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Joan Baez: ‘It feels good to have changed the world’
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 3 months agoINTERVIEW: At 83, the trailblazing singer and civil rights activist is publishing her first collection of poetry. She talks to Kevin E G Perry about the...
A memorial opens on the site of a Nazi concentration camp for Roma after a pig farm was removed
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 3 months agoA new memorial opened on Tuesday in the Czech Republic on the site of a former Nazi concentration...
Today in History: January 26, Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna and 7 others die in helicopter crash
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoToday in History Today is Friday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2024 There are 340 days left in the year. Today in History: On Jan. 26, 2020, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna ...
František Janouch, a Czech nuclear physicist who supported dissidents from Sweden, dies at age 92
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoFrantišek Janouch, a Czech nuclear physicist who set up a foundation in Sweden while in exile to...
Trial postponed for suspect in Salman Rushdie stabbing over author’s upcoming memoir
The Hill via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoThe trial for the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie has been postponed due to Rushdie’s...
On This Day, Dec. 29: White House installs gas lights
United Press International via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoThe White House installed gasoliers in the East Room, pictured in 1890, for the wedding of President...
Today in History: December 29, Texas becomes a state
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoIn 2007, the New England Patriots ended their regular season with a remarkable 16-0 record following a 38-35 comeback victory over the New York Giants....
On This Day, Dec. 18: House impeaches President Trump
United Press International via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoOn Dec. 18, 2019, the U.S. House voted to impeach President Donald Trump, charging him with abusing...
Prince Karel Schwarzenberg, exiled Czech aristocrat who later became foreign minister in his...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoPrince Karel Schwarzenberg, who has died aged 85, was the head of one of Europe’s oldest...
Tom Stoppard: ‘To stop a writer’s freedom is outrageous’
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 8 months ago“I grew up in an England which I learned to revere as being a place where certain virtues were...