It started at 40,000 pounds, or about $50,000. Then the competition exploded, with a half-dozen bidding paddles raised in the London salesroom, followed by a
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Fluorescein Turned Venice Grand Canal Green, Officials Say
For days, Venetians have wondered what caused a swath of their city’s famous Grand Canal to turn bright green. On Monday, the authorities had an
How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin’s Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City
On a foggy morning a few months ago, Valentyn Dmytrovych Yermolenko, an aging Ukrainian fisherman with a bad back and horrible knees, puttered down a