JK Rowling criticises ‘black-and-white thinking’ in new podcast
The first two episodes of The Witch Trials Of JK Rowling were released on Tuesday.
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Abrahamic House in UAE houses a church, synagogue and mosque
A new complex erected on the shores of the Persian Gulf, in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, houses a Catholic church, a Jewish synagogue and an Islamic mosque.
Dan Walker recovering at home after being ‘battered and bruised’ in bike crash
The 45-year-old former BBC Breakfast presenter said he had no memory of being hit by a car on Monday.
Former Dutch queen Beatrix breaks wrist in skiing accident
The Dutch Royal House says that Princess Beatrix, the 85-year-old former Dutch queen, has undergone surgery after breaking her wrist in a skiing accident.
Was this Washington portrait really by Charles Peale? Experts took a look
For years, there had been skepticism about the large portrait of George Washington that has long hung in the baronial Paris residence of the U.S. ambassador to France.
Rape trial of Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred starts in Paris
The aggravated rape and assault trial of Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred has started in Paris.
Leiji Matsumoto, creator of Space Battleship Yamato, dies at 85
Many of his manga were in the battlefield comics genre, with more than 150 stories depicting tragedy of war
Richard Belzer, stand-up comedian and TV detective, dies aged 78
Belzer died on Sunday at his home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, southern France, his friend Bill Scheft said
Richard Belzer, TV detective and stand-up comic, dies at 78
Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV’s most indelible detectives as John Munch in “Law & Order: SVU,” has died.
Tom Sizemore in critical condition after brain aneurysm
The actor’s manager said Sizemore was admitted to hospital in intensive care