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The New York video artist Bill Viola died on Friday at the age of 73, his long-time gallery owner Jim Cohan confirmed to dpa on Saturday. His production studio had previously published a post about the death on Instagram. Viola's wife and long-time artistic partner Kira Perov is the director of the studio in Long Beach, California. The post states that Viola died as a result of Alzheimer's disease. Viola was born on January 25, 1951, in the New York borough of Queens. He has been regarded as a pioneer of video art since his first experiments in the 1970s. In his works, he focused on cycles of ...
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The main international airport in the northern Italian city of Milan now bears the name of the late former prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. Milan Malpensa Airport, which lies about 50 kilometres outside of the city, is now officially called Aeroporto Silvio Berlusconi. Far-right Transport Minister Matteo Salvini fast-tracked the name-change and gave final approval on Thursday, despite criticism from the opposition. The centre-right Forza Italia party, which Berlusconi founded, is part of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government in Rome. Milan Mayor Beppe Sala, a centre-left...
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Annalena Baerbock wants to concentrate fully on her role as German foreign minister and is not seeking to run for the top job as chancellor again. Instead of being tied up in running for chancellor, she wants to devote all her energy to her current task in view of the international crises, the Green politician explained in an interview on the US television channel CNN on the fringes of the NATO summit in Washington. "Obviously, the world is a totally different one than at the last German national elections," said Baerbock. "In the light of Russia’s war of aggression and now also with regard to...
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Annalena Baerbock wants to concentrate fully on her role as German foreign minister and is not seeking to run for the top job as chancellor again. Instead of being tied up in running for chancellor, she wants to devote all her energy to her current task in view of the international crises, the Green politician explained in an interview on the US television channel CNN on the fringes of the NATO summit in Washington. "Obviously, the world is a totally different one than at the last German national elections," said Baerbock. "In the light of Russia’s war of aggression and now also with regard to...
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French judicial authorities have opened an investigation in Carla Bruni, the wife of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, in connection with alleged election campaign funds from Libya. The singer has been placed under judicial control, French media reported on Tuesday, citing the judiciary. The investigations against the 56-year-old centre on possible witness tampering. The Libya affair centres on allegations that money for Sarkozy's 2007 presidential election campaign came illegally from the regime of the then Libyan ruler Moamer Gaddafi. The French-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine said in 2...
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The main international airport in the northern Italian city of Milan will in future bear the name of the late former prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. Milan Malpensa Airport, which lies about 50 kilometres outside of the city, will officially be called Aeroporto Silvio Berlusconi. Right-wing Transport Minister Matteo Salvini announced the name change on Friday following a decision on the matter by the Italian aviation authority ENAC. But Milan Mayor Beppe Sala, a centre-left politician, insists that the airport's name cannot be changed because of a rule that public buildings a...
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German police have arrested a former security worker for the family of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher in relation to a case of attempted blackmail, prosecutors announced on Friday. The 52-year-old suspected accomplice of two men already in custody was arrested on Thursday in the town of Wülfrath near Wuppertal, in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. A large volume of additional evidence was secured, said chief public prosecutor Wolf-Tilman Baumert. The man was described as the possible mastermind of the extortion bid. In late June, investigators arrested two suspected bl...
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German police have arrested a former security worker for the family of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher in relation to a case of attempted blackmail, prosecutors announced on Friday. The 52-year-old suspected mastermind was arrested on Thursday in the town of Wülfrath near Wuppertal, in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and a large volume of additional evidence was secured, said chief public prosecutor Wolf-Tilman Baumert. In late June, investigators had arrested the two suspected blackmailers, a 53-year-old and his 30-year-old son. According to the public prosecutor's o...
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The world's best-selling French singer Aya Nakamura has called for a blockade of the far-right ahead of the final round of the country's general election this weekend. "I am well placed to understand and know the importance of racism in our country," the French-Malian singer wrote on X. "Now I understand that my position as an artist requires me to speak out, because this is an important moment for all of us," the 29-year-old went on. "So on Sunday we will all go to the polls and vote against the one extreme to condemn because there is only one." Nakamura is expected to sing at the opening cer...
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Italian actress Maria Rosaria Omaggio died on Monday in Rome at the age of 67 after a prolonged illness, her family reported. Born in Naples, the acclaimed actress was celebrated both in Italy and internationally for her diverse career. Omaggio appeared in more than 40 film and television productions, including "To Rome With Love" by US director Woody Allen. She received an award at the Venice Film Festival for her standout role as Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006) in Andrzej Wajda's 2013 film "Walesa. Man of Hope" about the Polish trade union leader Lech Wałęsa, who later served a...
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