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Champion of socialist building style says there is little time to save iconic buildings from 1958-1989.

Carlos Ghosn, the former rock star businessman who fell from grace and fled authorities smuggled in a music instrument box, is getting what his dramatic story deserves — a multi-part documentary series. “Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn” is the juicy real tale of how the auto executive went from attending red carpets as the head of both Nissan and Renault to fleeing to Lebanon with the help of a former Green Beret. “The Carlos Ghosn story is unbelievable in the se...

Multichain, previously known as Anyswap, said it is ceasing operations on July 14, citing a lack of operational funds and limited resources. The decision comes after the project’s CEO went missing in May, causing the Multichain team to lose access to its servers. Multichain Shuts Down Due to Lack of Funds and Information Cross-chain router […]

By Jewish-American Hall of Fame ......   Mel Wacks, Director of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame, has announced that its 53rd annual inductee ―

Bridport Literary Festival (BridLit) tickets are selling fast, with some events already sold out.

Bridport Literary Festival (BridLit) tickets are selling fast, with some events already sold out.

Edward Shawcross’ The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Hapsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World details the brief reign of Maximilian I over the Second Mexican Empire.

On 8 April 1864 an Austrian archduke with a penchant for daydreaming agreed to be emperor of Mexico. As Edward Shawcross describes in his majestic history The Last Emperor of Mexico, the process to install Maximilian of Habsburg began two and half years earlier. The plan was proposed by a determined clique of Mexican Conservatives

The doomed Hapsburg aristocrat who France installed as emperor here in 1864 had surprisingly liberal sympathies by 19th-century standards.

The Dramatic Story of the Last Days of the Dual Monarchy.