Italy's Colosseum closes after worker dies in accident
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Rome's Colosseum closes after worker falls to his death
The man had been working on a new lighting installation in the iconic Roman amphitheater. Italian authorities said they were working on determining the circumstances of the accident.
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Man, 22, killed in ‘tragic’ accident at the Colosseum in Rome
Part of the ancient Roman amphitheatre was closed on Wednesday as a mark of respect
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Worker killed in accident at the Colosseum, Italian Culture Ministry says
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Jennifer Lopez’s ‘The JLo Show: Live in Las Vegas’ to Air on CBS on Thanksgiving: Watch the Teaser
It's the final show from her residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
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Colosseum launches Crypto World’s Fair hackathon with $800K in prizes and $2.5M in funding
The hackathon fosters innovation across blockchain ecosystems, potentially accelerating crypto adoption and attracting diverse developer talent.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team14 Sept
The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – stories with levity and laughter
The author explores themes of legacy, mortality and loneliness in the first work of fiction since his near-fatal attack Five short stories and five readers make up Salman Rushdie’s collection, The Eleventh Hour, his first work of fiction since the near-fatal attack in 2022 where he sustained life-changing injuries. These tales find the author exploring legacy, mortality, loneliness and the ageing process. In these potentially bleak themes, Rushdie finds levity and laughter, as well as profundity. Late, read by the actor Naveen Andrews, is a ghost story set in King’s College, Cambridge, where an honorary fellow, SM Arthur, wakes up dead in his college room and wonders if he will be trapped there for eternity. He meets a lonely but very much alive Indian student, Rosa, who is stuck at college for the holidays. Sid Sagar reads The Old Man in the Piazza, an allegory about free speech and how “we have become bar room moralists. Does the thumb point upward. Does it turn down? … We are all now gladiators in the Colosseum of the Thumb.” Continue reading...
The Guardian•Fiona Sturges10 SeptThe Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – stories with levity and laughter
The author explores themes of legacy, mortality and loneliness in the first work of fiction since his near-fatal attack Five short stories and five readers make up Salman Rushdie’s collection, The Eleventh Hour, his first work of fiction since the near-fatal attack in 2022 where he sustained life-changing injuries. These tales find the author exploring legacy, mortality, loneliness and the ageing process. In these potentially bleak themes, Rushdie finds levity and laughter, as well as profundity. Late, read by the actor Naveen Andrews, is a ghost story set in King’s College, Cambridge, where an honorary fellow, SM Arthur, wakes up dead in his college room and wonders if he will be trapped there for eternity. He meets a lonely but very much alive Indian student, Rosa, who is stuck at college for the holidays. Sid Sagar reads The Old Man in the Piazza, an allegory about free speech and how “we have become bar room moralists. Does the thumb point upward. Does it turn down? … We are all now gladiators in the Colosseum of the Thumb.” Continue reading...
The Guardian•Fiona Sturges10 Sept
Rome ramps up security around Colosseum with new ‘red zone’ targeting criminals
Rome's new red zone around the Colosseum targets predatory crime and disorder after a violent July 1 confrontation involving roughly 50 people.