo routine at the World Championships in Budapest in June, her coach Andrea Fuentes plunged to the rescue.


Picture book author and illustrator Lee Suzy became the first Korean illustrator to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her contribution to children's books.


"The Right to Disconnect policy creates a safety net for staff to ensure nobody is placed under pressure or compelled to work in ways or times that are atypical for them," said Richard Hardy, Scottish secretary of the civil service union Prospect, on behalf of the Council of Scottish Government Unions.


Earlier, on December 11, two bookmakers, Rudra Prasad Pokharel of Palpa, and Indian national Paban Kumar Sharma, who lives in Kathmandu, were arrested.


"I thought the chemistry was great right from the start," said Canadian Andreescu.


Wong is the first Australian foreign minister to visit China in four years, as bilateral relations began to show signs of progress after Australia's new government took office in June.


Euclides da Cunha, a Brazilian journalist, called the Amazonian rubber trade "the most criminal employment organisation ever spawned".


Rasmussen's friend, known in the film as Amin, is an Afghan refugee who agrees to share how he made his way from war-torn Kabul in the 80s to now, living a settled, open life in Denmark as a gay man, one he'd never thought was possible.


Gabrielle Hutchinson, 23, was working as a security guard at the O2 Brixton Academy, where Nigerian singer Asake was due to perform Thursday.


AFL greats Kane Cornes and Jonathan Brown even labelled the 24-year-old West Australian as the game's best player during the season due to his rare skill set and match-winning ability.


Born in England, he became an American citizen in 1943. .


"The political agreement on the FCAS is a big step forward and -- especially in the current international context -- an important signal of the excellent cooperation between France, Germany and Spain," the office of French President Emmanuel Macron said when the deal was announced last month.


Former PM Rudd named Australian ambassador to United States.


In many respects, Mr Herman is the picture of a modern Indonesian.


Upon learning from one of the Korean woman's letters that her grandson was alive, Nishida made every effort to arrange his return, including getting identification documents issued proving he was Japanese.


The music was written by British composer Sir Hubert Perry.


Also, an oil on canvas by Sam (Samir) Barber (American/Italian, b 1943), titled "Colors of Spring," depicting an Impressionist-style lily pond with yellow flowers and tall grass, signed and framed, should hit $4/6,000.


Po, the Australian shepherd, was seized when the landlord's changed the locks in 2019.


Another investor is Satya Nadella, the Indian-born CEO of Microsoft, who was not present that day.


Svitolina skyrocketed in popularity at home when she became the first Ukrainian to reach a major semi-final at Wimbledon in 2019."


"Messi, Messi," they all shout when the Argentine star receives the prize for best player of the tournament and when he approaches to lift the World Cup.


Maxime Maufra was a French marine and landscape artist who worked in the style of French Impressionists, notably Alfred Sisley.


For his part, the Iraqi prime minister expressed condolences to the King over the Public Security Directorate personnel who were killed in the line of duty, stressing Iraq's commitment to working with Jordan in countering terrorism and extremism.


But an Australian woman cricketer, currently in India on a five-match T-20 series, carried it off with aplomb.


Its creator, Dutch artist Thijs Biersteker, told AFP the idea behind it is simple: "If the research does not reach us, then how can the research teach us?".


However, Russian-born Elena Rybakina, representing Kazakhstan, won the women's singles title at the All England Club.


An American sculpture on offer is "Appeal to the Great Spirit," 1906, by Charles Henry Humphriss (American, 1867-1934).


Earning $22,000 was a late Eighteenth or early Nineteenth Century oval portrait of George Washington in his 1789 uniform that bears a resemblance to a life portrait of Washington done by Irish American artist, Walter Robertson (1750-1801), which is in the collection of Tudor Place, Washington DC.


THE HAGUE — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Monday on behalf of his government for the Netherlands's role in slavery and the slave trade, in a speech welcomed by activists as historic but lacking in concrete plans for repair and reparations.


President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has taken to wearing a black T-shirt that says: "I'm Ukrainian.".


The enduring tale of this World Cup, though, will be how Messi stepped up to fill the until now unfillable void of Maradona after his death, by pulling this Argentine unit on the sheer force of his ambition to prove a point.


In 1876 a British adventurer, Henry Wickham, smuggled 70,000 rubber-tree seeds out of Brazil.


Lionel Scaloni was ranked equal third for steering Argentina to their first World Cup triumph since 1986 alongside Morocco's Walid Regragui, architect of the African side's stunning run to the semi-finals.


Active in New York, the work is described as reflecting "an innocence of heart and eye as well as an ever-present, seemingly intrinsic feeling for color and design," not surprising since the artist's mother was the well-known folk artist Grandma Moses (American, 1860-1961).


As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the birth of the French theatrical prodigy, we might also salute the memory of an Irish woman whose skill, knowledge and energy were used to forge a new language for European drama translation in Ireland.


The top sale was far and away an untitled painting by Jagdish Swaminathan (Indian, 1928-1994), part of his "Mountain and Bird" series.


"Wherever I go, people love Australia and I'm proud to be an Australian abroad.".


I once noted that Hall's spirit of glum idealism made him the most quintessentially British protest singer ever.


Wahl, an American journalist who helped grow the popularity of soccer in the United States and reported on some of the biggest stories in the sport, was 49.


Signed and titled lower right "Colorful Gopherville, Mario Sanchez," the 32½-by-15-inch carving presented in a simple wooden frame was created by Mario Sanchez (1908-2005), known as the most important Cuban-American folk artist of the Twentieth Century.


Lal appreciated Phogat's hard work and her father's undying effort to help Indian sportswomen make a space and leave a mark in the international arena.


The first to foresee the business possibilities of filmmaking in India after the watershed moment of Phalke releasing the country's first indigenously made feature film, he produced 20 films and established Patience Cooper as one of India's first Indian film stars.


Ms Amini, 22, was a Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody after being accused of violating the country's strict dress code for women.


South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed Tuesday to unite the deeply-fissured African National Congress (ANC) and root out graft after the ruling party re-elected him as leader despite anger over a growing scandal.


The songwriter — who left school at 15 and became a global icon of the British punk scene by the age of 22 — died following a short illness, according to the band's statement.


I also took the opportunity to reread the other book Saint-Exupéry wrote during his American exile, Flight to Arras, which chronicles his time and thoughts as a reconnaissance pilot during the last days before the fall of France.


A Polish man who died fighting in Ukraine was buried in his native soil Tuesday as weeping mourners praised him as a hero of two nations.


