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The 17th century was a significant one for Paris. The revolution was some way off, and the royals were embellishing their capital with regal squares, palaces and bridges.I’m crossing Pont Neuf, which was completed in 1607, during the reign of King Henri IV, who’s portrayed, astride a horse, on a bronze statue about halfway across this multi-arched stone stunner, the oldest surviving bridge spanning the Seine in Paris.I see the Louvre sprawling on the Right Bank and below Pont Neuf, there’s the leafy western tip of the Ile de la Cite, the 850m-long island that splits the river and has…

JAKARTA/DA NANG/ANURADHAPURA/ZAMBOANGA CITY: Inside the National Museum of Indonesia, inscribed on a stone slab is a chilling message from the 7th century.Its carved lines are worn out, but epigraphist Andriyati Rahayu can make out the warning in ancient Malay. “Whoever disobeys the king will be cursed and killed,” she translates.Fragments such as this inscription offer insight into the Srivijaya empire, a seafaring power that dominated trade in much of Southeast Asia more than a millennium ago.From its base in Sumatra, Srivijaya controlled the Straits of Malacca and the Sunda Strait, vital sea routes linking India and China, and built its…

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoThe United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – which includes agencies that oversee immigration enforcement and disaster response – is expected to run out of funds after legislators failed to avert a partial government shutdown.The Senate adjourned on Friday without reaching a deal to pass budget legislation for DHS. The House of Representatives, meanwhile, had started its weeklong recess on Thursday evening.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThat leaves a DHS shutdown all but inevitable when the funding expires at midnight in Washington, DC, on Saturday (05:00 GMT).The impasse was spurred, in part, by…

These DHS employees will be impacted by the government shutdown – CBS News Watch CBS News Lawmakers are locked in a standoff over the way ICE is carrying out immigration enforcement. Nicole Sganga has details about who will be impacted by the shutdown.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. men’s figure skater Ilia Malinin revealed his mind became flooded with “thoughts and memories” before his performance in the men’s free skate final at the Winter Olympics Friday. Malinin, a top contender to win gold for the U.S., surprisingly fell twice during his routine. He fell all the way to eighth place and missed out on the podium. “I just had so many thoughts and memories flood right before I got into my starting pose, and almost, I think, it maybe overwhelmed me a little bit. I’ve been through a lot in my…

Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesElon Musk’s xAI, which merged with SpaceX last week, is facing increased pressure from environmental and civil rights groups over pollution concerns, this time at the company’s facility in Southaven, Mississippi. On Friday, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, on behalf of the NAACP, sent a notice of intent to sue xAI and subsidiary MZ Tech LLC, saying the company’s use of dozens of natural gas-burning turbines requires a federal permit, violates the Clean Air Act and harms nearby communities. Pollution from the turbines, which xAI has also used in Memphis, Tennessee, for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).The Travis County Medical Examiner has determined Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera died by suicide after falling from an Austin high-rise in November, a ruling that aligns with police findings but is being forcefully challenged by the teen’s family, whose attorney called the conclusion “flawed.”Aguilera, 19, died after falling from a high-rise apartment following a Texas A&M vs. University of Texas football tailgate at about 1…

Saskatchewan Polytechnic says students in Saskatoon will not be required to relocate 250 km to Regina following a recent program decision that drew concern for many. The institution confirmed this week that students entering the second year of the electronic systems engineering technology (ESET) program will be able to continue their studies in Saskatoon.The update comes after first-year students were informed last month that their program would be moved to Regina this fall – a change that would have required them to transfer to a campus more than 250 kilometres away.The university originally stated that “If some choose to pursue…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and rival leaders ‌have paid their respects to the victims of one of the nation’s worst mass shootings.

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong university student who had called for accountability over a deadly fire in the city said on Friday (Feb 13) he was being expelled by the school for disciplinary offences.Miles Kwan, a politics student, was detained for two nights by the city’s national security police last year for “seditious intent” after handing out flyers calling for an independent probe into a fire that killed 168 people in November last year.After he was released on bail, his school, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), conducted a disciplinary review and referred the case to a student discipline…