# India’s National Human Rights Commission is investigating reports that more than 100 children fell ill after eating a school lunch allegedly contaminated by a dead snake in Mokama, Bihar. The cook reportedly removed the snake but still served the meal to around 500 students. Several children were hospitalised, prompting angry protests from parents and […]
# The groundbreaking US songwriter Jill Sobule, whose hit I Kissed a Girl is widely considered the first song with openly gay themes to crack the Billboard Top 20, has died in a house fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 66-year-old Sobule’s career spanned three decades. I Kissed a Girl drew renewed attention in 2008 when […]
# The Freedom Flotilla Coalition says its aid ship The Conscience was struck by drones early this morning in international waters off the coast of Malta. It had planned to sail to Gaza and challenge Israel’s illegal siege and blockade there. The Maltese government said a fire onboard the ship was brought under control and […]
# Brandbestryders by die Vatikaan het ‘n skoorsteen op die dak van die Sistynse kapel opgerig wat tydens die kardinaalsvergadering gebruik gaan word wat op 7 Mei begin. Kardinale stem in die geheim vir ‘n nuwe pous en maak die uitslag aan die wêreld bekend deur die verbranding van die stembriewe in ‘n spesiale stoof, […]
# Firefighters at the Vatican installed a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel to be used during the conclave that begins on 7 May. Cardinals vote in secret for a new pope and reveal to the waiting world the outcome by burning the ballots in a special stove, with the chimney emitting black smoke […]
# Amerika se Departement van Justisie verdedig die Wet op Skoon Lug – ‘n federale wet wat die Omgewingsbeskermingsagentskap magtig om lugvrystellings te reguleer. Dit kom terwyl die state Hawaii en Michigan regstappe teen fossielbrandstofmaatskappye beplan weens skade as gevolg van die klimaatkrisis. Die departement beweer in sy teenoptrede dat Hawaii en Michigan die bedoeling […]
# Die Oscar-wenner George Clooney het sy heel eerste Tony-benoeming ontvang vir sy Broadway-debuutoptrede in Good Night, and Good Luck. Die toekennings vereer uitnemendheid in Broadway-teater oor die afgelope jaar. Audra McDonald het haar elfde benoeming ontvang vir haar rol in Gypsy, wat haar die persoon maak wat die meeste benoemings in die geskiedenis ontvang […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump het Mike Waltz uit sy pos as nasionale veiligheidsraadgewer verwyder. Waltz het sedert Maart kritiek in die gesig gestaar nadat hy erken het dat hy per ongeluk ‘n joernalis by ‘n Signal-kletsgroep gevoeg wat sensitiewe inligting oor Amerikaanse missielaanvalle gedeel het. In ‘n plasing op Truth Social het Trump […]
# Vandag is Internasionale Harry Potter-dag, ‘n viering van die skrywer JK Rowling se geliefde wêreld van towenaars. Rowling se reeks boeke hou die Guinness-wêreldrekord as die topverkoper van ‘n reeks deur ‘n enkele skrywer. Meer as 500-miljoen eksemplare daarvan is reeds verkoop is. Al sewe van die oorspronklike Harry Potter-boeke is in agt films […]