Pairing original writings published by previous Bucks County Prison inmates at the time of their incarceration with selections from renowned Nigerian/American filmmaker, fashion designer and photographer Walé Oyéjidé's existing body of work, "Walé Oyéjidé: Flight of the Dreamer" features lush garments and regal portraits of inspiring individuals to transform the gallery space into an empowering, imagined escape from the difficulties of imprisonment.


But Equatorial Guinea was invited despite the State Department stating that it held "serious doubts" about last month's election, in which President Teodoro Obiang's ruling party won nearly 95% of the vote in the tiny Central African nation.


Anderson (American, b 1970) first received international attention for his documentary work from conflict zones all over the world and has been a member of the international photography cooperative Magnum since 2005.


NEW HAMBURG, ONTARIO, CANADA  On October 8, Miller & Miller Auctions presented its semi-annual Canadiana and Folk art sale, an auction of nearly 350 lots built around the collection of the Honorable Jim Fleming, former Canadian broadcaster and a member of the House of Commons from 1972 to 1984.


During an appearance on Australia's "Today," British journalist and commentator Dickie Arbiter, who served as Queen Elizabeth II's press spokesman from 1988 to 2000, said he believes the Sussexes shouldn't hold out for an apology from the palace.


Belsnickel is a German monster who visits children to whip them into shape as a foil to jolly St. Nicholas.


Steffan Watkins is a Canadian Osint researcher who has spent years tracking planes and ships using this kind of publicly available data.


Lloris, France's captain, shared the joy of the French team as Kane's late miss proved decisive in an intense game.


According to Gerald Abrahams (1907-1980, British chess player and author), a love of learning, determination and a gift for languages (due to migration) also contribute to success.


However, the predominantly male catalog was overtaken by an untitled Lynne Mapp Drexler (American, 1928-1999) painting that sold for $450,000, multiplying its $50/75,000 estimate.


Nothing matters to her, she is shameless, treacherous," said Guadalupe Huaman, a Castillo supporter protesting with a Peruvian flag and hard hat in Lima.


Geoff Raby, a former Australian ambassador to China, observed in The Australian Financial Review in September that "tiny green shoots are beginning to appear in the Australia-China relationship".


Svitolina skyrocketed in popularity at home when she became the first Ukrainian to reach a major semi-final at Wimbledon in 2019."


Though Emmett Brosowsky, an American teen star, can also appreciate the dictionary update at a cultural level.


On Gucci's website, it elaborated on the meaning behind the November campaign, writing: "The House presents the Gucci HA HA HA campaign featuring British singer-songwriter and actor, Harry Styles.


A 97-year-old German woman has been convicted of being an accessory to murder for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp during World War II.


Prime Video announced Varun Dhawan as lead talent of the Indian installment of the 'Citadel' universe by Russo Brothers.


The work of Canadian artist Shelagh Keeley includes photography, film, artist books and collaborative performances, all of which cohere through the act of drawing.


Thus, Arteta surely must find a replacement in January that he can only hope will make up for the Brazilian's contributions of five goals and six assists in 14 league appearances.


The Ode to Newfoundland was written in 1902 by Sir Cavendish Boyle, a British civil servant who served as colonial governor of Newfoundland.


"They were in a terrible condition," said Katarzyna Bogumila, a Polish volunteer who has helped care for them since they first arrived.


Ahmed is one of seven Iraqi conservators who are currently undergoing training, funded by the Italian embassy, to help them carry out their colossal restoration mission.


In addition to work by Hungarian photojournalist Robert Capa, the exhibition presents new scholarship to properly credit the contributions of Polish-American photojournalist Chim (David Seymour), and German photo journalist Gerda Taro.


Last week, the 24-year old Kishan became the fourth ODI double-centurion Indian - after Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar - and the seventh batsman overall to achieve the feat, along with Gayle, Martin Guptill and Fakhar Zaman.


Zelenskyy's visit on Tuesday is the latest high-profile trip that the Ukrainian leader has made to cities and towns near the frontlines since the war began, and one of the riskiest due to the intensity of fighting in the area.


A bite from an innocent-looking kitten spelled doom for a Danish man who died of complications four years later.


Alexei Kulemzin, the Russian-installed mayor of the city of Donetsk, said Ukrainian shelling hit a hospital wing, along with a kindergarten, posting on Telegraph a photo of what appeared to be a waiting room with smashed furniture and fittings.


Putin's message on Tuesday came hours before Zelenskiy's office announced that the Ukrainian leader made a surprise visit to the embattled city of Bakhmut, which has largely been ravaged after nearly five months of fighting and has been referred to by both sides as the "Bakhmut meat-grinder".


He was trained in landscape painting by Charles Le Roux (French, 1814-1895), and gave up his career in business to become a full-time artist after seeing the works of Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775-1851) and John Constable (British, 1776-1837).


Beate, 83, is a non-Jewish German who was so outraged when she learned about the Holocaust, that she chose to spend her entire life battling to put Nazis behind bars.


'I'd rather be a tramp than reform my old bands': Lawrence on life as British music's greatest also-ran.


Igor Girkin made the comments at the end of an interview on the YouTube channel of Russian businessman Andrei Kovalyov, during which he anticipated a swift response if such weapons were used.


Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen continued to be the best-placed Indian at number seven while former world no.


FORT WORTH, TEXAS The Kimbell Art has acquired "Still Life with a Bowl of Strawberries, Basket of Cherries and Branch of Gooseberries," signed and dated 1631 by French artist Louise Moillon (1609/10-1696).


The deadpan frontman of The Specials  has died, aged just 63, after a short illness, and it feels as though British pop has lost part of itself.


"I'm rooting for Messi, that he wins the cup and brings it to South America," said Junior Atainhios, a 42-year-old Brazilian tourist in Buenos Aires


William Louis Sonntag Sr (1822-1900) was an American landscape painter who became a leading painter of Romantic landscapes as a member of the group known as the Hudson River School.


"Awakening" features renowned British artist Rebecca Louise Law in her debut exhibition in Hawai'i.


Polls showed his approval ratings above 80%, unprecedented for a Tunisian president (or, indeed, for most politicians).


The United States has been a great democratic experiment, and since George Washington turned the office of the president over to John Adams, the American tradition of the peaceful transfer of power has been an integral part of our nation's stability and well-being.


"As a citizen of occupied territory I had all the contacts of people there, and so I started to build a network of saboteurs when Putin invaded Ukraine," Zhemchugov, a Russian speaker, tells The Independent from Kyiv where he is now based.


LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Caught between a severe economic crisis, a restive population and his country's need for foreign capital, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will spend 2023 trying to make friends with the European Union partners he scorned for years.


Similarly, Vu Cao Dam (Vietnamese, 1908-2000) portrayed an elegant woman in relaxed pose in a red gown for "La Poete," 1969.


An exhibit within the exhibition showcases a selection from "People of the Twentieth Century," the life's work of the German photographer August Sander (1876-1964).


Shelton, an Iranian immigrant who dreamed of competing professionally, is a stark example of how bodybuilders are risking their lives, and sometimes dying, because of extreme measures that are encouraged by coaches, rewarded by judges and ignored by leaders of the industry, according to a recent investigation by The Washington Post.


Gaby Hutchinson, 23, was working as a security guard at the O2 Brixton Academy, where Nigerian singer Asake was due to perform Thursday.


FrenchNotes.ie In 2015, experienced French teacher Elizabeth Lyne, author of Leaving Certificate textbook Bonne Chance, began writing French notes for students, and a small business was born.


British artist Chris Barker posted the image on Instagram ( and ), the latter of which includes the caption, "#sgtpepper2022 update.


THE HEROIC RESCUE When 25-year-old American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez passed out at the end of her solo routine at the World Championships in Budapest in June, her coach Andrea Fuentes plunged to the rescue.


Rita Mawuena Benissan, a Ghanaian-American artist and founder of Si Hene, a non-profit foundation that collects archives telling stories about Ghana's royal history, welcomed the opening of the centre.


"Your duty is to do all that is needed to ensure their safety and protection of rights and freedoms," the Russian leader said on the national day commemorating the security agencies' work.


On Monday, he called Boluarte, his former vice president, a "usurper" in a written letter to the Peruvian people where he claimed to still be the country's legitimate leader.


7:15 a.m. Russia is trying to obtain "hundreds of ballistic missiles" and more from Iran and offering "an unprecedented level of military and technical support" in return, says Barbara Woodward, the British ambassador to the United Nations.


Fusco & Four has recently published a catalog of the complete lithographs of modernist New York City and Rockport, Mass., landscape artist, Vera Andrus (American, 1896-1979).


Part of this work includes the promotion of the work of Polish-born French painter, David Olere.


Matt McNulty/Manchester City FC via Getty Images Erling Haaland, the Norwegian version of a Transformers character, has used the last month to recharge both mentally and physically.


White's Auctions will auction an important large ceiling fresco attributed to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, also known as Giambattista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696-1770), on Sunday, December 11, as a single-lot sale at 1 pm.


Dutch leader apologizes for the Netherlands' role in slave trade.


Steve McQueen, Ian McKellen, David Hare, Juliet Stevenson, and the American Iranian actor Sepideh Moafi.


Chinese-born Australian Yang Jun, who also goes by the pen name Yang Hengjun, wrote a series of spy novels and a popular Chinese-language blog.


He made an impressive chasing debut and looks like he will give Jonbon, the great British hope, something to think about in the Arkle Trophy.


Pieter Nason's (Dutch, 1612-1688) oil on canvas portrait of R. Pauu holding a pistol, from 1667, fired up bidders, who took it from $6/9,000 to $57,960.


Disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and two counts of sexual assault against an Italian actress and model - known as Jane Doe 1 - by a jury in Los Angeles, California.


Rudd has published numerous write-ups, articles, and memoirs focusing on international relations after leaving the Australian PM's office.


The enduring tale of this World Cup, though, will be how Messi stepped up to fill the until now unfillable void of Maradona after his death, by pulling this Argentine unit on the sheer force of his ambition to prove a point.


Fjaestad was a Swedish painter known for his evocative landscapes of the areas around Varmland near Karlstadt.


Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley on making 'Women Talking' a cinematic epic.


Luis Jaime Castillo, a Peruvian archaeologist, told The Guardian that he suspects only 5% of all existing Nazca lines have so far been found.


Barron also had a large limited-edition lithograph, #66/175, by Theo Tobiasse, a contemporary Israeli artist.


Wong is the first foreign minister to travel to China since Marise Payne in 2018 after years of diplomatic estrangement over human rights, national security, trade strikes, COVID-19, and the arbitrary detention of Australian citizens Yang Hengjun and Cheng Lei.


KENT, CONN. Late in the afternoon on Saturday, October 1, nearly 50 people gathered at the Kent Barns Gallery in Kent, Conn., to celebrate the scholarship and life of one of the area's most well-known artists, itinerant limner Ammi Phillips (American, 1788-1865).


Another collage, made from fabric, paper and paint by American artist and poet Anne Ryan (1889-1954) followed behind in price for $6,150 ($3/5,000).


Griner's arrest in February for carrying a THC-infused vape cartridge in her luggage made her the most high-profile American jailed abroad.


"Now you can have a report card," said Basile van Havre, a Canadian who was a cochair of the negotiations.


Shah Rukh Khan only Indian actor on Empire's 50 greatest actors' list.


He was trained in landscape painting by Charles Le Roux (French, 1814-1895), and gave up his career in business to become a full-time artist after seeing the works of Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775-1851) and John Constable (British, 1776-1837).


Sitiveni Rabuka to become new Fijian PM after securing coalition deal.


Four years ago, she became the first Portuguese with a major retrospective at the Guggenheim Bilbao.


Taking place 12 years to the day after Tunisian vegetable seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in an act of protest that sparked the Arab Spring, the ballot bolsters a new political order following Saied's dissolution last year of the previous legislature.


Describing Africa's infrastructure achievements as an illustration of the win-win partnership with China, Diop, the Malian foreign minister, said, "Since the creation of the FOCAC in 2000, China-Africa relations have continued to grow, particularly in the economic, industrial, agricultural and diplomatic areas.".


2009 - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos visits Gibraltar, the first visit by a Spanish minister since Britain captured the Rock.


Earlier this month the Dutch King, Willem-Alexander, commissioned independent research into the role of the royal family in the colonial past of the Netherlands.


At the top of the sale was an impressionistic scene of Fifth Avenue in the snow by Guy Carleton Wiggins (American, 1882-1962), which achieved $55,200 ($30/50,000).


NEW YORK CITY  The top seller at Auctions at Showplace's September 11 sale was a modern studio art pottery ceramic bowl by Jennifer Lee (Scottish, b 1956), which had been estimated at $8/12,000 but sold to a bidder in the United Kingdom for $37,500.


He has previously said Duggan was an Australian citizen who renounced his US citizenship and denies breaking any law.


Bath's coach is the South African Johann van Graan, who moved to The Rec at the beginning of this season after five years as head coach at Munster.


