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Knights of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre surround the Holy Crown of Thorns during a procession for its return at Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral’s reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, December 13, 2024. STEPHANIE LECOCQ / REUTERS An ancient relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” is returning to Notre-Dame, five years after it was saved from the flames of the cathedral’s devastating 2019 fire. The crown – a circular band of branches encased in a…

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The CDU and CSU are arguing whether black-green is an option and can work after the federal election. How are the alliances in North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein running – especially in crisis situations like the Islamist attack in Solingen? Or if the climate flagship project is threatened with failure? Wüst and Günther: This is how black and green work

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The Shire is now located in western Spain. It has private houses with brightly colored round doors, surrounded by forests and a stream and impressive mountains in the background. Obviously, neither Bilbo, Frodo or Sam live there, but everything has been built in such a way that anyone familiar with these characters through books or movies will be reminded of them, and perhaps even feel like them. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit,” is how J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit begins. The story, a classic of universal literature, narrates the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a small being…

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