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- Messi statue to stand next to Maradona's, Pelé's
Tuesday - 03/28/2023 - 06:45 AMLionel Messi stepped out of Diego Maradona's shadow by leading Argentina to World Cup victory last year and a statue of the diminutive forward will stand alongside those of his predecessor and Brazil great Pelé at the South American federation's museum.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Politicians of South Asian descent set to lead Scotland, Britain and Ireland with Yousaf victory
Tuesday - 03/28/2023 - 06:20 AMWhen Humza Yousaf took his oath of allegiance in Scottish parliament in 2016, he wore a gold embroidered sherwani -- a traditional South Asian jacket -- and a kilt.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - It's one of the world's best Chinese restaurants. But it's not in China
Friday - 03/24/2023 - 05:14 AMInside a dimly lit dining room, chef Tomoya Kawada of Sazenka is drawing a yin-yang diagram on a notepad as he explains his dreams for the distant future.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lebanon reverses decision on Daylight Saving, amid confusion on two different timezones
Monday - 03/27/2023 - 12:44 PMLebanon's government has walked back a controversial decision to delay winter clock changes by a month, after last week's announcement by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati sparked exasperation and confusion in a country already gripped by economic crisis.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Banks aren't out of the woods yet and neither is the economy. Here's why
Saturday - 03/25/2023 - 07:49 AMMarkets seesawed severely this week when two of the US economy's most prominent leaders gave seemingly contradictory statements on the health of the banking sector. Expect more turbulence ahead.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How the Fed's latest rate increase will affect your bank savings
Monday - 03/27/2023 - 07:36 AMBanking has been top of mind for many people in the wake of some surprise bank failures and moves by US regulators to boost confidence in the financial system.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - North Korea launches at least two unidentified ballistic missile into waters off eastern Korean peninsula
Sunday - 03/26/2023 - 10:13 PMNorth Korea launched at least one unidentified ballistic missile into the waters off the east coast of the Korean peninsula on Monday morning local time, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Japan wants 85% of male workers to take paternity leave. But fathers are too afraid to take it
Sunday - 03/26/2023 - 08:26 PMA child riding on his father's shoulders smiles as they stroll through a park lined with yellow autumn-touched leaves -- that is the typical image of a Japanese "ikumen".
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Argentina FA training facility renamed after Lionel Messi
Sunday - 03/26/2023 - 07:44 AMThe Argentina national team's training facility has been renamed after talismanic captain Lionel Messi in recognition of his World Cup heroics and star-studded career, the country's football association (AFA) said on Saturday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pope Francis expands Catholic Church sexual abuse law to cover lay leaders
Sunday - 03/26/2023 - 02:16 AMPope Francis has updated a 2019 church law governing clerical sexual abuse and extended it to include accountability for Catholic lay leaders of Vatican-approved religious organizations.
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- First protest in years shows Hong Kong change
Tuesday - 03/28/2023 - 06:01 AMWith numbered tags around their neck, a small group of 80 demonstrators took part in Hong Kong's first authorized protest in three years on Sunday -- a carefully choreographed event that campaigners say offers a chilling insight into the future of protest in the city.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - France braces for anti-pension reform protests
Tuesday - 03/28/2023 - 09:59 AMProtesters on the tracks at a Paris rail station. Smoke bombs let off at Biarritz airport. Anger at French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms showed no sign of letting up on Tuesday as the nation prepared for a 10th day of nationwide demonstrations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nearly 200 Rohingya people land by boat in Indonesia's Aceh
Monday - 03/27/2023 - 10:10 PMMore than 180 Rohingya Muslims landed in Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday, officials said, the latest among hundreds who have fled by boat from desperate conditions in Myanmar and in camps in Bangladesh.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Elian Gonzalez's new chapter as a Cuban lawmaker
Monday - 03/27/2023 - 06:50 PMMore than two decades after he was found clinging to an inner tube in the Straits of Florida, Elián González is taking on his most high profile role since the bitter custody battle that returned him to Cuba.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Airfares across Asia are sky-high this year. Here's why