Like so many films on this list, Hansen-Love's drama gains its richness in the accumulation of details -- in this case, the day-to-day life of a French single mother (played by the wonderful Lea Seydoux) trying to balance the demands of work, parenting and a love affair while helping care for her aging father, a professor diagnosed with Benson's syndrome, a degenerative disease that's stealing his memory and sight.


Kolkata: Argentine couple Virna Molina and Ernesto Ardito, whose film 'Hitler's Witch' is competing for the top award at the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), is pleasantly surprised by Kolkata's frenzied response to the World Cup win of Messi & Co. Virna, who is in town for the screening of the film that protests the growth of far-right wingers and patriarchy, soaked in Kolkata's passion after Messi kissed the Cup.


Mr Boffa was the only Central Australian to crack the top 20, with the rest of the students studying in Darwin.


Nasser Abu Hamid, 50, a former leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, the armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party, was sentenced to seven life sentences in 2002 for involvement in the deaths of seven Israelis during the second Palestinian Intifada, or uprising against Israel's occupation in the early 2000s.


Envoi Allen is the sole Irish challenger for Henry de Bromhead after his winning return at Down Royal.


Violinist Yang In-mo, 27, also became the first Korean to win the XII International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, while pianist Lee Hyuk, 22, received the top prize at the Long-Thibaud International Competition along with Japanese pianist Masaya Kamei.


Additionally, there is a view of Boston by Robert Salmon, an oil on panel, a barn at sunset in South Hero, Vt., by Robert Cardinal (American, b 1936) and a Gordon Hope Grant (1875-1962) landscape titled "Boats in the Marsh, possibly Essex, Mass., circa 1940. .


Her drive to make "The Wedding Cake" happen has already taken five years, being delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, since she first mentioned it to British investment banker Jacob Rothschild.


British couple Rachel and Philip Ridgeway became parents after their twins were born using 30-year-old embryos, which were preserved in liquid nitrogen.


In a statement issued on Monday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the visit would build on the "constructive meeting" between him and President Xi Jinping in Bali, and that "Australia seeks a stable relationship with China".


A college coach and former All-American diver who became paralyzed still loves taking the plunge — from very high up.


Suntory Beverage & Food's incoming CEO Makiko Ono, one of only a handful of women to lead a big Japanese company, wants to see more opportunities for women in management and more business for her company in overseas markets, where she defined her career.


The president called on Ukrainian forces to surrender and claimed Moscow had been left with "no other option" but "to take decisive and immediate action."


"Mr. Kissinger still has not understood anything ... neither the nature of this war, nor its impact on the world order," Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said on Telegram.


French Caterer Elior To Buy Waste Recycling Biz For €450M.


Skinner is best known for his percussion in the British jazz group Sons of Kemet, and his inclusion in The Smile is a chance for his new musical partners to stretch his dynamic chops.


Anne Frank grew up in Amsterdam, Netherlands and wrote her famed diary in Dutch.


During his visit, the president will hold a series of meetings with the Jordanian monarch and leaders participating in the conference, for consultations on means of boosting bilateral ties on all levels, he added.


ONE OF the interesting candidates for chief rabbi is Pinchas Goldschmidt, Moscow's "chief rabbi in exile," as he considers himself, and the president of the Conference of European Rabbis.


Russian military bloggers reacted to Zelensky's reported visit by claiming it reflected an attempt to shore up Ukrainian support for the broader war ahead of its loss of the city.


A friend of Prince Harry's has slammed British broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson for his "lame apology" to people he offended by writing a graphic accountof his "dream" that Meghan Markle be "paraded naked" and shamed following the release of the royal couple's recent Netflix series.


Also on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Zelenskyy of a "lack of understanding of the seriousness of the moment and lack of concern for his people".


Professor Dr Vivek Lal, the director of PGI welcomed Phogat, who is an Olympian, and applauded her achievement of bringing home not only a gold medal in wrestling but also encouraging several Indian girls to enter the field of sports.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Georgia on Monday to allow its jailed former president to go abroad for treatment to safeguard his health.


Either way, they must be hoping Antoine Dupont, Romain Ntamack and friends perform so fabulously in the Six Nations that the murkier side of French rugby politics is similarly overtaken by on-field brilliance.


They are urging the Justice Department to prosecute former President Donald Trump on at least four separate criminal charges, all of them rooted in his role -- his leadership role in the attack on American democracy.


Making such a rejection even more tricky is the fact that Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, the brother of Emirati leader Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, heads the Emirati holding company looking to purchase the stake in Phoenix.


Clarkson, theformer host of BBC's Top Gear and Amazon's The Grand Tour, wrote in his column for British tabloid The Sun on Saturday that he hated Meghan.


Works by enslaved potter David Drake are not seen in every sale offering American pottery, but this auction included one of his storage jars inscribed with his typical slash marks and date: March 12, 1857.


As PolitiFact noted in 2019, the quote attributed to Churchill — which went viral on a Facebook meme — is actually a rough paraphrase of Victor Hugo, the French playwright, from an essay he wrote a century before the Nazis were defeated.


The U.S. said al-Qurayshi was killed in an operation conducted by Syrian rebel forces in the southern city of Daraa.


Joan B Mirviss Presents Hayashi Kaku's First American Solo Exhibition.


Concerns are growing for the health of Gianluca Vialli  after members of his family travelled to visit him in a London hospital, according to Italian media reports.


British director and screenwriter Ken Loach, film and theatre director Mike Leigh and film director Steve McQueen also signed the letter.


This, at least in theory, would prove a negative for bonds elsewhere, as Japanese fixed income investors repatriated cash in order to tap into higher rates at home, he said.


Every Indian I met in Australia or New Zealand, even at the Singapore airport, a couple screamed "Suryakumar Yadav, how are you."


Vladimir Putin has travelled to Belarus to meet the Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, as fears grow in Kyiv that Moscow is pushing its closest ally to join a new ground offensive against Ukraine.


She's pulled the wool decisively over everyone's eyes by playing the role of Sweet Maternal Welsh Lady, before disappearing in a velvety cloak to plot her next move.


A 97-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary has been given a two-year suspended sentence by a German court for complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people.


When Ono takes the helm early next year, Suntory Beverage, Japan's biggest domestic maker of soft drinks, says it will become the largest listed Japanese company by market value with a female CEO.


"I also volunteer with the Muslim Sisters of Ireland in the city centre and with a homeless organisation," says Ahmed, who speaks Arabic, Somali, English, Spanish and some Swedish.


