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☆ The Holy Grail: Many places say they have it. So who’s right?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-17 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

In "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," the Holy Grail was a simple "cup of a carpenter" with miraculous healing powers. Lucasfilm Ltd/Paramount/Kobal/ShutterstockOne thing’s for certain – the Holy Grail is embedded deep into our collective imagination. The idea of a quest is a constant theme in literature, art and movies, while we routinely refer to what would be our ultimate goals – but usually lie tantalizingly out of sight — as the “holy grail.” Major medical breakthroughs are often called the “holy grail” for the disease in question. The Holy Grail is, supposedly, the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Raquel Maria Carbonell Pagola/LightRocket/Getty ImagesSo what is it like to have a Holy Grail in your city?

Persons: Jesus Christ, Indiana Jones, ”, Dan Brown, Christ, Mary Magdalen, Harrison Ford, “ Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, “, we’re, Jesus, There’s, Joanne Pierce, “ Jesus, Pierce, Joseph of Arimathea, Jesus ’, Peter, Dean Conger, Corbis, Mathew Schmalz, … King Arthur, King Arthur, Joseph, Arimathea, Chrétien de Troyes, “ Perceval, Perceval, Lancelot, ‘, Margarita Torres Sevilla, Raquel Maria Carbonell Pagola, Torres, —, José Miguel Ortega del Río, Urraca ”, Ortega del Río, Cairo’s Al, –, Dénia, …, Doña Urraca, Leon, Jerusalem ”, ” Ali bnu Muyahid, Denia, Léon, Valencia, Ferdinand I, Ferdinand, Salah, Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, Saladin, Urraca, Ferdinand’s, Torres –, “ I’m, Bill Gates, ” Torres ’, I’m, Christ doesn’t, Schmalz, who’s, Pope John XXIII’s vestment, ’, We’ll Organizations: CNN, Lucasfilm Ltd, Paramount, ”, College of, Catholic, Glastonbury Tor, “, Knights, Celtic, Representatives, Cathedral, Cathedral of Valencia, University of Léon, Azhar, Alamy, Santo, Indiana Locations: Europe, “, Massachusetts, Valencia, Genoa, Montserrat, Barcelona, Glastonbury, England, Spain, Santo, Rome, Jerusalem, Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia, what’s, San Isidoro, Léon, Cathedral of, Italy, Castile, Egypt, Cairo, Cairo’s, Dénia, Syria, Oxford, there's, of Turin

☆ A Would-be Assassin Stirs Europe’s Violent Ghosts
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Roger Cohen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dmitri A. Medvedev, the former Russian president and regular forecaster of a third World War, had no hesitation in comparing the would-be assassin of Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia to the young man who ignited World War I. Europe, he suggested, was once more on the brink. It was on many levels a wild association to make. The Europe of empires that unraveled between 1914 and 1918 is long gone, as is the Europe that replaced it and produced Auschwitz. In their place the painstakingly constructed European Union of 27 members, including Slovakia, has been put in place with the overriding goal of making war impossible on a long-ravaged continent. Yet, with elections to the European Parliament just three weeks way, ominous indications of brewing violence go well beyond the shooting of Mr. Fico, whose condition remains serious.

Persons: Dmitri A, Medvedev, Robert Fico, Fico, Mr, Princip, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Churchill Organizations: Bosnian Serb, of Locations: Russian, Slovakia, Europe, Russia, Bosnian, Sarajevo

☆ Supreme Court steps into a minefield
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-07 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

“First in war — first in peace — and first in the hearts of his countrymen,” Lee wrote of Washington. Joe Biden is 81, the oldest president ever and one who is struggling with John Adams-level unpopularity. On Friday afternoon the US Supreme Court announced it would hear arguments on the case February 8. Trump responded by accusing Biden of “pathetic fearmongering.”It’s been three years since Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6. The name came from a letter Gordon sent to a friend explaining “how she, as a 350-pound woman, would like to be addressed.”“Just say fat,” Gordon reads from her essay in the film.

