Category: World News
Shakespeare tale scoops nonfiction ‘winner of winners’ prize
Washington Post An account of a pivotal year for English history and literature has been named the greatest-ever winner of the U.K.’s leading nonfiction book prize https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/baillie-gifford-nonfiction-prize-winner-of-winners/769a5098-e540-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreKing’s Champion, orb-bearer: Palace unveils coronation roles
Washington Post Buckingham Palace has announced more than two dozen ceremonial roles at King Charles III’s coronation as organizers seek to ground the event in tradition while also ensuring that it reflects modern Britain https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/king-charles-coronation-ceremonial-roles-farmer/50dcb310-e53f-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreGreece to allow pets at over 120 archeological sites
Fox News Pets will soon be allowed into more than 120 archeological sites across Greece, the country’s Culture Ministry announced Thursday, although not in the Acropolis or some of the other top tourist draws. The move, unanimously approved by the country’s powerful Central Archeological Council, will relax current rules which only allow guide dogs for…
Read MoreSpanish parliament bans dwarf bullfighting
Fox News Spain’s parliament on Thursday banned “comic” bullfighting events featuring dwarves dressed in costumes, in a decision applauded by disability rights groups but condemned by the few surviving performers. Dwarves in Spain have long dressed as firefighters or clowns to chase bulls without killing them, at public spectacles designed to be humorous. The tradition…
Read MorePolice release details on Canada stabbings that left 11 dead
Washington Post Canadian police have released details about a stabbing rampage that left 11 people dead and 17 injured inside and around the James Smith Cree Nation on Sept. 4, but said they may never know why the assailant went on the killing spree https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/canada-stabbings-first-nation-investigation/79c3bd26-e53c-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePolice release details on Canada stabbings that left 11 dead
Washington Post Canadian police have released details about a stabbing rampage that left 11 people dead and 17 injured inside and around the James Smith Cree Nation on Sept. 4, but said they may never know why the assailant went on the killing spree https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/canada-stabbings-first-nation-investigation/7ddd3e1a-e53b-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePeople fleeing Sudan recount stories of fear and violence on the road
Washington Post Thousands of people have streamed to Sudan’s international borders over the past two weeks. Here are four of their stories. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/sudan-violence-borders-refugees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreWho is alleged Russian spy Sergey Cherkasov?
Washington Post His name has been mentioned as a potential prisoner swap with Russia for U.S. citizens like journalist Evan Gershkovich and U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/sergey-cherkasov-brazil-spy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUS sanctions Mexican resort timeshare fraud linked to cartel
Washington Post The U.S. Treasury Department has announced sanctions against members of the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel who apparently went into a side business of timeshare fraud that allegedly targeted elderly Americans https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/mexico-timeshare-fraud-cartel-sanctions/b79424e0-e534-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreBerlin swears in first conservative mayor since 2001
Fox News Berlin’s first conservative mayor in 22 years took office on Thursday following a state election in which he capitalized on discontent in the German capital. Amid divisions in his own coalition, he had a rocky start. Kai Wegner’s center-right Christian Democratic Union, Germany’s main opposition party, emerged as the biggest party in the…
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