It will still be months before the San Diego Zoo gets new pandas, the first such bears sent to the United States by China in decades. For now, the only U.S. zoo left with any is in Atlanta. But globally there are many places to check out the cuddly black-and-white… Read More
Julian Assange waits to find whether he can be extradited
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won’t find out until next month at the earliest whether he can challenge extradition to the U.S. on spying charges, or if his long legal battle in Britain has run out of road. Two High Court judges said Wednesday they would take time to consider their… Read More
Biopics announced for all four Beatles, to be directed by…
The Beatles are getting the big-screen biopic treatment in not just one film, but a Fab Four of movies that will give each band member their own spotlight — all of which are to be directed by Sam Mendes. For the first time, the Beatles, long among the stingiest rights… Read More
Eiffel Tower strike for a second day, turning away visitors
A strike at the Eiffel Tower over poor financial management turned away visitors on Tuesday for the second consecutive day. Denis Vavassori of the CGT union, which represents a large number of the Eiffel Tower’s employees, said its members voted unanimously to extend the strike on Tuesday. He said employees… Read More
Report: Alexei Navalny, leader of Russian opposition to Vladimir Putin, has died at 47
Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news of Navalny’s death — less than a month… Read More
Notre Dame cathedral’s spire revealed in Paris as reconstruction continues after fire
Scaffolding that shrouded the top of Notre Dame cathedral following a devastating fire in April 2019 is being removed, marking a milestone in its reconstruction. As the shell at the summit has been taken down in recent days, it has revealed the cathedral’s new spire for the first time, adorned… Read More
World-record marathoner dies at 24 just before the Olympics
Kelvin Kiptum, the Kenyan runner who smashed the marathon world record last year, died in a car accident on Sunday night. He was 24. Police reported that Kiptum was driving when his vehicle crashed into a ditch and hit a tree, killing both him and his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana… Read More
Bombshell Putin interview gets 100M+ views
Russian President Vladimir Putin rambled during a bombshell interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson about his unprovoked war in Ukraine — and it quickly got over 100 million views on X, formerly known as Twitter. Putin urged America to recognize Moscow’s interests over its own, and pressed Ukraine… Read More
US Olympian prepares for this summer’s games as husband battles lung cancer
U.S. water polo phenomenon Maddie Musselman recently received devastating news – her fiancé Pat Woepse was diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer. “Pat, from the beginning, was like, ‘You’re not stopping playing water polo. I love watching you play,’” Maddie recalled. Elon Did It Again: This Could be Bigger than Tesla… Read More
Former Olympian to plead guilty to child molestation Thursday
A former Olympian and longtime track coach is expected to plead guilty Thursday to charges of sexually molesting young boys while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts in the 1970s. Conrad Mainwaring, who was a hurdler for Antigua and Barbuda in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, was… Read More
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