În 1863, Parisul, capitala mondială a artei, a fost zguduit de un scandal fără precedent. Juriul conservator al Salonului Oficial a respins peste două treimi din lucrările artiștilor, inclusiv pe cele ale unor viitori genii […] Articolul Salon des Refusés – Salonul Refuzaților. Cum artiștii respinși au sfidat sistemul apare prima dată în Descopera. Această […]
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Airline refuses to ship monkeys for US scientific research
Kenya Airlines will stop animal shipments after a car crash Kenya Airlines will stop shipping monkeys for a US research laboratory after the animals they were transporting got involved in a car crash in Pennsylvania. Allan Kilavuka, the airline CEO, confirmed on Tuesday in an email to the Associated Press that the company will not […]
Labour leader refuses to apologize over lockdown drinks ‘hypocrisy’
Keir Starmer insists he did nothing wrong when he was meeting colleagues for drinks The leader of the UK’s Labour Party has refused to apologize over images of him drinking with colleagues amid Covid-19 restrictions after he called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign over a similar scandal. Speaking to LBC on Monday, Keir […]
Royal family refuses to discuss Prince Andrew sex abuse lawsuit
Palace will “not comment” on prince’s legal trouble involving pedophile’s victim Buckingham Palace has refused to comment on a US court ruling allowing Virginia Giuffre’s sexual assault lawsuit against Prince Andrew to go ahead. Unless settled, the lawsuit could see members of the royal family testify. “We would not comment on what is an ongoing […]
France refuses to be held ‘hostage’ to British politics
France will not be held hostage to Britain’s domestic politics over the Channel migrant crisis, the country’s interior minister has said, signaling, however, readiness to negotiate with London. The remarks were delivered by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Sunday, following a meeting with his Belgian, German and Dutch counterparts in the northern French city of […]
New Zealand PM refuses to say if China is ‘ally or adversary’ & abstains from calling US ‘leading democracy’
New Zealand won’t be dragged into US hostilities with China, with which it has a ‘mature’ relationship that allows for disputes and differences to be resolved in a calm manner, PM Jacinda Ardern said. Ardern was prompted several times to take a stance on the confrontation between the US and China during an interview with […]
New Zealand refuses to give up its zero-case Covid-19 strategy as infection numbers rise in Auckland
With new cases being reported in locked-down Auckland daily, New Zealand’s Covid-19 response minister has said the government will not abandon its zero-infections strategy, even as it is becoming increasingly unrealistic. “We are not giving up on getting back down to zero. That is absolutely what we are striving for,” Chris Hipkins told a press […]