An early participant in the eccentric collection of artists known as Fluxus, she was perhaps best known for pieces centered on a humble tuna sandwich and a giant salad.
The artist Alison Knowles in front of some of her work at her Manhattan studio in 2022. She was best known for a style of interactive art that by design is challenging to display and preserve in a museum.
The African striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha) is a small mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, where its range stretches from as far north as Kenya south to South Africa. It belongs in the family Mustelidae and is the lone member of the genusPoecilogale. It has a long, slender body with short legs and a bushy tail. One of the smallest carnivorans in Africa, it measures 24 to 35 cm (9.4 to 13.8 in) long excluding the tail, with males generally larger than females. It has black fur over most of its body, with distinctive white bands running from the top of its head down its back, with the tail being completely white. The closest living relative of this species is the striped polecat, and it may also be related to the extinct Propoecilogale bolti. The African striped weasel is most commonly seen in savanna and veld grasslands with termite mounds, but has also been recorded in semideserts, rainforests, fynbos and even areas used by humans such as pine plantations and agricultural land. (Full article...)
... that My Dad, the first entry in My Family Member, a series of illustrated children books, was inspired by the author's discovery of his father's old gown?
1824 – The disposable shipColumbus(pictured) arrived in the The Downs off England, becoming, at that time, the largest vessel to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne is an oil-on-panel painting by Leonardo da Vinci, painted around 1501 to 1519. It depicts Saint Anne, her daughter the Virgin Mary, and the infant Jesus. Christ is shown grappling with a sacrificial lamb on the edge of a precipice, symbolizing his Passion. It is likely that the painting was commissioned by King Louis XII of France following the birth of his daughter Claude in 1499, but it was never delivered to him. Leonardo explored incorporating these figures together through preparatory works including the Burlington House Cartoon, now in the National Gallery, London, and a drawing which resides in the Louvre, Paris. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne is also in the Louvre.
The owner of a Turkish hotel and 10 others have been sentenced to life in prison following the deadliest fire in the country's history.
The blaze at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu broke out during school holidays in January, killed 78 people including 34 children.
Owner Halit Ergül, his wife and two daughters were handed the maximum penalty after being found guilty of severe negligence, along with Bolu's deputy mayor and the local fire chief.
In total, there were 32 people facing charges over the fire which tore through the building in the early hours of the morning, resulting in some residents jumping from the 12-storey building to escape the flames.
In addition, 137 people were injured in the blaze at the northern mountain resort of Kartalkaya.
Hilmi Altin, who lost his wife and nine-year-old daughter, told AFP news agency: "I go to the cemetery each day. No psychologist can ease such a pain."
An inquiry found that some safety equipment had not worked at the time of the fire, which started in the hotel's restaurant. Also, some of the building's gas equipment did not meet safety standards.
Ergul denied responsibility. He said the hotel had regular inspections and blamed the gas supplier. He also said the tourism ministry was responsible for oversight.
"If I had foreseen the risk, I would have closed the hotel myself," he told the hearing which took place inside a specially constructed court room at a local school.
A further 18 defendants received sentences ranging from 12 to 22 years. Most were hotel employees. Others were acquitted, including two cooks.
The Bolu mountains are popular with skiers from Istanbul and Turkey's capital Ankara, which is about 170km (105 miles) away. At the time of the disaster, the hotel was operating at high occupancy as it was the start of school holidays.
Six suspects have been arrested near the French city of Lyon in connection with the country's latest brazen heist.
Thieves used explosives to break into a precious metals refinery on Thursday before making off with the loot, which was mostly gold and worth €12m (£10.5m, $13.8m).
Following a chase, police caught the suspects and recovered the haul, officials said.
In the Lyon incident, footage posted on social media by people living near the facility showed two men near a white van. One could be seen placing a ladder over the company's fence before scaling it.
Another video showed a robber carrying a weapon and opening the rear door of the van, while another loaded briefcases into the vehicle.
An unnamed neighbour told AFP news agency she heard a big explosion. "It was really impressive," she said.
Five employees of the firm Pourquery Laboratories suffered minor injuries in the explosion, officials told AFP.
A woman was among those detained after the chase. Assault rifles and explosives were also seized, police said.
Meanwhile, the latest arrests over the Louvre heist in Paris bring the number of those detained to seven.
On 19 October, four suspects used a mechanical lift to gain access to the museum's Gallery of Apollo in broad daylight.
They cracked open display cases housing crown jewels with a disc cutter and made off with items worth €88m (£76m; $102m).
Police say those arrested include three of the thieves. Officers are still hunting the fourth.
French actor Tchéky Karyo, who had a starring role in the film Nikita and the TV series The Missing, has died aged 72.
Karyo, who was born in Turkey but grew up in Paris, died of a cancer on Friday, his agent told AFP news agency. Known largely for supporting roles, Karyo acted in films for nearly four decades, finding a second career in TV series in his final years.
First making his mark in crime thriller La Balance (1982), he played the handler Bob in Luc Besson's assassin film Nikita (1990).
BBC audiences may chiefly remember him for his role as the TV detective Julien Baptiste in The Missing (2009).
Karyo's wife, actress Valérie Keruzoré, and their children announced his death, AFP adds.
He was born on 4 October 1953 in Istanbul, the son of a Turkish lorry driver of Spanish-Jewish origin and a Greek mother, Le Monde newspaper writes.
