Category: World News
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
Read MoreOne 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
Read MorePriest, 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
Read MoreUN: 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
Read MoreFrench 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
Read MoreTeenage 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
Read MoreEl 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
Read MoreIran’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
Read MoreIn 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
Read MoreShowtime! 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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