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Italy’s Culture Ministry has banned loans of works to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, following a dispute with the U.S. museum over an ancient marble statue believed to have been looted from Italy almost a half-century ago. The dispute began in March 2022 when an Italian court ruled that the Minneapolis museum was irregularly in possession of the Stabiae Doriforo, …

DETROIT (CBS) — The Chicago Bears made it official and drafted USC’s Caleb Williams first overall on Thursday night in the opening round of the NFL Draft, a move that many hope will finally deliver the team’s quarterback of the future. It’s a decision that has been widely seen as a virtual lock, especially after the Bears traded away Justin …

Paris— A famous landmark in the French capital looked very different Thursday morning. The sails of the iconic Moulin Rouge fell to the ground overnight – leaving the red windmill looking unusually bare. The entertainment venue’s owners said it was unclear how the sails fell — taking the first three letters of the Moulin Rouge sign with them – but …

London — “And so, I watch as you walk into some bar called The Black Dog and pierce new holes in my heart.” As Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” album continues breaking records, that ambiguous reference in the song “The Black Dog” has elevated a small London pub of the same name to new heights. The moody lyrics from …

Hamas released a video Wednesday appearing to show one of its Israeli hostages delivering an address in captivity. In the video, a man identifies himself as Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin before delivering a long statement clearly crafted by Hamas, which has long been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel. The video may give the young man’s family hope, …

A three-ship convoy left a port in Cyprus on Saturday with 400 tons of food and other supplies for Gaza as concerns about hunger in the territory soar. World Central Kitchen said the vessels and a barge were carrying an estimated 300 tons of ready-to-eat items like rice, pasta, flour, legumes, canned vegetables and proteins that were enough to prepare …

The Vatican confirmed Pope Francis would preside over the Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, after he decided at the last minute to skip his participation in the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum as a health precaution. The Vatican’s daily bulletin confirmed Francis would lead the lengthy vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica, one of the most solemn and important …

Heavy rains killed eight people, mostly children, and injured 12 in Pakistan’s northwest, an official said Saturday. Downpours in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province caused rooms to collapse, crushing the people inside, according to Anwar Shahzad, a spokesperson for the local disaster management authority. Shahzad said that three of the dead were siblings aged between 3 and 7 years …

Beirut— The Syrian army said Friday that Israeli airstrikes near the northern city of Aleppo had killed or wounded “a number of” people and caused damage. A war monitoring group said the strikes killed 44 people, most of them Syrian troops. The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor group, said Israeli strikes hit missile depots belonging …

London —When Londoner Chelsea Battle first met her cavapoo Peanut, it was love at first sight. “He’s my son,” she told CBS News, calling her bond with her dog “one of the most important relationships in my life.” Chelsea adopted Peanut during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think it’s really important to understand that dogs have different personalities, …