Five children died and four others were in critical condition on Thursday after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted 10 meters (33 feet) into the air by a gust of wind at a school on Australia’s island state of Tasmania. The school was holding a celebration to mark… Read More
Bank of England raises interest rates to cut inflation
With prices rising at the fastest pace in a decade in the run-up to Christmas, households up and down the United Kingdom could do without an increase in their loans and mortgages if the Bank of England decides to raise interest rates Thursday. Most economists and financial markets think it’s… Read More
Volcano stops erupting after 3 months
Residents on the Spanish island of La Palma dared to hope Wednesday that a volcanic eruption is over after almost three months of unnerving daily explosions, earthquakes, rivers of molten rock and a huge ash plume containing toxic gases. The Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands off northwest Africa… Read More
Bar celebrates 100th anniversary of Bloody Mary
Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the Bloody Mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented in the iconic watering hole in 1921. The centenary events this week bring a welcome respite from winter gloom and spreading worries about the omicron coronavirus variant. 9… Read More
Erupting volcano falls quiet, scientists worried
A volcano that has been spewing lava in Spain’s Canary Islands for almost three months fell quiet Tuesday, though scientists warned the lull didn’t necessarily mean the eruption is over. Scientists recorded no seismic activity from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma island since late Monday, the Canary Islands’… Read More
President of South Africa tests positive, reports COVID symptoms
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the disease Sunday, his office said. Ramaphosa started feeling unwell and a test confirmed COVID-19, a statement from the presidency announced. #1 Food For Increased Energy? [Sponsored] He is self-isolating in Cape Town and… Read More
Julian Assange reportedly suffers stroke in jail
The whistleblower Julian Assange suffered a “mini-stroke” in October while awaiting trial for espionage, according to a bombshell new report from The Daily Mail. “Julian is struggling and I fear this mini-stroke could be the precursor to a more major attack,” Stella Morris, Assange’s fiancée, told the Mail on Saturday…. Read More
Pandamania! Twin cubs take 1st steps in public
First, a steady crawl. Then a short clumsy slide across the slick stone floor at their home at the Beauval Zoo near Paris. Then finally the big show as the twin giant panda cubs took their first steps in public on Saturday. The female twins were born in August. Their… Read More
Bah! Humbug! Bishop tells children Santa isn’t real
A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily publicly apologized to outraged parents after its bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. In a Facebook post and subsequent comments Friday, the diocese of Noto insisted that Bishop Antonio Stagliano didn’t mean to dash the dreams of the youngsters… Read More
China courts Nicaragua away from alliance with Taiwan
Taiwan lost Nicaragua as a diplomatic ally after the Central American country said it would officially recognize only China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory. “There is only one China,” the Nicaraguan government said in a statement Thursday announcing the change. “The People’s Republic of China is… Read More
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