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  "id": 6256919,
  "title": "Thieves steal three paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/thieves-steal-three-paintings-from-renoir-museum-on-french-riviera-6256919",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T09:02:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260908/thieves-steal-three-paintings-from-renoir-museum-on-french-riviera"
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  "account": "Early Tuesday morning, thieves broke into the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera and stole three paintings, according to the local mayor. The intruders arrived just before 6 a.m. and managed to take four paintings during the raid, Mayor Bryan Masson reported on his Facebook page. Police pursued the thieves, causing one painting to be dropped but still managing to escape with the remaining three.\n\nMasson emphasized that attacking the Renoir museum is an affront to the history and heritage of Cagnes-sur-Mer. He described the actions as particularly serious. The museum was established in 1960 within the former residence of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, situated on a hill in Cagnes-sur-Mer, near Nice, where the artist passed away in 1919. The museum's current collection comprises 13 paintings by the renowned artist and around 40 sculptures, furniture pieces, and photographs.\n\nWhile Masson did not specify the titles of the stolen paintings, the Renoir's most valuable works have been sold for tens of millions of dollars at auctions in the past. European art thieves have been increasingly resorting to more violent robberies, with specialist gangs being replaced by more organized criminal groups.",
  "summary": "PARIS — Thieves stole three paintings from the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera early on Tuesday, the local mayor said. The raiders broke into the museum a little before 6 a.m. and took four paintings, Cagnes-sur-Mer mayor Bryan Masson said on his Facebook page. Police spotted the thieves and gave chase, during which they dropped one painting but escaped with the other three, he said.…",
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        "title": "Thieves steal works worth €10m from Renoir Museum in France",
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        "title": "Thieves steal three paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera",
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        "title": "Thieves Steal Three Artworks From Renoir Museum in France",
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        "title": "Thieves steal three paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/thieves-steal-three-paintings-from-renoir-museum-on-french-riviera-6257294",
        "published": "2026-09-08T08:35:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Thieves steal works of art worth 9 million euros from France's Renoir museum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/thieves-steal-works-of-art-worth-9-million-euros-from-frances-renoir",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Thieves steal works worth US$10mil from France’s Renoir museum, says mayor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/thieves-steal-works-worth-us-10mil-from-frances-renoir-museum-says",
        "published": "2026-09-08T08:37:09.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Thieves steal works worth $10 million from Renoir museum in France",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/thieves-steal-works-worth-10-million-from-renoir-museum-in-france",
        "published": "2026-09-08T08:48:36.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "3 works of art stolen from France's Renoir Museum, local mayor says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/3-works-of-art-stolen-from-frances-renoir-museum-local-mayor-says",
        "published": "2026-09-08T08:55:53.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Thieves grab €9m in artworks from Renoir museum in France but drop one while fleeing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/thieves-grab-9m-in-artworks-from-renoir-museum-in-france-but-drop-one",
        "published": "2026-09-08T09:12:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Thieves steal three paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/thieves-steal-three-paintings-from-renoir-museum-on-french-riviera-6258821",
        "published": "2026-09-08T09:27:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Thieves steal three paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/thieves-steal-three-paintings-from-renoir-museum-on-french-riviera-6276259",
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