Two dead as Nepal police use tear gas, sticks to break up pro-monarchy rally
Nepali riot police lobbed tear gas, fired water cannon and used rattan sticks on Friday to break up a protest rally demanding ...
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At FLAG Art Foundation, a Rose Is So Much More Than a Rose
At FLAG Art Foundation, the sweeping group show “A Rose Is” (on view through June 21) reassesses the multifaceted meanings and uses of the rose motif within visual art across numerous mediums.
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Nepal’s authoritarian king was ousted 19 years ago. Now many want the monarchy back
Thousands of supporters greeted Nepal’s former king in capital Kathmandu on Sunday and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state religion. An estimated ...
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Why are flags at half-staff? Iowa flags lowered for second day in a row
For the second day in a row, flags around Iowa will remain at half-staff. All flags at the State Capitol Building as well as flags on public buildings, grounds and facilities throughout the staff ...
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Flags are at half-staff in Massachusetts today. Here's why
Gov. Maura Healey announced that state and national flags will fly at half-staff in Massachusetts today, March 7 to honor United States Navy Ensign Oliver Cole of Beverly. A graduate of the ...
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Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century Buddha sculpture to Nepal
On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha ...