World News – Page 80 – Prologue Journal

The 2024 Nobel Prize announcements begin Monday. Track the winners here.

Washington Post The Nobel Prizes will be announced starting Oct. 7. See who one last year and track this year’s winners here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/nobel-prize-2024-winners-list/

Wildlife lover facing charges after allegedly assaulting passersby while attempting to capture a baby seagull

Fox News A Belfast woman was in court for allegedly attacking good Samaritans who attempted to free a baby seagull she captured Aug. 14. Angela Wildman, 58, allegedly used a milk carton and a long-handled mop to attack passersby who tried freeing the waterfowl from her sports bag. Wildman denied charges in court of common…

Top E.U. court rules that member states must recognize gender identity changes

Washington Post The court sided with Arian Mirzarafie-Ahi, a transgender man who sued his home country of Romania for refusing to accept the gender identity changes he initiated in Britain. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/04/romania-transgender-eu-court-gender-identity-ruling/

Years after his capture in Mariupol, his family received only his broken body

Washington Post The case highlights Ukrainians’ desperation to get news about their loved ones missing in the war and fears over their fates in Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/04/pow-ukraine-dead-body/

Live updates: Strikes batter Beirut’s suburbs, as Israeli offensive in Lebanon intensifies

Washington Post In a separate strike, 18 people were killed in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, where the Israeli military said it had targeted the regional head of Hamas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/04/israel-iran-lebanon-hezbollah-war-news-gaza/

The female soldiers who predicted Oct. 7 say they are still being silenced

Washington Post The Israeli field observers who monitor the country’s embattled borders say they are ignored by their commanders, as they were before Hamas attacked. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/04/israel-female-field-observers-october-7-attacks-hamas-gaza/

A Rest, a Reset and a Thanks for the Banter

New York Times After more than 350 editions, we are putting this newsletter on pause, with the editor who opened the Australia bureau departing and his successor set to arrive. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/world/australia/letter-hiatus.html

The world’s mayors want to change the conversation on migration

Washington Post “I see politicians trying to use the situation to advance their political position,” said the mayor of Bogotá, Colombia. “But this doesn’t solve the problems we actually have.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/04/climate-change-migration-mayors/

Two Argentina towns face a torrent of harassment. The culprit: Parrots.

Washington Post The thousands of burrowing parrots swooping into Pedro Luro and Hilario Ascasubi in Argentina have resulted in constant power outages and streets blanketed by poop. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/03/burrowing-parrots-town-argentina/

Bus filled with wedding guests plunges into a ravine, killing 7

Fox News A bus carrying several wedding guests while speeding down a roadway plunged into a ravine in southeastern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least seven people, according to rescuers and officials. The crash occurred near Quetta, the capital of the Balochistan Province. Authorities did not immediately know what caused the crash, though an investigation…