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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secretly-planned wedding at Westminster Cathedral. The marriage took place in a "small ceremony" on Saturday afternoon, a Downing Street spokesman said. The spokesman added that the couple would celebrate again with family and friends next summer, with their honeymoon also delayed until then.
Source: bbc.com
The far-right Israeli politician Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid have agreed to forge a coalition government that would oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his 12 straight years in power.
Source: theguardian.com
The artist originally from Santa Giusta has created an immaterial sculpture, completely invisible, entitled “I am”. The work was sold for 15 thousand euros in the auction organized by Art-Rite, one of the rare Italian auction houses that deals with “sessions” dedicated exclusively to contemporary art. The work must be placed in a private house within a space free from any obstruction, with dimensions of approximately 150 x 150 centimeters. Physical, the buyer will find only the guarantee certificate in his hands, which testifies to the archiving of the work and represents the only visual element present in the catalog where, instead of the traditional image of a tangible work, an absolute white space.
Source: italy24news.com
Spain’s state-owned postal service has been accused of a damaging and counterproductive approach to equality after issuing a set of flesh-toned, anti-racism stamps in which the stamp with the lightest skin colour is worth more than twice as much as the darkest one. On Tuesday, Correos España unveiled the set of four “equality stamps”: a pale, €1.60 one, a slightly darker €1.50 one, a brown €0.80 one, and a black €0.70 one. But the project was met with swift criticism online from anti-racism activists.
Source: theguardian.com
Mali's constitutional court has named the leader of the country's military coup, Colonel Assimi Goïta, as its transitional president. Col Goïta had already declared himself interim president on Wednesday, two days after seizing power in Mali's second coup in nine months. He also led the first coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta forced out of office. The court said Friday's decision was due to the "vacancy in the presidency".
Source: bbc.com
An Iranian-flagged tanker seized by Indonesia in January over the suspected illegal transfer of oil has been released, an Indonesian official and Iranian state media said on Saturday. Wisnu Pramandita, a spokesman for the Indonesian coastguard, said the Iranian-flagged tanker, the MT Horse, was released on Friday after a court decision earlier in the week. The court ruled the vessel could leave Indonesia, while the captain would be subject to a two-year probation without any fine, the spokesman said.
Source: reuters.com
The Philippines has demanded that China withdraw its ships and fishing vessels from the vicinity of a Philippine-occupied island in the South China Sea, where the Chinese military has asserted its sovereignty and vowed to “unswervingly safeguard” the disputed territory. The exchange of protests by the Asian neighbors over the island, internationally called Thitu, is the latest flareup in a long simmering territorial feud in the strategic waterway that has escalated in the last two months.
Source: apnews.com
An Australian scientist has discovered a new species of frog, the “chocolate frog”, in rainforest swamps of New Guinea. Steve Richards, a frog specialist at the South Australian Museum, first found the spotted the cocoa-coloured creature in 2016 in incredibly challenging habitat. To the untrained eye, Litoria mira looks almost identical to the Australian green tree frog – except for its glossy brown skin. It is the closest relative of the Australian green tree frog.
Source: theguardian.com
Conservation work on a giant set of 16th-century tapestries is almost complete: 12 down -- as the most recently cleaned and repaired panel goes back on the wall at England's Hardwick Hall, where they have hung since 1592 -- and one to go, now on its way to the workshop. The job has been the lengthiest textile project ever carried out by the British heritage charity, the National Trust. Each panel is around six meters (20 feet) tall, and the 13 add up to more than 70 meters (230 feet) in length, the largest surviving set in England.
Source: cnn.com
A mass grave containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children has been discovered on the grounds of a former residential school in the interior of southern British Columbia. The grim discovery at the former school near the town of Kamloops was announced late on Thursday by the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc people after the site was examined by a team using ground-penetrating radar. The Kamloops Indian residential school was established in 1890 under the leadership of the Roman Catholic church, and closed in 1978.
Source: theguardian.com
The underground government set up by opponents of Myanmar's military junta said its first batch of recruits have finished training for a new defence force, releasing video of them parading in uniform. The National Unity Government had announced it would form a People's Defence Force to challenge the army, which seized power on Feb. 1, ousting elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and plunging the Southeast Asian country into chaos.
Source: reuters.com
A new software update for Tesla cars appears to include monitoring of drivers through the car's internal cameras when Autopilot is in use. The "self-driving" feature requires drivers to pay attention at all times, but has been criticised as easy to fool. Users have been able to activate the assist feature and leave the driver's seat, and video themselves doing so. But the new feature will detect how attentive the driver actually is. Tesla's cars have relied on sensors in the wheel to make sure the driver's hands remain on it.
Source: bbc.com
Japan extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas for 20 more days on Friday, with infections still not slowing as it prepares to host the Olympics in just over 50 days. Cases remain high and medical systems in Osaka, the hardest-hit area in western Japan, are still overburdened, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in announcing the decision. The current state of emergency in the capital and eight other metropolitan areas was to end next Monday, but hospitals in some areas are still overflowing with COVID-19 patients and serious cases have recently hit new highs.
Source: apnews.com
creating the possibility of some mouth-watering matches before the final. Defending champion Nadal and world No. 1 Djokovic cannot meet in the final as they did last year -- Nadal came out on top in straight sets -- with the pair projected to face off in the semifinals instead. However, Djokovic has the small matter of potentially having to overcome 20-time grand slam champion Federer to get there, with the Swiss potentially facing Djokovic in the quarterfinals.
Source: cnn.com
South Korea aims to use a global climate summit it is hosting virtually next week to burnish its leadership credentials on environmental issues, despite its patchy record at home. Diplomats say they expect few major announcements at the summit on Sunday and Monday in Seoul, but organisers are looking for participating countries to take steps to implement sweeping emissions goals made at other climate summits.
Source: reuters.com
Andrea Pirlo is leaving Juventus after only one season as coach following a fourth-place finish that ended the club’s run of nine straight Serie A titles. Juventus did not say in Friday’s statement whose decision it was to go, but reports in Italy say the 42-year-old Pirlo was fired. Pirlo, a former Juventus player who had never coached at any level, was surprisingly appointed last year after Maurizio Sarri was fired.
Source: apnews.com
Eight people were rescued about 1 p.m. after a boat that left from Cuba flipped 16 miles southwest of Key West, according to the Coast Guard.
Source: nbcnews.com
A burial mound in northern Syria has been identified by researchers as perhaps the world’s oldest known war memorial. Archaeologists say White Monument in Tal Banat was tribute to war dead of 3rd millennium BC.
Source: theguardian.com
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