BEIRUT (AP) — Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight in southern suburbs of Beirut and another that cut off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, a main crossing point for tens of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombardment.

ATHENS - Central Macedonia Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas is facing fierce opposition from relatives of train crash victims ahead of confirmation hearings to be the European Commissioner for Transport who don’t want Greece holding the portfolio.

MILAN (AP) — An Italian family hopes to prove definitively that a painting discarded from a villa on the island of Capri more than 60 years ago is a Picasso, and has been gathering scientific data to persuade Picasso’s estate administration in Paris to make the definitive call.

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