Louvre: Versailles chief Christophe Leribault takes charge of crisis-hit museum after brazen theft of French crown jewels

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The Louvre museum is getting a new boss. Veteran art historian Christophe Leribault is shouldering the challenge of getting the institution out of crisis after the French crown jewels […]

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Prominent Russian scholar detained and ‘blacklisted’ in Latvia minutes before delivering lecture on North Korea

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Andrei Lankov, a prominent Russian scholar on North Korea who teaches at a Seoul university, was detained in Latvia while delivering a lecture, Russian media reported. Mr Lankov confirmed […]

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Former San Francisco homeless services CEO charged with misspending $1.2 million in public funds

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The former CEO of a San Francisco homeless services charity will be arraigned Tuesday on nine felony charges after prosecutors said she stole more than $1.2 million in public […]

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