• 11/16/2024

Palace weapons arrest comes amid coronations security push

Washington Post Britain’s security minister says the coronation of King Charles III involves one of the most important security operations in U.K. history https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/charles-coronation-palace-arrest-security/b2e58656-e98e-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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One of the world’s priciest cities raises minimum wage – to $5

Washington Post Hong Kong labor groups said the first wage raise in four years wasn’t enough in a city with famously expensive and cramped housing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/hong-kong-minimum-wage-cost-living/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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Priest, scientist on trial in Germany over climate protest

Washington Post A Jesuit priest and a scientist are appearing before a court in Munich charged with coercion in connection with a climate protest last year https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/germany-climate-activists-trial-court-jesuit-priest/adfc2a54-e98a-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022

Washington Post A report says more than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/un-hunger-ukraine-covid/964b0dfe-e989-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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French constitutional body rules on pension referendum call

Washington Post France’s top constitutional body is to rule on a last-ditch effort by opposition lawmakers to thwart President Emmanuel Macron’s move to raise the retirement age to 64, through a possible referendum or new bill restoring the pension age to 62 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/france-retirement-age-constitutional-council/f37fae36-e988-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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Teenage boy opens fire in school in Serbian capital

Washington Post Serbian police say that a teenage boy has opened fire in a school in central Belgrade, causing injuries https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/serbia-shooting-school/e3e7df32-e985-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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El Niño, Global Weather Pattern Tied to Intense Heat, Is Expected by Fall

New York Times The United Nations forecasting agency says “a new spike” in global temperatures is likely. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/climate/el-nino-extreme-weather-2024.html

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Iran’s president lands in Syria for rare meeting with Assad

Washington Post Iran’s president has landed in Damascus on the first visit by an Iranian head of state to war-wracked Syria since Tehran helped tip the balance of power there to the government https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/syria-iran-raisi-assad-war/471d726c-e984-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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In coronation, King Charles carries on a medieval tradition

Washington Post Great Britain’s royal family turns the page on a new chapter with the coronation of King Charles III https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/coronation-king-charles-queen-elizabeth/5449f11a-e982-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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Showtime! UK readies pomp for King Charles III’s coronation

Washington Post King Charles III will be crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey in an event full of all the pageantry Britain can muster https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/king-charles-iii-coronation-britain-crown-monarchy/c9285b5c-e97d-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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