The priest was also filmed sprinkling holy water along the fence separating their homes (Property photo: Google Maps) A Russian Orthodox priest and his neighbour in West Yorkshire, England, are caught in a dispute over a strip of land barely a metre wide. The disagreement has resulted in police complaints, CCTV surveillance and criminal proceedings…

A heart-shaped mourning pendant depicted in a 1635 painting has resurfaced nearly 400 years later, revealing a deeply personal story of grief from 17th-century England. The jewel commemorates Robert Aston, the six-year-old son of English landowner Sir Thomas Aston, who died in 1634. It contains a tassel made from the boy’s blond hair and bears…

Sarah Forbes Bonetta (L), Queen Victoria A seven-year-old African girl who was presented to Queen Victoria as a ‘gift’ in 1850 went on to become one of the best-known African women in Victorian Britain. But behind her royal connections was a childhood marked by violence, separation from her family, and decisions made largely by others….

Putin’s cabinet reshuffle Russia’s finance minister Anton Siluanov will also serve as a deputy prime minister following a cabinet reshuffle approved by President Vladimir Putin on Monday, news agency Reuters reported.Vladimir Putin approved major changes to the country’s top government positions weeks after the ruling United Russia party secured its largest-ever majority in parliamentary elections.The…

Kandinsky painting sold under Nazi occupation returns to heirs, fetches £31.56m at London auction (Image Credit: Instagram/ @ art__window) A painting by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, sold under disputed circumstances during Nazi occupation in 1940, has fetched £31.56 million at a London auction, bringing renewed attention to one family’s decades-long struggle to recover its artwork….

At 16, Elijah Buckwald received Scouting America’s Honor Medal for lifesaving heroism after helping rescue an elderly couple. Some moments leave little time for hesitation. For Elijah Buckwald, a routine drive through Oregon’s Santiam Pass became one of those moments when, at just 14, he found himself standing on an overturned pickup truck, helping strangers…