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Sweden’s Loreen wins Eurovision Song Contest for a 2nd time

Sunday, 14 May 2023, 01:33 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Swedish singer Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest with her power ballad “Tattoo.” The diva beat acts from 25 other countries to take the continent’s pop crown at the...

Small town in Italy celebrates first birth after 57 years

Thursday, 11 May 2023, 15:44 Last update: about 4 years ago

There was a big party in Romagnese, a small town with fewer than 600 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, where a birth was registered for the first time in 57 years.  The last time that the...

EU, Ukraine together on Europe Day, but Kyiv remains outside

Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 05:58 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

The European Union marked its Europe Day, that celebration of “peace and unity,” together with Ukraine for the first time. The display of solidarity doesn't mean the war-ravaged...

Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5m

Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 05:52 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to...

Crowns and coaches ready for King Charles III's coronation

Saturday, 6 May 2023, 08:38 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

King Charles III, a man who waited almost 74 years to become king, will be crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey with all the pomp and pageantry Britain can muster. And it can muster a...

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency

Friday, 5 May 2023, 16:09 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable...

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