Four rare Renaissance wood panels by Antonello da Messina were stolen from the Regional Museum of Messina in Sicily during the Ferragosto holiday, prompting a major police investigation.
Beijing is intensifying its rhetoric against Tokyo's changing defense posture, labeling it 'new militarism' and using WWII history to rally regional sympathy, while Japan rejects the claims and highlights China's military build-up.
The remains of Silvestre Indias Carvajal, who disappeared during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, were identified 87 years later in a well in Feria, Extremadura. His family's long search highlights generational trauma and ongoing political debates over historical memory in Spain.