Persons: George Washington, Henry “, Harry ” Lee, “, —, ” Lee, ”, John Adams, Adams, Joe Biden, Clay Jones, Donald Trump, George W, Bush, Biden, Trump, ” It’s, Harry Dunn, ” Dunn, Black, Cupp, won’t, Trump Lisa Benson, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Mary, DeSantis, Patrick T, Brown, “ Haley, Julian Zelizer, ” Zelizer, John Avlon, ” David Horsey, Laura Belin, Haley, Iowa David Mark, Rob Davidson, Peter Bergen, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Frida Ghitis, Benjamin Netanyahu “, ‘ We’re, ’, Netanyahu, Israel, ” Claudine Gay, Bill Bramhall, Claudine Gay, Jeremi Suri, Gay, ” Suri, Nick Anderson, OpenAI, Seán O’Connor, Mona Lisa ” —, O’Connor, ” “, ” Don’t, Dean Obeidallah, Dave Chappelle, J, Barber, Will Leitch, Sophia A, Nelson, Hollywood William Wallace, Tess Taylor, Jill Filipovic, Keir Giles, Aubrey Gordon, Sara Stewart, Gordon, Jeanie Finlay, ” Gordon, incredulously, ” Stewart Organizations: CNN, Washington, Supreme Court, Continental Army, Trump, Capitol, Capitol Police, Police, Biden, Republicans, New, GOP, Florida Gov, Twitter, Agency, ISIS, Hamas, New York Times, University of Texas, Ivy League, “, Harvard, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Tribune, Microsoft Corp, West Locations: Washington, Florida, Valley Forge , Pennsylvania, Maryland, Iowa, New Hampshire, America, Beirut, Israel, Lebanese, Iran, Red, Sarajevo, Bergen, Gaza, Austin, Tokyo, Hollywood

☆ You can rent out Daphne and Harper's Sicilian villa from 'The White Lotus' for around $6,000 per night on Airbnb
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Villa Tasca is available for around $6,000 per night with a three-night minimum on Airbnb. The Villa Tasca has inspired famous opera composers, according to its website. The Villa Tasca grounds include a 20-acre garden and citrus grove. Courtesy of the Airbnb Photographer CommunityIn "The White Lotus," the villa is located in the town of Noto, known for its baroque architecture. But the Villa Tasca actually is located in Palermo, Sicily's capital and where other tragic storylines in season 2 take place.

☆ Astăzi se împlinesc 103 ani de la Unirea Basarabiei cu România
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-27 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Jurnal.mdAstăzi se împlinesc 103 ani de la Unirea Basarabiei cu RomâniaAstăzi se împlinesc 103 ani de la Unirea Basarabiei cu România. În această zi, la 27 martie 1918 a fost convocat Sfatul Ţării, care s-a întrunit în sala mare a Parlamentului de la Chişinău. Rezultatul votului pentru unirea Basarabiei cu România a fost concludent: 86 voturi pentru, 3 împotrivă, 36 de abţineri, 13 deputaţi absenţi. Astfel, pe 27 martie 1918 Sfatul Ţării a votat unirea Basarabiei cu România, Basarabia fiind prima dintre provinciile istorice care s-a unit cu România. Au urmat celelalte provincii românești – Ardealul, Crișana, Banatul, Maramureșul și Bucovina – spre sfârșitul anului 1918, fiind creată România Mare.

Persons: Daniel Ciugureanu, Alexandru Marghiloman, Regelui Ferdinand I, Ion Buzdugan, Ribbentrop, Molotov Organizations: Unirea, Basarabiei, România Mare Locations: Unirea Basarabiei, România, Chişinău, Republicii Moldoveneşti, Republica Moldovenească, Basarabia, Prut, Nistru, Austria, Rusia, Basarabiei, Crișana, Maramureșul, Bucovina

☆ World’s most beautiful castles
▼ + stars: | 2019-08-07 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

As the UK crowns a new monarch, we’re exploring all things royal, from castles to grand tours. “Castles are places were plots were hatched, marriages were consummated, murders carried out, royal babies born, and so on. With castles, you are never short of fascinating things to talk about.”Read on to find out more about 21 of the world’s most beautiful castles, fortified homes that are both a feast for the eyes and a time trip back to the bygone age during which they were created. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThis classic medieval castle towers above the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. The castle’s vivid red-and-yellow color pattern – and its flashy clock tower – endow Pena with a much more playful air than the somber castles found elsewhere in Europe.

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