His attitude is reflective of much of the British media, not least his Sun stablemate Piers Morgan, whose nonstop coverage of Meghan often verges into obsessive territory.


Russian army soldiers, alongside fighters from the Wagner private military group, have been trying to seize Bakhmut after reaching the outskirts of the city in July following a series of successful offensives during which Moscow captured the nearby cities of Severdonetsk and Lysychansk.


A street named for philosopher Friedrich Engels will now honour Ukrainian avant-garde poet Bohdan-Ihor Antonych.


Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire crypto wunderkind now jailed in the Bahamas and facing a litany of criminal charges for alleged fraud, did not agree to extradition back to the U.S. as expected in a Monday court hearing, yet another dramatic turn in one of the highest-profile white-collar criminal sagas in American history.


"We do not know which direction Modigliani's art would have taken had he lived beyond the age of 35, but we can see in his later portraits the visual ingredients of what would become the 'return to order' in European art after the war: a respect for proportion, an adherence to figuration and a preference for balance and solid form," the exhibition's curators write.


The work he referenced, "Balinese Cock Fighter" was painted by Kusuma Affandi (Indonesian, 1910-1990), an artist who many consider the father of Indonesian modern painting as he was one of the first Southeast Asian artists to gain worldwide recognition.


"Global issues have had a major impact on Welsh exporters already contending with the issues brought about by the UK's exit from the EU and the Covid pandemic," he said.


A boulevard whose name translates as "Friendship of Peoples" — an allusion to the diverse ethnicities under the USSR - will honor Mykola Mikhnovsky, an early proponent of Ukrainian independence.


Australian police have searched a property of, but not charged, a former British military pilot who is an executive of a South African flight school under scrutiny by British authorities for training Chinese military pilots.


Argentine fan predicted Messi will win FIFA World Cup 2022 in 2015 and the internet is going crazy.


In her final address, Cheney made reference to Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, emphasizing that the "peaceful transfer of power" is "at the heart" of the American republic.


In November, Tu-95 bombers of the Russian air force and Chinese H-6K bombers flew joint patrols over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.


Former Australian cricketer Tom Moody recently pointed out how Gujarat Titans' (GT) batter Rahul Tewatia hasn't had enough opportunities for a long time in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023).


Sudanese evacuee Walid Soliman walks to the residence where he and his family are hosted, at an Egyptian family's home in Wadi Karkar village AFP.


"I found the indictment to be a really vivid picture for the American public of what the national security community dealt with for four years when he was president," she said.


— After seven hours in police custody, former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been released without charge after being arrested by police investigating the Scottish National Party's (SNP) finances.


Estonian PM Kaja Kallas, left, and Finnish PM Sanna Marin (SDP), right, photographed together at a meeting in 2022.


Speaking to the media, Klusener said, "I come from a small town like former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.


The Russian Warlord who is commanding the Wagner mercenary squad known for its extreme brutality, Yevgeny Prigozhin has been making headlines across Russian and world media.


In the closing stages, Kundu had reported the actions of the then Goa manager Sergio Lobera to the referee, who first booked the Spanish coach before showing him a second yellow card.


South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a joint press conference after their meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, May 7, 2023.


Mourners laid flowers and candles Thursday outside the gate of her lakeside villa in the upscale town of Kuesnacht, southeast of Zurich, where she lived for decades with her German music-producer husband Erwin Bach until her death on Wednesday at age 83.


He launched a series of incursions into Syria that infuriated European powers and put Turkish soldiers on the opposite side of Kurdish forces supported by the United States.


Family pays tribute to Australian woman, 95, who died after police taser.


Berlusconi also made headlines in 2022 when he disclosed he had reestablished a friendship with Vladimir Putin after the Russian president sent him 20 bottles of vodka for his birthday.


(CNN) — A Colombian government official is "very confident" four children were found alive 17 days after their plane crashed in the Amazon jungle but is awaiting further proof.


The Ukrainian president seeks to shore up support from key allies against Russia's invasion.


Norwegian rider Andreas Leknessund therefore held on to the pink jersey, while pre-race favorites Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic remained second and fifth overall, respectively.


We're now hearing that Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian President, is calling security advisors together for an emergency meeting.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy landed Saturday in Hiroshima for diplomatic talks with the leaders of the world's most powerful democracies who have tightened sanctions meant to punish Moscow and change the course of its 15-month invasion of Ukraine.


The 28-year-old Japanese — who was disqualified from the women's doubles after inadverte ntly hitting a ball girl with a ball — and Germany's Tim Puetz captured the m ixed doubles title, defeating Canada's Bianca Andreescu and Kiwi Michael Venus 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 in the final.


"There has been a major increase in births in recent years, because most of the asylum seekers entered as young teens and have since gone on to have children," she said, noting that since 2018, there are some 6,000 children of migrants living in South Tel Aviv, of which around 80% are Eritrean.


Vinícius Jr'.s Brazilian compatriot Raphinha, who plays for Real Madrid's bitter rival Barcelona, showed solidarity with his countryman during the league champion's Tuesday night game against Real Valladolid.


The re-elected Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is expected to attend the summit where he will be pressed to clarify his terms for lifting his veto on Sweden's membership of Nato.


Verstappen continues at the top of the F1 table with 170 points, 53 more than his Mexican colleague, while Alonso - after his No.


Aleinik said that checks on people crossing the Belarusian-Russian border are carried out by Belarusian border guards in close cooperation with their Russian counterparts.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend the Group of Seven meetings in person on Sunday, Financial Times reported, citing people briefed on the preparations on Friday.


I still had hope (I am American, after all), but not for anything like recovery.


The Ahly strike force of Mahmoud Kahraba, South African Percy Tau and Hussein el Shahat had scored 15 Champions League goals before the second leg, but were unable to trouble Wydad early on.


My PM is only the third Indian leader in our independent history to be accorded the honour of a state visit by the US President.


Welsh star Dame Shirley Bassey recalled how Turner "really gave it her everything and was a fantastic performer", and US Government space agency Nasa added: Simply the best.


Read MoreA journey through 125,000 years of Omani history at the Sharjah Archaeology Museum.


Iran's media quotes an analyst it claims is an Egyptian as examining how PIJ's Saraya al-Quds "military wing" used the Badr 3 rocket and Buraq rocket against Israel.


The Argentinian, who scored the winning spot-kick in last year's World Cup final, initially missed from 12 yards but Rui Patricio coming off his line before the ball was struck meant a retake, and Montiel this time made no mistake.


