A video posted on Facebook by the German Embassy in Brasilia explaining the culture of remembrance over the Holocaust in Germany was met with unexpected hostility from many Brazilians. Some insisted that Adolf Hitler espoused a left-wing ideology, others sought to deny the Holocaust. The video said that Germans “don’t hide from their past,” adding that […]
By Samuel PetrequinThe Associated Press Tues., Sept. 18, 2018 PARIS—If the World Cup had given the impression that Lionel Messi was slipping down soccer’s pecking order, the Argentine star made it clear he remains at the top of his game. Messi scored a record eighth Champions League hat trick on Tuesday in Barcelona’s 4-0 win […]
By From the Star’s wire services Thu., Sept. 20, 2018 UNCROSSING: Five squirrels. After five young siblings got their tails fused together, the Wisconsin Humane Society cut them free with scissors, under anesthetic, the BBC reports. “You can imagine how wiggly and unruly (and nippy!) this frightened, distressed ball of squirrelly energy was,” said the […]
By Nardine SaadLos Angeles Times Thu., Sept. 20, 2018 Veronica Mars is coming back —again —this time by way of Hulu. The streaming service and Warner Bros. have revived the Kristen Bell-starring mystery series about a teenage private eye, making it the latest cult favourite to get new life during the current TV-revival craze. Kristen […]
Authorities in the Colombian city of Medellin have shuttered a museum dedicated to the life of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar, local media reported on Thursday. The museum, in one of Escobar’s former houses, was closed for operating illegally and failing to have a license with the national tourism office, the Colombiano newspaper reported. Read more: Medellin […]
Adorable golden retriever puppies – who will grow up to serve as police dogs – stole the show at Chile’s annual military parade on Wednesday. The puppies took part in the military parade to celebrate Chile’s 208th Independence Day, reports Evening Standard. Adorable pictures and videos that have now gone viral on social media show […]
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh spoke with attorneys for the Senate Judiciary Committee and laid out conditions for her appearance before the panel, including not being in the hearing room with him and assurances that she will be safe. In nearly an hour-long telephone call in which the […]
By Tales AzzoniThe Associated Press Tues., Sept. 18, 2018 MADRID—Things have changed for Europe’s most successful club. The Real Madrid team that will begin its Champions League campaign against Roma on Wednesday looks nothing like the one that dominated European soccer in the last few years. For the first time in nearly a decade, Madrid […]
The 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced its shortlist on Tuesday, revealing Anna Burns, Esi Edugyan, Daisy Johnson, Rachel Kushner, Richard Powers and Robin Robertson as the six authors eligible to win the coveted literary award. “All of our six finalists are miracles of stylistic invention. In each of them the language takes center stage. And yet in every other […]
State-backed hackers are still trying to break into the personal email accounts of U.S. senators and their aides — and a lawmaker focused on cybersecurity says the Senate’s security office should stop refusing to help defend them. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said in a Wednesday letter to Senate leaders that his office discovered […]
