Category: World News
How countries around the world have responded to mass shootings
Washington Post After mass shootings, Serbia’s president pledged to disarm the country. He is not alone: Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand tightened their gun control in response to mass shootings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/23/mass-shootings-response-other-countries-gun-laws/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreVideo shows Ukrainian delegate punching Russian official who grabbed flag
Fox News A Ukrainian delegate was captured on video punching a Russian official in the face after his country’s flag was taken from him while trying to photobomb a video interview with the lead delegate from Moscow. The incident involving Olesandr Marikovski happened Thursday at an Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation meeting in Ankara,…
Read MoreThe many details of Coronation Day show the king Charles wants to be
Washington Post Sustainable. Inclusive. Scaled-down. King Charles III’s coronation choices preview how he may try to appeal to those who are apathetic about the monarchy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/king-charles-coronation-sustainable-inclusive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreHow 2 Students Rescued Dozens of People from the Fighting in Sudan
New York Times As feuding generals turned the Sudanese capital into a war zone, two university students navigated a battered Toyota through the chaos to rescue dozens of desperate people. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/world/africa/sudan-fighting-evacuations-rescue.html
Read MoreThe Koh-i-Noor and Cullinan diamonds: British crown jewels have fraught history
Washington Post South Africans have demanded the return of the Cullinan diamonds, which will feature heavily during King Charles III’s coronation Saturday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/05/crown-jewels-coronation-cullinan-diamonds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreSuspect in slaying of Syrian surrenders to German police
Washington Post German authorities say that a man sought in connection with the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Syrian in the western town of Luedenscheid has been detained after surrendering to police https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/germany-syrian-killed-detained-shooting/861a73d6-eb53-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreNigerian senator, wife jailed in UK for organ-harvest plot
Washington Post A senior Nigerian politician and his wife have been handed prison sentences for conspiring to transport a street trader to the U.K. as part of an organ-harvesting plot https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/uk-nigeria-organ-harvesting-plot-modern-slavery/6d5ffeec-eb53-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreKing Charles III surprises crowd outside Buckingham Palace
Washington Post Kings Charles III has surprised a crowd of people assembled outside Buckingham Palace awaiting his coronation https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/king-charles-coronation-monarchy-england-tradition/db841a16-eb4e-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreWHO declares covid-19 no longer a global health emergency
Washington Post The World Health Organization lifted its designation, signifying a lessening of the danger posed by the coronavirus pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/who-covid-global-health-emergency/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreFerdinand Habsburg Would Have Been King. Instead He’s a Racecar Driver.
New York Times If the Austro-Hungarian Empire still existed, 25-year-old Ferdinand Habsburg would eventually be its ruler. Instead he’s a racecar driver. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/style/ferdinand-habsburg-royal-racecar-driving.html
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