Alex de Minaur is knocked out of the French Open for the third time in his career De Minaur was beaten in straight sets by unseeded world number 49 Tomás Martín Etcheverry Thanasi Kokkinakis is the only Australian in the third round.


"It's a hell of a slog," concedes Cai Griffiths, the London Welsh director of rugby, who oversaw four promotions in four seasons before the side consolidated with a mid-table finish at level five, in Regional One South Central, this term.


I had three-four times big atmospheres against me in Australia, playing Australian players."


But when Chacon got to the border, they were stopped by Mexican authorities and turned away.


Washington welcomed a call between Zelensky and Chinese President Xi Jinping last month, during which Xi expressed hopes the two sides could come to the negotiating table, in Beijing's account.


1960 - Mohanlal, an Indian actor was born.


Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida  and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited a memorial to Korean victims, many of them slave laborers, of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing.


2 Aryna Sabalenka taking on the seasoned American Sloane Stephens in the night match.


Students might complain of his difficult style, but he still "remains in the recess of the mind", ready to strike a chord when the time right, says Eileen Cheng, a Chinese literature professor at Pomona College in the US.


However, he claims that his force hasn't received enough artillery ammunition supplies from the Russian military since Monday.


However, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy made no formal announcement of specific developments on the battlefield, but praised the "heroism" of his country's soldiers fighting "tough battles".


The allegations mark the latest twist in a row between Mr McKillen and the Qatari Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, who controls the Maybourne Hotel Group, which in turn owns Claridge's as well as the Berkeley and The Connaught hotels.


The Saudi Minister of Haj and Umra appreciated the Center's work and its civilized approach in promoting Islamic culture.


Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted to say the dead include a nine-year-old girl, her mother and another woman.


South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hosted the country's first summit with leaders of Pacific islands on Monday, as Seoul seeks to boost its influence in a region that has become the focus of intense geopolitical rivalry.


Shaw also has provided fans with plenty of toing moments with regular updates in his social media forum, making him among the most followed young Indian players, with 1.6 Million Instagram followers and 592.4 K Twitter followers.


While giving a speech in Iceland, French President Emmanuel Macron called the violence "unacceptable, and it shocks everyone."


The agreement comes weeks before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington on June 22 for an official state visit and holds talks with President Joe Biden.


Born on Aug, 17, 1938, Pangalos was the grandson of a former Greek military dictator.


Sabalenka will play either American Sloane Stephens or Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in the next round In 2021, former world number one Naomi Osaka of Japan was fined $15,000 for skipping a post-match press conference at the French Open and threatened with tough sanctions by the board of the four Grand Slam tournaments.


The diplomatic and military support offered to Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 was a big boost to the Ukrainian president.


Kostyuk, ranked at 39 in the world, famously refused to shake hands with Sabalenka's Belarusian compatriot and former world number one Victoria Azarenka at the US Open last year.


Between 2017 and 2021, the Israeli military received 1,260 cases of alleged offenses by Israeli soldiers against Palestinians, including 409 cases involving the killing of Palestinians, according to military data obtained by the group Yesh Din and released in December after a freedom of information request.


CARACAS, Venezuela -- In his first visit to Latin America, Iran's hardline president on Monday met with his Venezuelan counterpart and declared that both countries have "a common enemy," alluding to the United States, before signing a series of cooperation agreements.


1:40 a.m. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the prospects for an end to the conflict in Ukraine with Li Hui, China's special envoy for Eurasian affairs, who recently met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, the foreign ministry says.


True to its reputation as part of the fabric of life to the Tongan people, the mat seemed keen to come out and show itself to Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Halaevalu Mata'aho Napua Okalani Tuku'aho and members of the Tongan community on Friday.


"French President Emmanuel Macron, for example, has said that France's interest is not the same as the U.S.' interest, raising doubts over the West's unity over issues like Taiwan.


The 22-year-old Brazilian winger was present at the Santiago Bernabeu although not part of the squad for the game because of a knee problem, and his colleagues applauded him as he watched from the side of the pitch.


In 2005, he called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.


According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky , the airstrike landed "between two two-storey residential buildings".


Referring to Kishida's visit to Seoul earlier in the month, Yoon said his remarks "resonated greatly with the Korean people" and said he valued the prime minister's "courage and determination to show sincerity."


"In the most challenging time in the modern history of Ukraine, Germany proved to be our true friend and reliable ally, which stands decisively side-by-side with the Ukrainian people in the struggle to defend freedom and democratic values," he wrote in the guestbook at the German president's official residence.


It pointed to the high public profile maintained by the Russian defence minister over the past week, "likely with the aim of presenting himself as in control of strategic issues while Ukraine accelerates offensive operations".


Storni was a recognized Allyophile, in an Argentine political context where an anti-American seed was germinating.


BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping recently wrote back to Bangladeshi child Alifa Chin, encouraging her to study hard, pursue her dream and carry forward the traditional friendship between China and Bangladesh.


The Norwegian did not score in either leg of the semi-final against Madrid and has not found the net in his last four appearances, which constitutes a veritable goal drought for such a prolific player.


French Open doubles player Miyu Kato of Japan disqualified for accidentally hitting a ball girl.


"I am glad we are embracing the identity," said Cileine de Lourenco, a Brazilian immigrant and professor emerita at Bryant University in Rhode Island.


Early on in the conflict, Kyiv had accused Germany of being too accommodating to Russian President Vladimir Putin, while Berlin's reliance on Russian energy had proved tricky.


He was speaking after talks with his Japanese and U.S. counterparts, Yasukazu Hamada and Lloyd Austin in Singapore.


NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Before he left Mauritania, the West African nation of his birth, Mohamed thought of New York as a place of "open arms," a refuge for immigrants fleeing dire circumstances.


SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to expand the country's non-lethal aid to Kyiv when he met with Ukraine's first lady Tuesday in Seoul.


Supporters of Russian opposition leader Navalny hold demonstrations to mark his 47th birthday.


Kyiv says its aim in Bakhmut has been to draw Russian forces from elsewhere on the front into the city, to inflict high casualties there and weaken Moscow's defensive line elsewhere ahead of a planned major counteroffensive.


For those who don't know David Koresh, he was an American cult leader born as Vernon Wayne Howell on August 17, 1959, and was a key figure in the 1993 Waco siege.


Yeo, 53, will be the first Korean to work as a standing fellow at PIIE.


The ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Iran Chang Hua and the university's Vice President Mohammad Marandi, as well as a number of scholars and hundreds of college students.


Australian Cricketers' Association president Shane Watson, the former Australian allrounder, agrees.


