8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (452+ words) Giotto’s frescoes depicting the life of St. Francis of Assisi at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence. The celebrated fresco cycle was recently restored after four years of work. (Sailko/Wikimedia Commons) The newly vibrant “Stories of St. Francis…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (339+ words) The exhibition unfolds within the Museum’s permanent galleries, where works by forty contemporary artists enter into dialogue with ancient inscriptions and sherds (ostraca) used in the practice of ostracism, from the Ancient Agora of Athens and the Kerameikos. The starting…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (553+ words) The installation — specially created for an exhibition of the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who died Aug. 14 at age 97 — is titled “Infinity Mirrored Room — The Hope Of The Polka Dots Buried In Infinity Will Eternally Cover The Universe.” The…...

5+ day, 38+ min ago   (904+ words) After repeated delays caused by the war with Russia, she was only hours away from marrying her partner, a 43-year-old Ukrainian soldier, in a ceremony in the capital. But as the couple slept, a Russian strike hit a warehouse across…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (129+ words) thenationalherald.com Greece Introduces Electronic Monitoring Bracelet for Suspects in Domestic Violence Cases Placed under Restrictive Conditions ATHENS – The introduction of electronic monitoring bracelets for everyone accused of domestic violence who is placed under restrictive conditions was announced by Minister…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (249+ words) NICOSIA – EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou expressed condolences to the families and loved ones of the eight people confirmed to have died when a ferry sank off the coast of occupied Turkish-Kyrenia on August 30. The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation announced it…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (285+ words) Leo unveiled the portrait before celebrating Mass with his fellow Augustinian brothers at the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the medieval village of Genazzano south of Rome. He joins a handful of past popes whose visits to…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (730+ words) The trip by the Americans follows a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, as both sides have escalated their aerial attacks. Washington’s push to end the fighting has lost momentum, with the Trump administration focused for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (347+ words) The National Herald Cardinal Timothy Dolan to Receive 2026 Athenagoras Human Rights Award NEW YORK – NEW YORK (ANA-MPA/P. Kasfikis) – The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced that the 2026 Athenagoras Human Rights Award will be presented to His Eminence Cardinal Timothy…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (595+ words) A police helicopter is circling above the Amprion substation in Bergheim, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP) Multiple explosive devices were found Tuesday morning at a substation near the Jänschwalde coal-fired power plant in Brandenburg in northeast Germany....