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Masterpieces haunted by brutal past could send records tumbling at Sotheby’s
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Masterpieces haunted by brutal past could send records tumbling at Sotheby’s

Van Gogh and Cézanne paintings among magnificent collection stained by allegations of abduction and killing Twelve rarely seen masterpieces glowing with life and beauty will go on sale at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday. The collection, which resembles a miniature Courtauld gallery, includes Van Gogh’s towering chestnut tree, Monet’s shimmering vista of the Tuileries and Paul Cézanne’s Arlequin, a portrait of his son in a red and black diamond-patterned costume whose angularity pushes into abstraction and must have inspired Picasso’s Harlequins.

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6,000 Flight Cancelled: US air travel resumption will ‘take time’
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6,000 Flight Cancelled: US air travel resumption will ‘take time’

“We’re trying to debate whether or not we need to reschedule or drive or what, but if the whole country is stopped, that means the highways are going to be jammed too,” said Joseph Anderson, 72, who was trying to fly from Las Vegas to Oakland, California. At New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Tiara Johnson said she had been trying to get to Orlando for a concert with a friend.

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Wales bury 73-year All Blacks hoodoo with seismic victory over New Zealand
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Wales bury 73-year All Blacks hoodoo with seismic victory over New Zealand

Wales 35-28 New Zealand Home side secure first win over All Blacks since 1953 Wales recorded their first win over New Zealand since 1953 in a stunning upset at the Principality Stadium, clinging on amid furious pressure in the second half to seal a memorable 35-28 victory. Tomos Williams and Dewy Lake put the home side 14-0 up inside the first six minutes before Cortez Ratima replied for the All Blacks.

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US air travel slowly recovers from nationwide flight ground stop as chaos continues
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US air travel slowly recovers from nationwide flight ground stop as chaos continues

Thousands of flights still canceled as officials blamed ageing air control system for nationwide grounding Travel chaos continued across the US on Saturday morning as airlines scrambled to recover from a four-hour nationwide Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ground stop that delayed or canceled thousands of the flights. On Saturday morning, more than 3,000 flights within, into or out of the US had already been canceled, according to FlightAware.

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‘All I could smell was fertiliser’: the best (and worst) supermarket instant coffee, tasted and rated
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‘All I could smell was fertiliser’: the best (and worst) supermarket instant coffee, tasted and rated

Our coffee snob spills the beans on which granules hint at chocolate and caramel, and which leave a bitter note • Everything you need to make great coffee I’m a coffee snob with my own grinder, but I found the haptic thwack, whack and crack of opening the lid and film on a jar of instant coffee strangely invigorating, and rather nostalgic. The addition of milk, however, transforms many cups and makes them far more drinkable and even comforting, bringing out notes of chocolate, nuts and caramel.

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Here are some quality product displays at the Ecobank JoyBusiness SME Fair 2026 – Don’t miss out
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Here are some quality product displays at the Ecobank JoyBusiness SME Fair 2026 – Don’t miss out

The Ecobank JoyBusiness SME Fair 2026 opened at GHUD Park, Accra Mall, bringing together an impressive collection of Ghanaian businesses, established brands, entrepreneurs and service providers for a three-day celebration of enterprise, innovation and commerce. The culinary experience extends to Flourish Foods Africa’s grilled chicken and poultry products, MamsiJoy Ventures’ rice, Ellie’s Catering Services’ fufu, Martha’s Yam Trading, Farm Mate’s fresh tomatoes, Orrab Farms’ fresh produce, T&C Farms’ animal production and Atohfield’s crop and animal farming.

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Eldoret elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese as Pope appoints Obanyi first Archbishop
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Eldoret elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese as Pope appoints Obanyi first Archbishop

ELDORET, Kenya, Nov 14 – Pope Leo XIV has elevated Eldoret to a Metropolitan Archdiocese and appointed Kakamega Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe as its first Metropolitan Archbishop in a major reorganisation of the Catholic Church’s hierarchy in Kenya. Lodwar, Kapsabet and Kitale were suffragan dioceses of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisumu, while Kericho fell under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi.

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Torture survivors may have been sent to Sussex asylum camp unlawfully, documentary reveals
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Torture survivors may have been sent to Sussex asylum camp unlawfully, documentary reveals

Graham King Asylum seekers accommodated at a controversial military base in East Sussex have been subjected to inadequate welfare checks, and torture survivors may have been placed there unlawfully, a new undercover documentary for ITV has revealed. For the documentary Inside The Asylum Camp, ITV’s undercover reporter got a job as a welfare officer at Crowborough and covertly filmed inside the former military training camp.

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Immersive show brings Kyffin Williams’ rugged Welsh landscapes to life
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Immersive show brings Kyffin Williams’ rugged Welsh landscapes to life

Paintings by one of country’s most important artists have been animated and set to music at National Library of Wales The paintings of artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne and David Hockney have been brought to life in all-singing, all-dancing immersive shows in recent years. Now one of Wales’s most important artists, Sir Kyffin Williams, known for capturing the spectacular landscapes of his homeland with layers of paint thickly applied with a palette knife, has been given the same treatment.

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‘Seduced by a dramatic landscape of canyons and lakes’: exploring Catalonia’s wild side
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‘Seduced by a dramatic landscape of canyons and lakes’: exploring Catalonia’s wild side

A historic single-track train line through the foothills of the Pyrenees opens up a pristine wilderness of forests, gorges and thundering rivers Alighting at the train station of Santa Linya in northern Spain, I paused to wonder what the railway engineers were thinking. Seduced by its dramatic landscape of canyons, lakes, crumbling ruins and the formidable Noguera Pallaresa river thundering south from the Pyrenees, we had vowed to return one day.

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UK-EU breakthrough will allow airport-style checks at Eurotunnel to avoid border ‘chaos’
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UK-EU breakthrough will allow airport-style checks at Eurotunnel to avoid border ‘chaos’

Eurotunnel owner Getlink wants to replicate ‘airport experience’ at Folkestone and Calais, without making people get out of cars Airport-style passport and fingerprinting controls are to be introduced at Eurotunnel in an attempt to prevent “short-term and long-term chaos” in Folkestone and Calais. In a breakthrough for travellers, the European Commission has agreed to a new system in which an “eagle eye” camera system, already used in Rome and Paris airports to supervise fingerprinting and facial imaging, will be used at the border between the UK and France.

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