Draped in a Danish flag with his personal coat of arms, the coffin stood on a catafalque surrounded by a guard of honor — eight military officers — inside the chapel of the Christiansborg Palace as people silently walked past Saturday. Earlier in the day, royals briefly visited the chapel […]
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Fire erupts at major Tibetan monastery; no injuries reported
A large fire broke out Saturday at the Jokhang monastery in Tibet, raising fears of severe damage to a 1,300-year-old religious site that’s considered the spiritual heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Jokhang, located in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, caught fire at 6:40 p.m. before it was put out, according to […]
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Anger bubbles over at funerals for Florida shooting victims
At funerals and in the streets of Parkland, a suburb on the edge of the Everglades, anger bubbled over at the senselessness of the shooting and at the widespread availability of guns. A rally to support gun-safety legislation was scheduled for Saturday at the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. During […]
Chinese giant pandas unveiled to public in Finland
Two giant pandas on loan from China have been unveiled at a zoo in central Finland and they have frolicked, galloped, climbed trees and played in the snow after a month-long quarantine. Hua Bao, a 4-year-old male, and 3-year-old female Jin Baobao arrived in Finland on Jan. 18 and were […]
Marit Bjoergen ties Winter Olympic record with 13th medal
Marit Bjoergen crossed the finish line, thrust her ski poles in the air and was promptly mobbed by teammates. She’d done it. No Winter Olympian in history can say they have more medals than the 37-year-old Norwegian. Bjoergen helped the Norwegian women win the 4×5-kilometer cross-country relay on Saturday to […]
Kurdish doctors report suspected Turkish gas attack in Syria
Six civilians suffered breathing difficulties and other symptoms indicative of poison gas inhalation after an attack launched by Turkey on the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, local doctors and Syria’s state-run news agency reported Saturday. Jiwan Mohammed, a doctor at Afrin’s main hospital, said the facility was treating six people who […]
Russian foreign minister dismisses US election indictment
Russia’s foreign minister said Saturday that the U.S. indictment of 13 Russians accused of an elaborate plot to disrupt the 2016 presidential election is “just blabber.” The federal indictment brought Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller represents the most detailed allegations to date of illegal Russian meddling during the campaign […]
Trio of suicide bombers kill 20 at crowded market in Nigeria
A trio of suicide bombers detonated at a crowded fish market in northern Nigeria, killing at least 20 people, police said Saturday. Borno state police spokesman Joseph Kwaji confirmed the Friday night attack to The Associated Press. Hospital officials said two patients later died from their injuries. The bombers, all […]
Hundreds protest outside NRA headquarters following Florida school shooting
More than 100 protestors stood outside the National Rifle Association headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, on Friday night demanding action on gun control in the wake of Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida. Among the attendees were friends of some of the 17 students and teachers who were killed in Parkland, Florida, […]