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7 Warm, Idyllic European Destinations
MediaFeed via AOL· 2 days agoThe country has a rich cultural heritage, with Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman influences all leaving their mark on the island. Cyprus is known for...
Greece should recognise UK’s ownership of Elgin Marbles before loan – Frazer
Press Association News via AOL· 1 day agoWhen asked for her opinion on the Elgin Marbles at a meeting of the Culture, Media and Sport...
Looking back at this week in history: May 19 - May 25
Tri-County Times· 6 days agoLawrence was born in Wales in 1888. Lawrence studied architecture and archaeology, for which he made a trip to Ottoman (Turkish)-controlled Syria and Palestine in 1909. In ...
Why Does (Almost) Every Country the US Defeats Become Its Ally?"
247wallst.com· 4 days agoKey Issues: A power struggle for control of Central and Eastern Europe; a system of secret alliances...
In Watertown, a pricey clotted cream transcends centuries and geopolitics
GBH News· 11 hours agoThis winter, my editor came to me with an observation she’d made at Sevan Bakery on Mount Auburn...
Fact Check: Behind the Claim King Charles' Ancestor is Vlad the Impaler
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDracula's childhood was difficult as the Ottoman Empire kidnapped him and his brother to guarantee...
How to Get ‘English Country House’ Style—Without a Speck of Chintz
The Wall Street Journal· 20 hours agoTo update a turn-of-the-century estate for a young family, London designer Sarah Peake found...
Genocide Allegations Are Not a Political Football
Foreign Policy Magazine· 7 days agoThe Turkish state has little credibility being an arbiter of what constitutes genocide when it has spent the last 100 years denying the role of the ...
‘Pax Economica’ Review: When Free Trade Was Progressive
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoThe book tells the neglected and, to anyone conditioned by contemporary political alignments,...
Why Billionaire Larry Fink Called Retiring at 65 ‘Crazy’ — and Why You Should Be Concerned
GoBankingRates via AOL· 4 days agoAlthough Americans can file for Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62 and most...