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Historic 1493 letter on Columbus voyage is returned to Italy

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The 8-page letter conveys Columbus' marvel at the fertile islands he found, "full of the greatest variety of trees reaching to the stars," and the timid natives who Columbus believed were ripe for conquest by Spain and conversion to Christianity. The letter had been stolen from Florence's Riccardiana library and replaced with a forgery that no one noticed until Italian authorities in 2012 launched a broad investigation across Italy into plundered rare books following some high-profile thefts. [...]... Читать дальше...



Teddy Bridgewater “pretty impressed” by Laquon Treadwell

NBCSports.com 

Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater said Tuesday that “finishing throws” is the part of his game that he’d like to improve heading into the 2016 season. If all goes according to plan, a lot of the throws he finishes will be sent in the direction of rookie wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, who the Vikings selected with…

Hebrew University holds Korean language contest

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

JERUSALEM, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Promising college students of the Korean language recently competed in a Korean speech contest in Jerusalem. A total of 24 non-native Korean speakers participated in the second round of the annual Korean Speech Contes

Billboard producer defends choosing Madonna to honor Prince

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

NEW YORK (AP) — The executive producer of Sunday's Billboard Music Awards is defending the decision to have Madonna pay homage to Prince, which has been met with some criticism online and sparked a Change.org petition.

Billboard producer defends choosing Madonna to honor Prince

JournalStar.com 

NEW YORK (AP) — The executive producer of Sunday's Billboard Music Awards is defending the decision to have Madonna pay homage to Prince, which has been met with some criticism online and sparked a Change.org petition.

Billboard producer defends choosing Madonna to honor Prince

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

NEW YORK (AP) — The executive producer of Sunday's Billboard Music Awards is defending the decision to have Madonna pay homage to Prince, which has been met with some criticism online and sparked a Change.org petition.

Billboard producer defends choosing Madonna to honor Prince

«The Bismarck Tribune» (bismarcktribune.com) 

NEW YORK (AP) — The executive producer of Sunday's Billboard Music Awards is defending the decision to have Madonna pay homage to Prince, which has been met with some criticism online and sparked a Change.org petition.

Delta Lloyd in de plus op lager Damrak

Tubantia 

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De Europese aandelenbeurzen lieten woensdag in de middaghandel kleine verliezen zien. Op de beurs in Amsterdam was verzekeraar Delta Lloyd een opvallende stijger, na een goed ontvangen handelsbericht over het eerste kwartaal.

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A top pro-Hillary super PAC is planning to spend twice as much as it did on Obama to back her against Trump — here's why

BusinessInsider.com 

Reuters/Jim Young

Ahead of a likely general-election matchup between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, a top pro-Clinton super PAC has already spent $136 million in ad reservations to gird for the fight ahead.

Priorities USA was founded to help re-elect President Barack Obama in the 2012 election.

However, it spent "roughly $70-80 million" during that campaign, according to Justin Barasky, the group's communications director.

This year, it "will be at least $136 million,"... Читать дальше...

Read what Gerrard said ahead of Liverpool’s Europa League final against Sevilla

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

–  The 2016 Europa League final in Basel will be played between Liverpool and Sevilla  – The former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard warns the Reds – Jurgen Klopp analyzes his club’s confidence Former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard has stated that victory in the Europa League against Sevilla could spark the beginning of a glorious era for Liverpool […]

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An $80 million Tetris movie is being made in China next year

BusinessInsider.com 

Richard Drew

There is a concerted effort on the part of Hollywood right now to turn video games into movies. The desire is so great that even properties that you wouldn’t think could be turned into movies are being optioned by studios. Now even Tetris, a game that consists entirely of fitting shapes together on a screen, is getting a film adaptation. It gets even more bizarre than that; however, because the Tetris movie is being setup as an "epic sci-fi thriller" that will cost $80 million to produce. Читать дальше...


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