Friday - 03/24/2023 - 10:17 PMTravelers across Asia Pacific will likely continue to fork out more than usual for flights this year, even as planes return to the skies at a rate not seen since the start of the pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Commercial real estate is in trouble. Why you should be paying attention
Monday - 03/27/2023 - 07:24 AMEconomists are growing concerned about the $20 trillion commercial real estate (CRE) industry.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Myanmar junta throws huge military parade days after new US sanctions
Monday - 03/27/2023 - 02:10 AMMyanmar's ruling military paraded an arsenal of weapons in the capital Naypyidaw on Monday, in a grand display of force days after the United States imposed fresh sanctions against the junta for inflicting "pain and suffering on the people of Burma."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - England hands Ukraine defeat on emotional night at Wembley Stadium
Sunday - 03/26/2023 - 03:03 PMThe sight of Ukrainian flags flying along Wembley Way -- the road approaching the iconic Wembley Stadium -- took on extra significance Sunday as Ukraine faced England in its Euro 2024 qualifier.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - At least 28 migrants die as boats sink off Tunisia
Sunday - 03/26/2023 - 12:58 PMAt least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a human rights group said on Sunday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'I am not scared': Disqualified Gandhi will continue questioning Modi
Saturday - 03/25/2023 - 01:05 PMIndian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday he had been disqualified from parliament because he has been asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi tough questions about his relationship with Gautam Adani, founder of the Adani conglomerate.
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- Fencers urge IOC to uphold Russia sanctions
Tuesday - 03/28/2023 - 11:31 AMMore than 300 active and former fencers have written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urging the organization to uphold sanctions against Russian and Belarusian athletes, saying that allowing them entry back into international competitions would be "a catastrophic error."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fire at migration office in Ciudad Juarez kills dozens of migrants
Tuesday - 03/28/2023 - 10:29 AMAt least 37 people died after a fire at a migration center in Mexico's northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state said in a statement early Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Portrait of the lives of Faroe Islands' unmarried men
Thursday - 03/23/2023 - 01:27 PMIn her striking images of the Faroe Islands, a remote archipelago between Iceland and her native Norway, photographer Andrea Gjestvang depicts islanders and livelihoods that are as tough and unforgiving as the windswept landscape.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'World's longest' bus journey will take 56 days to cross Europe
Sunday - 03/26/2023 - 05:36 AMFancy spending two months traveling overland from Istanbul to London without ever having to get behind the wheel?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amtrak begins to restore service after server issues force cancellations
Sunday - 03/26/2023 - 12:24 PMAmtrak is restoring service after a slew of train cancellations, primarily in the Midwest due to "a rail-industry control system that continues to experience intermittent communications issues," according to Amtrak spokesperson W.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Humza Yousaf wins race to replace Sturgeon as Scotland's next leader
Monday - 03/27/2023 - 10:04 AMScottish nationalists picked Humza Yousaf to be the country's next leader on Monday after a bitterly fought contest that exposed deep divisions in his party over policy and a stalled independence campaign.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nearly 8 million driver license numbers and passport numbers stolen in Australia
Monday - 03/27/2023 - 01:20 AMDigital payments and lending firm Latitude Holdings said on Monday that 7.9 million Australian and New Zealand driver license numbers were stolen in a large-scale information theft on March 16.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Israeli political crisis deepens as Netanyahu fires judicial overhaul dissenter
Sunday - 03/26/2023 - 07:45 PMIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after he dramatically broke ranks and called for a pause in the government's controversial drive to overhaul Israel's court system.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wagner in 'full control' of AZOM plant in Bakhmut, reports Russian state media
Sunday - 03/26/2023 - 07:17 AMRussia's private military group Wagner has taken "full control" of the AZOM metallurgical plant in the north of the city of Bakhmut, according to video posted by Russian state media and verified by CNN.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Daylight savings row leaves Lebanon on brink of two timezones
Saturday - 03/25/2023 - 01:22 PMAlready facing one of the world's worst economic crises, the Lebanese people could soon face a new challenge -- two different timezones.
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