Two climate activists on Tuesday targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of recent flood damage in the Tuscany region on the protective glass.
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Authorities immediately cleared the room and the two protesters were brought by carabinieri for questioning. Under a new law, the protesters risk up to six months of jail time. Read More...
NEW YORK — “I am the stupidest person here,” Cole Escola said in a speech last month. “And I mean that as an insult to all of you.”
They had just won a special Drama Desk Award for “Oh, Mary!,” their off-Broadway play that was extended twice before it was cleared for a Broadway run. The show also earned them the almost-serious “Cate Blanchett Award for Good Acting” from the hosts of the “Las Culturistas” podcast and the actually serious Outer Critics Circle Award for best lead actor in an off-Broadway play. Read More...
By The Visual and Data Journalism TeamBBC News
ReutersCovid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with more than 550 million confirmed cases and more than six million deaths reported across almost 200 countries.
The US, India and Brazil have seen the highest number of confirmed cases, followed by France, Germany and the UK.
Very few places have been left untouched. In the table below, countries can be reordered by deaths, death rate and total cases. Read More...
