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Greek removal of femicide artwork in US draws fire
Greece's foreign minister was criticized on Dec. 20 for removing an artpiece addressing femicide from the country's consulate in New York.
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Madonna reschedules tour after ICU stay
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Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin dies at 89
Alan Arkin, the Oscar-winning "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Argo" actor known for his wry wit and improvisation skills, has died at the age of 89, according to his sons.
Adam, Matthew and Anthony - who all followed their father into the entertainment industry - said he was "a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man."
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’Sopranos’ star Tony Sirico dies aged 79: family
US actor Tony Sirico, best known for portraying Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri in "The Sopranos," has died aged 79, his family and a former castmate said on July 8.
Sirico played minor mobster roles in television and film for decades before being cast in his fifties as the eccentric and sometimes brutal Paulie on HBO's hit show -- becoming one of the series' most memorable characters.
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Chaos on Brooklyn streets: A man with a gas mask wounded several people VIDEO / PHOTO
New York police said that they were looking for that man after "the massacre in train R at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park around 8.30 a.m." local time, the Daily Mail reported.
Witnesses say that he is an African-American, but this information has not been confirmed yet.
New York art group makes 999 copies of Warhol work
The New York art collective that brought us "Satan Shoes" with an apparent drop of human blood in the midsole is at it again, this time selling 1,000 copies of an Andy Warhol drawing at the same price, only one of which is the original.
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Colombia’s most wanted drug lord captured in jungle raid
Colombian security forces have captured the country's most wanted drug trafficker, a rural warlord who stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right.
President Ivan Duque likened the arrest on Oct. 23 of Dairo Antonio Usuga to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar.
Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap activist in US, others
An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to kidnap a prominent Iranian opposition activist and writer in exile and take her back to Tehran, authorities said on July 13.
President hails Elpidophoros’ message against racism
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou stressed the importance of the contribution made by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America in the protection of human rights and the condemnation of racism and discrimination in a phone call on Tuesday, according to her official Twitter account.
Elpidophoros calls for solidarity with ‘abused’ sisters and brothers
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America joins a protest march against racism on Wednesday which marked the killing of Louisville EMT Breonna Taylor, in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. Taylor was a 26-year-old emergency medical technician who was killed when the police raided her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky on March 13.