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Trump And Putin Face Off On Russian Magazine Cover

The New Times

The past ten days have taken the U.S.-Russia relationship to a new low, as Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin "collided in Syria," this week's Russian magazine The New Times reports.

After months of accusations that Trump and Putin were in cahoots, tensions between Washington and Moscow are suddenly running high, one week after the U.S. bombing of a Syrian military base, in a unilateral response against a chemical weapons attack the U.S. administration has blamed on the Assad regime. This week's meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow brought no visible change.

Trump's swift U-turn on Syria, going from "Assad can stay" to "Assad must go" in just a few days, and fears of conflict escalation between the U.S. and Russia also inspired Ukraine-based magazine Korrespondent, which portrays Trump decidedly unwilling to bury the hatchet, which bears a Syrian flag.

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British Museum Privilege? Behold The Treasures Others Are Returning To Rightful Owners

The simmering UK-Greece dispute over the Elgin Marbles shines a light on the worldwide efforts to push Western powers, often with colonial pasts, to give back looted artistic and historical artifacts.

Photo of a visitor looking at the Elgin marbles also known as the Parthenon marbles, at the British Museum

The Elgin marbles, also known as the Parthenon marbles, at the British Museum

Spencer Hooker, Valeria Berghinz and Michelle Courtois

"If I told you [to] cut the Mona Lisa in half... do you think your viewers would appreciate the beauty of the painting?"

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the BBC earlier this week when asked about why the legendary Parthenon sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, should be returned to Greece in their entirety.

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The treasures, which are part of the frieze of the Parthenon temple in Athens, have been at the heart of a dispute between Greece and the United Kingdom since a British diplomat snatched them in the 19th century. They are on display at the British Museum in London.

Following the BBC interview, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak canceled a planned meeting with his Greek counterpart, which was to take place on Tuesday during Mitsotakis’s trip to London.

While the United Kingdom, and the British Museum in particular, continues to balk at the return of looted cultural artifacts, other Western powers — often with a colonial past — have been busy in recent years giving artifacts back to the country of origin.

Here's a look at some of the most notable cases around the world:

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