The man was picked up near Rouen days after arsonists damaged train signaling cables around the country, but he is not a suspect in that case, prosecutors say.
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Man Detained in France After Breaking Into Railway Site Near Rouen
The man was picked up days after arsonists caused travel chaos by damaging train signaling cables around France, but he is not a suspect in that case, prosecutors say.
An English Town Drops Apostrophes From Street Signs. Some Aren’t Happy.
The move has prompted some resistance, with someone writing an apostrophe on a sign for St. Mary’s Walk. “What’s next?” one North Yorkshire resident asked. “Commas?”
Two Men Are Charged Over the Felling of the Sycamore Gap Tree
Seven months after the beloved tree in northern England was cut down, the police charged two men in their 30s with damaging the 200-year-old tree and part of Hadrian’s Wall.
A Reverse Art Heist? Museum Finds Employee’s Painting on Its Wall
The Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich said it had fired a worker for hanging one of his own pieces in its modern art collection.
Activists Deface Portrait of Balfour, Who Supported Jewish Homeland
A pro-Palestinian group slashed and spray-painted a century-old portrait of the author of the Balfour Declaration at the University of Cambridge in England.
Protesters at the Louvre Hurl Soup at the Mona Lisa
Two women from an environmental group threw pumpkin-colored soup at the artwork, which is behind bulletproof glass at the Louvre and did not appear to sustain damage.
Two More Arrests Made Over Destruction of Sycamore Gap Tree
More than a month after the tree was mysteriously cut down, the police in Britain said they had arrested two men in their 30s on suspicion of criminal damage.
At Site Where Sycamore Gap Tree Fell, an Unanswered Question: Why?
A week after someone cut down the iconic tree at Sycamore Gap, the police and local residents appear no closer to answering the most persistent question: Why?
Beloved Sycamore Gap Tree Is Felled at Hadrian’s Wall in Britain
Local people and tourists mourned the loss of one of Britain’s most photographed trees, which stood for hundreds of years in a dip in Hadrian’s Wall. The police said they made a second arrest on Friday.