After several years as a theatrical actor, Karyo saw his role in La Balance earn him a nomination for the César Award for Best Male Revelation.
With his strong jaw and penetrating stare, he went on to play in dozens of films of all kinds, often in hard man roles.
Other French films included Besson's Joan of Arc (1993) and the anti-war epic A Very Long Engagement (2004), while he was cast in Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) and in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995).
One of his starring roles was as the medieval prophet Nostradamus in the 1994 film of the same name, while his tiniest role was undoubtedly in Amélie (2001) where he only appeared as a face in an ID photo in an album.
The detective he portrayed in The Missing, known and loved by viewers for his methodical crime-solving skills, landed him a second series, followed by two series of a spin-off, Baptiste.
Just two years ago he was back in a different role in BBC comedy thriller Boat Story.
During the Day of the Dead, the cempasúchil, or marigold, is believed to guide spirits back home. In Mexico City, people who lost a loved one to Covid use the flower to honor their dead.
The UN security council has approved a US-backed resolution supporting Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara, despite fierce opposition from Algeria.
Although Friday’s vote was divided, the resolution offers the strongest endorsement yet for Morocco’s plan to keep sovereignty over the territory, which also has backing from most European Union members and a growing number of African allies.
The resolution refers to Morocco’s plan as a basis for negotiation. As with similar resolutions in previous years, the text makes no mention of a referendum on self-determination that includes independence as an option, which is the solution long favoured by the pro-independence Polisario Front and its allies, including Algeria, Russia and China.
Western Sahara is a phosphate-rich stretch of coastal desert the size of Colorado which was under Spanish rule until 1975. It is claimed by Morocco and Polisario Front, which operates from refugee camps in south-western Algeria and claims to represent the Sahrawi people indigenous to the disputed territory.
The US, which sponsored the resolution, led 11 countries in voting in favour, while three countries – Russia, China and Pakistan – abstained. Algeria, Polisario’s primary benefactor, did not vote.
Mike Waltz, the US ambassador to the UN, said the vote had been “historic” and would “build on the momentum for a long, long overdue peace in Western Sahara”.
Amar Bendjama, the Algerian ambassador to the UN, said that while the resolution was an improvement on previous iterations, it “still has a number of shortcomings”.
“It is below, below, I say, of the expectations and the legitimate aspirations of the people of Western Sahara, represented by the Polisario Front,” he said.
The resolution says “genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty could constitute a most feasible solution”.
The measure also renews the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara for another year, as has been done for more than three decades. Prior extensions, however, have not included a reference to Morocco and its allies’ preferred outcome.
The UN resolution calls on all parties involved to “seize this unprecedented opportunity for a lasting peace.” Depending on progress, it asks António Guterres, the secretary general, to review the peacekeeping mission’s mandate within six months.
The shift could unsettle a long-stalled process that for decades has eluded resolution, despite a UN peacekeeping mission that was designed to be temporary. Demonstrations have ensued in Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria this week, where people have vowed not to give up their fight for self-determination.
Morocco controls nearly all of Western Sahara, except for a narrow strip known as the “free zone” that lies east of a Moroccan-built sand wall.
A 1991 ceasefire was meant to pave the way for a referendum on self-determination, but fighting over voter eligibility prevented it from taking place.
Over the years, Morocco has transformed the disputed territory, constructing a deepwater port and a 656-mile (1,055-km) highway. State subsidies keep food and energy prices low, and the population has ballooned as Moroccans settle in cities such as Dakhla and Laayoune.
Polisario withdrew from the ceasefire in 2020 after clashes near a road Morocco was paving to Mauritania.
The group has since regularly reported military activity, while Morocco has mostly denied open conflict. The United Nations calls it “low-level hostilities”.
In response to the draft resolution, Polisario said that it would not join any process aiming “to ‘legitimise’ Morocco’s illegal military occupation,” saying peace “can never be achieved by rewarding expansionism”.
Morocco’s Foreign Ministry did not respond to questions before the vote.
The conflict is the driving force in north African diplomacy. Morocco considers support for its autonomy plan as a benchmark for how it gauges its allies.
Last October, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura suggested partitioning Western Sahara, a proposal neither side accepted. He urged Morocco to clarify what autonomy would entail and warned a lack of progress might raise questions about the United Nations’ role and “whether there is space and willingness for us to still be useful.”
The push to reassess the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara comes as the United States slashes funding for UN programmes and agencies, including peacekeeping.
US officials are taking an a la carte approach to funding, picking which operations and agencies they believe align with Trump’s agenda and which no longer serve US interests. They argue that the UN’s budget and agencies are bloated. They pledge to halt new contributions pending a review of every UN agency and programme.
反观国内，郑智化在深圳机场的这番遭遇可谓普遍。视频博主、无障碍测评师“大程子好妹妹”曾经分享过，有一次搭乘春秋航空，提前预定了用以到达或离开客舱座位的WCHC_（WHEELCHAIR-S FOR CABIN SEAT）_类型轮椅，但到了机舱门口才发现不提供机上轮椅，空少反问她“能走一点”吗，得到否定回答后“场面一度陷入尴尬”，最后只能靠大程子的随行男友抱她到了座位。而下机时连升降机也没了，还是男友抱她走下一串台阶。大程子忍不住吐槽，“又是传统项目，大力出奇迹。”
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