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Stolen Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse were probably uninsured, market sources say

By Jemima Denham and George Abbott April 2 (Reuters) - Three paintings by French masters Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse stolen from ‌a museum in northern Italy last week were probably not ‌insured, according to market sources. One fine art underwriter told the Reuters publication The Insurer that ​the paintings, estimated to be worth around $10 million, had previously failed to secure insurance cover due to the cost.

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Business

Gulf aluminum output tumbles on Iran war

The Gulf accounts for around 23% of global, non-China aluminum production, most of which is sold overseas.

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World

Israel says 40 Hezbollah members killed as forces advance in Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Thursday it has killed more than 40 members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon in the last 24 hours. Sources within Hezbollah also reported that dozens of fighters had been killed in close combat with Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.

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Eight Muslim nations condemn Israel's 'dangerous' new death penalty law

Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates emphasized the "urgent need to refrain from measures" that risk further inflaming tensions on the ground. Eight Muslim-majority countries "strongly condemned" Israel's move to pass a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinian terrorists convicted in military courts, a joint statement released by Pakistan said on Thursday.

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Energy security rifts widen in Europe

The deepening energy crisis triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran has thrust energy security back onto the political stage in European countries.

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Science

Factbox-China's crewed lunar programme eyes astronaut landing by 2030

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - NASA sent four astronauts on the world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century on Wednesday, in preparation for a first-ever manned landing on

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World

World's oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary

Reports on April Fools' Day of the death of the world’s oldest living land animal — a 193-year-old tortoise called Jonathan — were greatly exaggerated. Jonathan is still kicking — albeit slowly — on the island of St. Helena. “It was a hoax,” Anne Dillon, head of communications on the island, told The Associated Press on Thursday.

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Health

Kids may be more likely to get the new ‘Cicada’ variant of Covid-19, scientists say. Here’s what to know about BA.3.2

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults.

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World

Warship sunk by British fleet, remains of sailor found after 225 years

Thousands were killed and wounded during the Battle of Copenhagen, considered one of Adm. Horatio Nelson's "great battles."

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Over 1,800 killed since junta seized power in Burkina Faso, rights group says

Human Rights Watch says Capt Traoré, other military leaders and jihadists "may be liable" for the killings.

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Lifestyle

$1,000 bribes, Mormon momfluencer mixers and making content to get plastic surgery: The wildest things I learned reporting my book

While writing "Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online," Fortesa Latifi learned a lot about parent and child influencers. Like, a lot.

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Muslim nations condemn new Israeli death penalty law

Several Muslim countries have strongly criticized Israel's new death penalty law passed by parliament earlier this week. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates strongly condemn "the imposition of the death penalty in the occupied West Bank and its de facto application against Palestinians," according to a joint statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Thursday.

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World

Germany to create restitution council to return colonia-era acquired cultural artefacts

Germany is setting up a council to oversee the return of cultural property and human remains taken from former colonies.View on euronews

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Alleged Huione Group Money Laundering Boss Extradited to China

Li Xiong, 41, the former chairman of Huione Group and a core member of what Chinese authorities call the Chen Zhi criminal syndicate, was escorted off a China Southern Airlines flight in Beijing on April 1 – shaven-headed, handcuffed, flanked by officers from China’s Ministry of Public Security. The real ...

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Consumer experts: German petrol hikes rule won't bring down prices

A new rule that prohibits Germany's petrol stations from hiking prices more than once day is unlikely to bring down costs for motorists, consumer experts said on Thursday one day after the restriction took effect. "At the moment, it doesn't look as though the new rule will actually make filling up any cheaper," Ramona Pop, head of the Federation of German Consumer Organizations, told dpa.

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