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Revealed — the first William Morris designs in a century
By a curious turn of fate, one of the world’s largest collections of works relating to the British arts and crafts designer and utopian socialist William Morris is kept on American shores. The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens...

People love smelly plants
Stop and smell the roses? Sure. But crowds line up for The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens’ corpse flower, which reeks like decay. Such plants bloom once every few years and just for about a day, but the San Marino,...

Putin, Kim To Attend Beijing Military Parade In Defiant Display Against Western Pressure
Home China Putin, Kim To Attend Beijing Military Parade In Defiant Display Against Western... Among the 26 foreign leaders attending next week’s military parade in Beijing, no Western heads will be present except Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert...

Bay Area high school football 2025: Week 1 preview, schedule
The first high school football weekend of the season has arrived. Dozens of teams from across the Bay Area are about to kick off the year with games scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Week 1 lineup features De La Salle — the Bay Area...

Hamas Leaders Cite October 7 Massacre as Impetus for International Support for Palestinian Nation, Vow To Never Lay Down Arms
After a week in which several western countries pledged to recognize a Palestinian state, Hamas is taking a victory lap this weekend, declaring the October 7 massacre of more than 1,200 Israelis the catalyst that helped Hamas achieve recognition...

10 Best Racing Movies To Watch If You Like Brad Pitt's F1
One of the biggest hits during the summer of 2025 was "F1," starring and produced by Brad Pitt, which dominated the box office upon its theatrical release. Set in the high-octane world of Formula One racing, the movie is supercharged by high-speed...

For first time, Arab countries decry Hamas attack on Oct. 7 in ‘New York Declaration’
(JNS) Some two months before the second anniversary of the Hamas-led terrorist invasion of southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, 17 countries and entities signed onto the “New York Declaration,” marking “a first condemnation by Arab nations of Hamas,...

Putin, Kim to join Xi at 'Victory Day' military parade in China
World leaders will join Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2025 Beijing military parade, a show of unity amid growing Western pressure. Among the world leaders set to attend a military parade in Beijing next week with President Xi Jinping are...

World leaders risk a Trump backlash to turn on Israel
Starmer called Netanyahu before the cabinet meeting. The formal “readout” of this call was typically bland, but the Israeli leader’s reaction on the phone was not hard to guess. Soon afterwards, he accused the British leader of appeasing the Hamas...

EES is here – who won’t be fingerprinted at EU borders?
EES rollout 2025–2026: Europe’s Entry/Exit System is phased in at external borders, with biometrics introduced gradually and exemptions for certain travellers. Credit : Sidney van den Boogaard, Shutterstock Europe’s Entry/Exit System (EES) starts...

Putin, Kim to join Xi at Beijing parade
BEIJING: Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will join Chinese President Xi Jinping at a military parade in Beijing, their first joint public appearance in a display of defiance against Western pressure. China’s foreign...

Adrift in Betye Saar’s Crepuscular Dreamscape
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Kim Jong Un to join Xi and Putin at Beijing military parade in rare trip outside North Korea
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Yamaha Will Finally Debut Its V4 MotoGP Motorcycle at Misano, and It's Sink or Swim
Almost one year to the day that Yamaha confirmed the company was developing a V4 engine for MotoGP, we'll see it in action. We found out for sure that the engine was in development in September 2024, and we'll see it in action during the San...

Putin, Kim Jong-un to attend Chinese parade in show of defiance to the West
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. No Western leaders will be among the 26 foreign heads of state and government attending the parade next week with the exception of Robert...

Putin and Kim to join Xi at Chinese military parade in show of defiance to the west
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are among the world leaders who will attend a military parade with President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week, in a show of collective defiance amid western pressure. No western leaders will be among the 26 foreign...

Putin, Kim Jong Un and Prabowo to attend Beijing military parade
ussian President Vladimir Putin, North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will attend a military parade in Beijing, as Chinese President Xi Jinping seeks to showcase a non-Western style of regional collaboration. No...

Things to do in the San Gabriel Valley area, Aug. 29-Sept. 6
Friday The 626 Night Market: The three-day event “inspired by the famous open-air nighttime bazaars of Asia” offers food and shopping, games and entertainment, 4-11 p.m. Aug. 29-31. Admission $5.90 in advance; $6.93 at the door; $9.99 multi-day...
Rev. George Woodward III, Former St. Edmund’s Rector, Killed in Automobile Collision
Rev. Canon George F. Woodward III, a respected priest known for his service at St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church in San Marino, and later as Rector of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, has died as a result of an...

Top California football games to watch (Aug. 28-30)
While a select few teams have already played two official contests and many have played one, this week is Week One (Aug. 28-30) – the first in which the entirety of California high school season is underway. Here's a quick look at the top 10 games...