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An old bridge which inspired "Winnie-the-Pooh" author A.A. Milne and was depicted in his much-loved children's stories about the honey-loving bear is being sold at auction on Wednesday, with a price estimate of up to around $80,000. Originally known as Posingford Bridge, it was built in 1907 in Ashdown Forest, in southern England, as a river crossing.
Source: reuters.com
German prosecutors have opened an investigation into employees at a hotel after a musician made accusations of antisemitism against them in a video posted on social media. The singer Gil Ofarim said in an emotional video published on Tuesday that two employees at the Westin hotel in Leipzig, in eastern Germany, had asked him to “put away” a Star of David pendant before he would be allowed to check in.
Source: theguardian.com
Authorities arrested an 18-year-old male in connection with a Texas high school shooting that left four people injured after a fight broke out in a classroom on Wednesday morning, police said. The suspect, who fled the Timberview High School in Arlington, after the shooting, was taken into custody after a brief manhunt and will be charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
Source: reuters.com
A New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women five years ago was sentenced Wednesday to 160 years in prison after a trial in which it was revealed that friends of one victim did their own detective work on social media to ferret out the suspect. Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, 25, sat motionless as the judge gave the sentence in state court in Newark.
Source: apnews.com
The granddaughter of Benito Mussolini won the highest number of votes in elections for Rome’s city council as support for Brothers of Italy, the far-right party to which she belongs, edged up in northern cities held by the left.
Source: theguardian.com
Ecologists said Wednesday they had submitted a formal complaint to the EU over Spain's "continued failure" to protect the Mar Menor, one of Europe's largest saltwater lagoons, against agricultural pollution. In a statement outlining details of the complaint, ClientEarth and Spain's Ecologists in Action urge the European Commission to take "immediate action against Spain" as harmful agricultural practices were pushing the lagoon "to the brink of ecological collapse".
Source: france24.com
Swedish health authorities on Wednesday suspended the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for those ages 30 and under, saying the move was done out of precaution. The reason for the pausing is “signals of an increased risk of side effects such as inflammation of the heart muscle or the pericardium” — the double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the main vessels, Sweden’s Public Health Agency said in a statement.
Source: apnews.com
Tina Turner sold the rights to her music catalogue, including hits like The Best and Nutbush City Limits, to music publishing company BMG. The deal also sees BMG acquire the rights to Turner's name, image, and likeness for future sponsorship and merchandising deals. The company did not disclose how much it paid, but industry sources said the figure would be worth of $50m (£37m). 81-year-old Turner said she was confident her music was "in reliable hands".
Source: bbc.com
Korean fictional drama "Squid Game" has captivated audiences worldwide, making it the number one show on Netflix.
Source: cnn.com
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said Iran is after a “big jump in relations” with Russia as he prepares to hold talks with his counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. Amirabdollahian, after touching down in Moscow on Tuesday, said the government of President Ebrahim Raisi is ready to quickly expand ties with Russia based on a foreign policy that seeks the same across the region.
Source: aljazeera.com
A rare collection of drawings, sketches and paintings by champion boxer Muhammad Ali has sold at auction for nearly $1m. Some 26 art works went under the hammer at Bonhams auction house in New York.
Source: bbc.com
The World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards -- an event considered the Oscars of the fine dining world -- was obliged to take a hiatus last year, but it's finally back, and the two eateries at the top of the list are both in Copenhagen. The No.1 spot this year goes to what is perhaps the best known name in gastronomy: Noma. Danish chef René Redzepi's three-Michelin star restaurant first opened in Copenhagen's Christianshavn neighborhood in 2003 and first took the top slot in the World's 50 Best Restaurants awards back in 2010.
Source: cnn.com
Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his "shame" at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, laid bare in a devastating report this week. "I wish to express to the victims my sadness and pain for the trauma they have suffered. And also my shame, our shame, my shame for the inability of the Church for too long to put them at the centre of its concerns," the pontiff said in his general audience.
Source: france24.com
K-pop superstars BTS have raised $3.6 million and generated millions of tweets during four years of teaming up with the U.N. children’s agency to fight violence, abuse and bullying and promote self-esteem in young people, the agency is announcing Wednesday.
Source: apnews.com
Genetic traces in the body of a young woman who died 7,000 years ago have provided the first clue that mixing between early humans in Indonesia and those from faraway Siberia took place much earlier than previously thought.
Source: aljazeera.com
Howard University and Netflix on Monday announced the creation of a new $5.4m scholarship honoring the late actor and alumnus of the institution, Chadwick Boseman. The Chadwick A Boseman Memorial Scholarship will provide incoming students in the College of Fine Arts, which was renamed after the actor last month, with a four-year scholarship to cover the full cost of university tuition.
Source: theguardian.com
US President Joe Biden says he and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to abide by the "Taiwan agreement". Mr Biden appeared to be referring to Washington's longstanding "one China" policy under which it recognises China rather than Taiwan. However, this agreement also allows Washington to maintains a "robust unofficial" relationship with Taiwan. The announcement comes amid escalating tensions between Taiwan and Beijing.
Source: bbc.com
A protester disrupted a Louis Vuitton fashion show in Paris on Tuesday by walking down the catwalk with a banner condemning the impact of excessive consumption on the environment. Carrying a sign reading "overconsumption = extinction," the woman representing Amis de la Terre France, Youth for Climate and Extinction Rebellion marched down the same path as the models, causing a stir in the audience, a Reuters witness said.
Source: reuters.com
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