Nobel Prize in literature goes to French author Annie Ernaux
Stockholm — French author Annie Ernaux, who has mined her own biography to explore life in France since the 1940s, was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for work that illuminates murky corners of memory, family and society. Ernaux’s autobiographical books explore deeply personal experiences and feelings – love, sex, abortion, shame…
Cough and cold medicines linked to deaths of more than 60 children in Gambia
Banjul, Gambia — Gambia has launched an urgent door-to-door campaign to remove cough and cold syrups blamed for the deaths of more than 60 children from kidney injury in the tiny West African country. Speaking to The Associated Press, the Director of Health Dr. Mustapha Bittaye confirmed the wave of child deaths from acute kidney injury,…
Tipping Law Will Be 'Disaster,' NYC Restaurant Owners Say
NEW YORK CITY — A push to change how tips count toward restaurant workers’ wages should be 86’d, said an overwhelming majority of New York City restaurant owners. Eliminating the tip credit would be a “disaster” said 88 percent of eatery owners polled in a survey released Monday by the NYC Hospitality Alliance. An even…
Death toll from avalanche in Indian Himalayas rises to 19
Click:vanilla prepaid card balance At least 19 people are confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, authorities said Friday, with bad weather hampering the fourth day of search and rescue efforts. A group of climbing trainees and instructors were caught in Tuesday’s massive snowslide near the summit of Mount Draupadi ka…
Inside a Ukraine city where civilians are being punished by Russian bombs for Putin’s military losses
Click:Beach Shoes Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine — We’ve been to the front lines, and to cities recently liberated from Russian occupation amid Ukraine’s lightning counteroffensive. But you don’t have to go that far to see the destruction Russia is capable of. We visited the city of Zaporizhzhia, miles from any front-line combat, not long after it was hit…
Iran claims teen Nika Shakarami died in a fall. Her mom doesn’t believe it, and either do protesters.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl has disputed official claims that her daughter fell to her death from a high building, saying the teen was killed by blows to the head as part of the crackdown on anti-government protests roiling the country. Nasreen Shakarami also said authorities kept her daughter…
NYC Man In $30M International Bank Heist Ring Sentenced
NEW YORK CITY — An international heist ring with ties to New York City looted $30 million from banks in Azerbaijan to Uzbekistan, federal prosecutors said. One ring member — Garri Smith, 52, of Brooklyn — was sentenced this week to four years in prison for his role in the scheme, authorities said. Smith and…
TNA To Re-Air January 25th Episode On AXS Later This Evening
TNA issues a statement. The promotion, formerly known as IMPACT, will be re-airing the January 25th episode on AXS later this evening due to some fans not being able to watch the entire thing. We know some of our fans did not get to see the entire TNA IMPACT show last night, so we…
Backstage News On Mercedes Mone’s AEW Status
It seems more likely that Mercedes Mone will make her AEW debut soon. WWE was in talks with Mone for her return, but they were unable to reach an agreement on a deal, leading WWE sources to claim that they were the ones who ended the negotiations. The talks fell through due to financial…
2 grave sites found in liberated Ukrainian city of Lyman, official says
Two grave sites have been found in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, according to an online post Thursday from Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region. Lyman was liberated from Russian control last week. According to a post by Kyrylenko on the social platform Telegram, one site contained about 200 individual graves, and authorities…