China blasts BBC report after summoning UK ambassador
March 10, 2021
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BEIJING (AP) China is complaining anew about recent reporting by the BBC, days after summoning the British ambassador to Beijing to register displeasure over a recent article she penned defending press freedom.
The Chinese Embassy in London posted a statement on its website Thursday saying it had written to the BBC expressing “strong dissatisfaction and urging the broadcaster to “abandon bias, correct its mistake and report China in a objective, fair and balanced manner.
On Tuesday, China’s Foreign Ministry summoned Ambassador Caroline Wilson over her article posted on the embassy’s Chinese microblog in which she said critical reporting of China did not imply hatred or disrespect for the country itself. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday said Wilson’s article reflected her “deep-rooted ideological prejudices.”
Emperor s mosaic displayed in Italy after stint as NYC table
PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press
March 11, 2021
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Authorities stand around a 1.5 square meter colorful mosaic dating back to 40 A.D. and belonging to the flooring of Caligula’s lavish ceremonial ships, that was found thanks to a joint police operation in the rooms of a Manhattan house and returned to the museum of Nemi, near Rome, Thursday, March 11, 2021. In September 2017, the department for cultural heritage protection of the Italian Carabinieri police, in collaboration with New York district attorney, managed to sequester the mosaic from the house of an Italian-American woman who brought it in the states illegally many decades earlier.Paolo Santalucia/AP
Barbie s friend Ken celebrates a milestone birthday: 60
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1of5A reproduction of the original Ken doll, launched in 1961 as a companion to Barbie, appears in Bergen County, N.J., on Monday, March 8, 2021. Mattel has put the doll on sale this week to commemorate its 60th anniversary.Ted Shaffrey/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5A reproduction of the original Ken doll, launched in 1961 as a companion to Barbie, appears in Bergen County, N.J., on Monday, March 8, 2021. Mattel has put the doll on sale this week to commemorate its 60th anniversary.Ted Shaffrey/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of5A reproduction of the original Ken doll, launched in 1961 as a companion to Barbie, appears in Bergen County, N.J., on Monday, March 8, 2021. Mattel has put the doll on sale this week to commemorate its 60th anniversary.Ted Shaffrey/APShow MoreShow Less
Erivo on near-EGOT status: I m just going to keep working
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer
March 11, 2021
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FILE - Cynthia Erivo accepts the award for leading actress in a musical for The Color Purple at the Tony Awards in New York on June 12, 2016. “The Color Purple” turned into Grammy, Tony and Emmy gold for Cynthia Erivo. Now she s nominated for a Grammy. “Stand Up, a song Erivo co-wrote from “Harriet, is competing in a category with songs by Taylor Swift, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Billie Eilish, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP