With his handsome looks and tender manner, the actor was able to combine toughness with an appealing, vulnerable quality that made him one of France’s memorable leading men.
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Ukrainian troops strike 2 key bridges in Russia’s Kursk area. Could that mean they plan to stay?
The strikes, apparently aimed at stymieing a Russian counterpush, could mean that Kyiv intends to seek a foothold in the region.
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‘Shoot me up with a big one’: A timeline of the last days of Matthew Perry
Most of the ‘Friends’ star’s final days were spent in the throes of an addiction to the surgical anesthetic ketamine.
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Fire breaks out at London’s Somerset House, home to priceless art
Paintings by Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh and others were safe after fire broke out on the roof.
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Congo’s humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency
A humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo is contributing to mpox outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa that have been deemed a global health emergency by the World Health Organization.
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Strategist who ran DeSantis’ ill-fated bid working with Musk to help organize voters for Trump
Donald Trump’s campaign is largely leaving paid canvassing and get-out-the-vote efforts to outside groups like America PAC, funded in part by Elon Musk.
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Hundreds of miles away, Ernesto still affects U.S. beaches with rip currents, house collapse
The storm’s high surf and swells contributed to damage along the coast, including the collapse of an unoccupied beach house along North Carolina’s narrow barrier islands.
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Israeli airstrike kills 18 members of same family in Gaza as mediators hope for a cease-fire
The strike came just hours after mediators expressed optimism for an imminent cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.
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Bronze statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument
A contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the Decatur, Ga., town square before it was dismantled in 2020.
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Bronze statue of former Georgia congressman replaces 100-year-old Confederate monument
The late civil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Lewis was known for his role at the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement and urged others to get in ‘good trouble’ for a cause he saw as vital and necessary.