Ri Pyong Chol, a top North Korean official and close associate of leader Kim Jong Un, had said on Tuesday that North Korea was compelled to secure "a reliable reconnaissance and information" system because of what it said were escalating security threats by the United States and its allies.


Farmhand Marvin Susa, 36, a Filipino national, was fishing in Semporna City in Sabah, Malaysia, on the afternoon of January 29.


The election has been closely watched in Europe, Washington, Moscow, and across the region, where Erdogan has asserted Turkish power while strengthening ties to Russia and putting strain on Ankara's traditional alliance with the United States.


•Retaking the peninsula would be tough, but Ukrainian forces can isolate it, two US experts say.


he met Francis and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome.


But the Brazilian has established himself among the division's classiest holding midfielders


ONE Championship's lightweight submission grappling champ retained his title with a unanimous decision over Norwegian rival Tommy Langaker last Saturday in Bangkok.


In the department, he would cross paths with renowned Canadian actors such as Nicola Cavendish, Larry Lillo, Brent Carver and Ruth Nichol, inspiring him further to pursue theatre.


"In Bruges" (2008)     Irish directors bring out the best in fellow countryman Colin Farrell.


Fernandes was already on his way to the corner flag to celebrate United's winning goal before even dinking Bernd Leno, nonchalantly scooping the ball over the German keeper almost as an afterthought.


He also hinted that Russian President Vladimir Putin would visit South Africa for a meeting of leaders of the BRICS economic bloc in August.


S. leaders' talk on Thursday will eventually lead to upgrades of the military alliance between the two countries in East Asia, said Ryo Miyahara, head of a Hiroshima citizens' group and one of the protests' organizers, citing the Japanese government's aggressive announcements of counterattack abilities in striking enemy bases and doubling its defense spending.


During the trip, Macron urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to use his influence to "bring Russia back to reason."


In his first Test innings on home soil, the Nottinghamshire batter breezed to 150 off the same number of balls to snatch the record for quickest Test 150 at Lord's off Australian great Don Bradman before his fun ended on 182, which came at a strike rate of 102.84.


The mechanic father of French driver Esteban Ocon, who races for Alpine, for example, sold his business and family home to fund his son's karting career.


Speculation that he might replace now-retired four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel alongside Leclerc came to nothing then, though the German was replaced by Spaniard Carlos Sainz at the end of 2020.


His friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin put him at odds with Meloni, a staunch supporter of Ukraine.


For example, Chinese president Xi Jinping was mentioned as '*'.


Australian Marcus Stoinis top-scored with 40 but only Kyle Mayers (18) and Deepak Hooda (15) managed to reach double figures while Lucknow also had three batters run out in comical fashion.


Swiatek, a 22-year-old Pole, outlasted unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday at Roland Garros.


"The main significance of Biden's decision to authorize the delivery of F16s to Ukraine is that it is a way for the U.S. to signal its long-term commitment to Ukraine," said Peter Rutland, professor of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Wesleyan University.


Ahead of this weekend's Shangri-La Dialogue security summit, much speculation centered on a possible meeting between U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu.


WHITFIELD: A search mission is underway right now to find three British tourists who were reported missing after the boat they were on caught fire in Egypt's Red Sea.


Saudi Ambassador to India, Shaqli Bin Eid Al Hussaini, President of Delhi Haj Committee Kaushar Jahan and many other prominent people were also present.


The justices in a 9-0 decision reversed a lower court's ruling that had revived a lawsuit against Twitter by the American relatives of Nawras Alassaf, a Jordanian man killed in a 2017 attack during New Year's celebration in a Istanbul nightclub claimed by the Islamic State militant group.


Former Dutch international Heitinga, 39, took charge of the side at the end of January following the departure of Alfred Schreuder and agreed a deal up to the end of the campaign.


Xi believes that the outstanding continuity of Chinese civilization determines that the Chinese nation must take its own path.


The fourth goal from Lucas Moura was a lovely moment for the Brazilian on his final Spurs appearance, but it only happened because of even more woeful Leeds defending.


Araiza was nicknamed the "Punt God" and honored as a consensus All-American in 2021 for his booming kicks that helped SDSU to a school-best 12-2 season in his senior year.


The boulevard in the ancient city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, is named after Xian Xinghai, a renowned Chinese composer.


International royalty flew in for the event, including senior members of European dynasties, who watched Crown Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah marry Saudi-born Miss Rajwa Khalid Alseif at Zahran Palace".


So far, Chinese authorities have not publicly reacted to the nationalist anger against Yue, the leading contemporary artist, though some of Yue's paintings have been blocked from Weibo, China's heavily censored version of Twitter.


Police in Portugal resume search for Madeleine McCann, British child missing since 2007.


Crapser, who was named Shin Seong-hyeok by his Korean mother, had sought 200,000 won ($149,000) in damages against South Korea's government and Holt.


He welcomed two Saudi astronauts, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali Al Qarni, on Monday for an eight-day science mission.


In a rare public protest, Vietnam's government on May 25 urged the Chinese research ship and its escort to leave the country's EEZ after a visit to Hanoi by senior Russian official Dmitry Medvedev.


In 2020, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who is known for publicly criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin, fell ill on a return flight from Siberia.


The visit followed an earlier phone call between Zelenskyy and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.


Two days after Ramaphosa said he won approval for his delegation in conversations with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced Moscow's support.


The Grand Prix, the second-highest prize after the Palme d'Or, went to British director Jonathan Glazer's "Zone of Interest," about a family living next to Auschwitz.


Jake Sullivan describes American president's G7 attendance as 'critical' and notes plan to put visit with Australian prime minister 'back on the books'.


Delgado, in collaboration with Bino George, the club's Indian Assistant Coach, will focus on identifying and nurturing a pipeline of talented footballers.


At their bilateral meeting, Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron reviewed progress in the bilateral strategic partnership in various areas, including trade and economic spheres, civil aviation, renewable energy, co-production in the defence sector and civil nuclear collaboration.


PARIS — Peyton Stearns is playing in the French Open for the first time and now the 21-year-old American is into the third round after knocking off 2017 champion Jelena Ostapenko.


"Lady Bird" (2017)    Greta Gerwig's feature directing debut earned Oscar nominations for her writing and directing, and Irish actress Saoirse Ronan scored her third Oscar nod as Christine "Lady Bird" Macpherson, a culture-vulture eager to escape her Sacramento Catholic School.


Winfield-Hill joins regular co-host Jon Wilkin to share her journey as an Australian who ended up representing England and look back at some of her highlights from an impressive career.


Spanish drivers Carlos Sainz, with Ferrari, and Fernando Alonso, with Aston Martin, came in fifth and seventh, respectively.


'Industrial scale' The case is Harry's latest legal battle with the press since he stepped down from frontline royal duties in early 2020 and relocated to California with his American wife Meghan.


"The Chinese side respects the status of the member states as sovereign states after the collapse of the Soviet Union," Mao said, adding that China was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with those countries.


Independent Belarusian military analyst Aliaksandr Alesin said about two-thirds of Russia's arsenal of medium-range nuclear-tipped missiles were held in Belarus during the Cold War, adding that there are dozens of Soviet-era storage facilities that could still be used to store such weapons.


Bossa nova moved into the mainstream when the American saxophonist Stan Getz and the guitarist Charlie Byrd recorded the charttopping album Jazz Samba in 1962.


Juventus' Italian coach Massimiliano Allegri reacts to Sevilla's second goal scored by Argentinian forward Erik Lamela during the UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg football match between Sevilla FC and Juventus at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville on May 18, 2023.


Announcing the new arms package, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Berlin would help Ukraine for "as long as it takes.".


Mackey-Frayer, along with Asia editor Jennifer Jett and Beijing-based researcher Dawn Liu convey Chinese President Xi Jinping's delicate approach to Russia and the conflict in Ukraine.


Talking about Rohit's battle with Starc, former Australian all-rounder Tom Moody has put his money on the senior pacer, who only played two Test matches against India in the previous edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.


Overall America's advantage over its rivals has eroded in the past century, reckons Andrew Krepinevich, an American strategist.


"She thanked me for supporting Ukraine," recounted Swiatek, who is Polish.


The Canadian prime minister was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, a Ukrainian speaker.


Dos Santos-Tam said his trip was being paid for by the Swiss government: "At zero expense to taxpayers."


The mechanic father of French driver Esteban Ocon, who races for Alpine, for example, sold his business and family home to fund his son's karting career.


Austrian man arrested in Afghanistan after traveling there in May.


New Delhi: Israel Parliament Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana congratulated Indian authorities for the inauguration of India's new Parliament.


Even before Li's appointment, multiple Defense Department requests for talks involving key leaders were rejected, with more than a dozen requests having gone unanswered or declined since 2021, according to a senior American defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide information on private discussions.


Private equity group Clearlake Capital joined forces with US billionaire Todd Boehly for the £4.25 billion ($5.25 billion) takeover last year of London's Chelsea FC from the sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.


But it was reduced to be a nine-piece group following the departure of three Chinese members ― Luhan, Kris and Tao.


Moreover, the UAE's invitation of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to the climate talks has also drawn additional condemnation from human rights activists.


Ingram will be 38 next month and Cooke is just a year his junior, the two South African-born players illustrating the fact that T20 may be harum-scarum stuff, but there's plenty of room for old heads who can find the boundary when they need to.


Ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also became popular by portraying himself as an eccentric outsider.


Inside the penal colonies: A glimpse at life for political prisoners swept up in Russia's crackdowns We are ready for counteroffensive, Zelensky tells PutinSaturday 3 June 2023 11:10 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky  said the country was ready to launch its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russian forces to recapture occupied territories.


Muchova, ranked at 43, defeated the Australian Open winner 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (5/7), 7-5 in a thrilling three-hour 13-minute match and will face defending champion Iga Swiatek in Saturday's final.


The pro-Putin have to be satisfied with the Bora-Bora, another popular cafe-restaurant in Morjim, whose owners don't hide their support for the Russian president.


Saudi astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi became the first Arab female astronaut in space.


In a new interview, the 47-year-old American Pie and Sharknado actress explained why she thinks if she had kids she would have had a more successful career.


This figure will be reached one year ahead of the schedule set by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in 2019.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday he had visited the flooded southern region of Kherson and discussed the situation after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.


Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera sent Minister of Water and Sanitation Abida Mia to the scene.


"Following the circumstances surrounding the case of the Lebanese ambassador to France... it has been decided to recall ambassador Rami Adwan," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.


This is PM Modi's first tour to PNG, as well as the first-ever visit by any Indian Prime Minister to the Indo-Pacific country.


Zelenskyy alleged Russian forces set off a blast inside the dam structure at 2:50 a.m. (2350 GMT Monday, 7:50 p.m. EDT Monday) and said about 80 settlements were in danger.


Citing a key change he's witnessed Qatar undergoing these years, he says, "Earlier, Qatari students used to go abroad for higher or professional studies.


Meanwhile, British billionaire Joe Lewis has had a padel court installed on his 320ft superyacht.


With Thanasi Kokkinakis already having booked his place in the last-32 with his epic five-set win over Stan Wawrinka, Max Purcell was the last Australian hope to join him as he tackled Japan's number 27 seed Yoshihito Nishioka in another second-round contest.


India, May 31 -- Shahzaman Fateh Ali Khan, son of famous Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, is grabbing attention for his recent live performance in the United States.


He appreciated Ukraine's cooperation in the safe evacuation of Indian students and welcomed the decision by Ukrainian institutions to hold examinations in India for the students.


We expect them to do their job, like the American people elected them to do in the Senate, and pass a bill, so we can come together in a historical precedent that's not been seen since before Speaker Pelosi was in office, when you actually negotiated on bills on both ends of the Capitol.


Another disabled Malaysian climber T. Ravichandran, who was on a separate expedition, told reporters he had met Hawari's team several times at the Everest base camp.


Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic has retired from professional football at the age of 41.


Today we are coming to the point where Wagner is ending," he told Russian war blogger Semyon Pegov, according to Reuters.


South Africa's Ramaphosa and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni are widely seen as having stances more closely aligned with Russia, while Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has expressed a pro-Ukrainian position and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso have remained largely neutral.


The plotline reads, "After barely surviving the events of the first movie, Rake is back as the Australian black ops mercenary, tasked with another deadly mission: rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held.".


(CNN) — When US President Joe Biden visited Poland in February, his second visit in less than a year, it was something of a vindication for the Polish government.


Turkish player Efe Bayram had 18 points to lead the Qataris, while Estonian Oliver Venno chipped in with 15 in defeat.


A deeply divided Turkish public faces a critical choice between the ruling Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu amid economic crisis and loss of confidence.


Watch as Taylor Fritz hits back at the French Open crowd, who booed him in his interview following a 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 win over home favourite Arthur Rinderknech.


Chinese film director Ning Hao said he hopes that Chinese young filmmakers could learn more at international film festivals.