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  "id": 1306937,
  "title": "Italy: Four Renaissance artworks stolen from Messina museum in Sicily",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/italy-four-renaissance-artworks-stolen-from-messina-museum-in-sicily",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-16T15:49:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/italy-four-renaissance-artworks-stolen-from-messina-museum-in-sicily"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Four artworks by Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina have been stolen from the Museo Regionale in Messina, Sicily, overnight on August 15. The thieves took three panels from his Polittico di San Gregorio, depriving the city of part of the only surviving works by the painter still held in his hometown. Italian authorities have launched an investigation. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta, correspondent…",
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Four Renaissance paintings stolen from museum in Italy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/four-renaissance-paintings-stolen-from-museum-in-italy",
        "published": "2026-08-16T11:35:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Four Renaissance masterpieces stolen from Sicily museum in art heist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/four-renaissance-masterpieces-stolen-from-sicily-museum-in-art-heist",
        "published": "2026-08-16T14:02:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Four prized Renaissance works stolen from museum in Sicily",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/four-prized-renaissance-works-stolen-from-museum-in-sicily",
        "published": "2026-08-16T15:42:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/renaissance-paintings-by-antonello-da-messina-stolen-from-sicilian",
        "published": "2026-08-16T16:56:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Thieves bypass security to steal four Renaissance artworks from Sicily museum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/thieves-bypass-security-to-steal-four-renaissance-artworks-from",
        "published": "2026-08-16T18:09:26.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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