KEY WEST LOCAL & BUSINESS PARTNER NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE A Key West man and his business partner in Miami have been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, THAT Nobel Peace Prize, the one and only, awarded annually since 1901 and counting among its ... 06/7/2024 - 4:47 am | View Link
Israel’s war on Gaza live: Ground forces invade Bureij refugee camp Relentless artillery shelling and air strikes target central Gaza as Israeli forces enter the Bureij refugee camp in the latest ground assault on the war-ravaged Palestinian terri ... 06/4/2024 - 5:38 am | View Link
2023 World Food Prize laureate nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Heidi Kuhn, who received the 2023 World Food Prize for her work to remove landmines from war-ravaged areas and restore the land for agriculture, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Kuhn is ... 06/4/2024 - 4:35 am | View Link
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai makes surprise screen debut in British sitcom Activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is set to step into the world of acting with a cameo appearance in the second season of the British comedy television series We Are Lady Parts. 05/31/2024 - 9:20 pm | View Link
Nobel winner Yunus brings 'social business' mantra to Olympics Since the early days of Paris's bid for the 2024 Olympics, the city has been receiving advice from a prestigious counsel: Nobel peace prize winner and social business guru Mohammed ... 05/30/2024 - 10:15 am | View Link
JERUSALEM — Israel said Saturday it rescued four hostages who were kidnapped in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, the largest such recovery operation since the war began in Gaza. At least 55 Palestinians including children were killed as heavy fighting continued around the sites in central Gaza, the Health Ministry said, and more dead continued to arrive.
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Israel’s army said it rescued Noa Argamani, 25; Almog Meir Jan, 21; Andrey Kozlov, 27; and Shlomi Ziv, 40, in two locations in a complex daytime operation in the heart of Nuseirat on Saturday morning, raiding the two places at once and under fire.
Argamani had been one of the most widely recognized hostages after being abducted from a music festival in southern Israel.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Eleven Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a U. S.-led coalition. Others working for aid groups also likely have been taken.
The detentions come as the Houthis, who seized Yemen’s capital nearly a decade ago and have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since shortly after, have been targeting shipping throughout the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
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But while gaining more attention internationally, the secretive group has cracked down at dissent at home, including recently sentencing 44 people to death.
Regional officials, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to brief journalists, initially confirmed at least nine U.
Michael Mosley, a British TV doctor went missing on the Greek island of Symi on Wednesday while on vacation. Mosley is known for his appearances on U. K. programs such as This Morning and The One Show. The 67-year-old is a regular columnist in the Daily Mail and has presented several shows on diet and exercise, including the Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat?
The Traitors, Peacock’s reality TV competition, has revealed its cast for its upcoming Season 3, and one of the new stars will be British aristocrat Lord Ivar Mountbatten, second cousin to King Charles III and a direct descendent of Queen Victoria.
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The Traitors, which operates similarly to a murder mystery show and a game of Mafia, has become extremely popular, and is Peacock’s most streamed unscripted original series to date.
LONDON — Prince William took a day out from royal duties on Friday to serve as an usher at the wedding of his friend Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster.
The wedding of 33-year-old Grosvenor, one of Britain’s wealthiest landowners, to his partner Olivia Henson, 31, is one of the high-society events of the year in Britain.
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William, 41, arrived with his fellow ushers at Chester Cathedral in northwest England ahead of the midday service.
Amid intense criticism for his Israel-Gaza approach, President Joe Biden announced earlier this year the construction of a pier to deliver desperately-needed aid to the Strip amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment. But the $230 million pier, which should be re-anchored this week after it broke apart on May 28, has proven to be a hapless operation.