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First bowling alley in Somalia welcomes middle class and diaspora returnees
The Feynuus Bowling Center in Mogadishu is the latest sign of revival in the once-thriving Indian Ocean port shaped by 35 years of civil war and militant bombings. Source link
Buckingham Palace prepared to 'support' any police investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Buckingham Palace said on Monday it is ready to support any police investigation into King Charles’s younger brother after emails suggested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor might have shared confidential British trade documents with Jeffrey Epstein. Source link
Grief grows as bodies of kidnapped workers of Canadian mining company identified in Mexico
Jaime Castañeda was in the coastal Mexican city of Mazatlán on Sunday to identify the body of his 43-year-old brother. José Manuel Castañeda Hernández was working for Vancouver-based mining company Vizsla Silver Corp. when he was kidnapped last month, along with nine other employees. Source link
At least 53 killed after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast
Two babies are among at least 53 people dead or missing after an inflatable migrant boat sank off Libya, the UN migration agency said on Monday, the latest tragedy on a dangerous route for those seeking a better life in Europe. Source link
Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison over Hong Kong national security case
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent. Source link
Czechia women's hockey team blanks Finland 2-0 to earn first win at Milano Cortina 2026
The Czech Republic earned their first Group A win by defeating Finland 2-0 in the Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament on Sunday, while Sweden secured a quarter-final place with a 4-0 win over France in Group B at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena. Source link
Japan's ruling party secures landslide supermajority in lower house election
The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning a landslide victory thanks to her popularity. Source link
Iran adds 7 more years to sentence of jailed Nobel Peace laureate, supporters say
Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of thousands at the hands of security forces. Source link
Suspect in shooting of senior Russian officer detained, Russia says
Russia’s Federal Security Service said Sunday that the man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency in Moscow was detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia. Source link
Why Spain is aiming to regularize half a million undocumented migrants
While the United States has intensified its immigration crackdown and deportation efforts and European countries are closing their borders one after the other, Spain’s left-wing government last month approved a royal decree to regularize several hundred thousand undocumented people who already live and work in the country. Source link