Chinese New Year, Ferrari, Istanbul storm | Feb. 19
The day in photos from around the world.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Daily Brief Chinese New Year, Ferrari, Istanbul, Lake Michigan, Pussy Riot, Russia, Ukraine
The day in photos from around the world.
Kalani Gordon 0 Comment Olympics Olympics, Pussy Riot, Russia, Sochi, sochi olympics, Winter Olympics
Americans Elana Meyers, Lauryn Williams hold lead after 1st day of women’s bobsled, Lolo Jones officially becomes 10th American to compete in different sports at the Summer and Winter Olympics as she competes in heat 1 of women’s bobsled runs, Anze Kopitar, Slovenia advance to Olympic men’s hockey quarterfinals, two members of Pussy Riot were detained and released and more.
Greg Kohn 0 Comment Daily Brief, World Pussy Riot, reindeer, Santa Claus, Spain, Thailand, Typhoon Haiyan, wave
The two jailed members of Pussy Riot were released, Scottish reindeer endure the snow, surfers battle in Spain’s Big Wave Challenge, and more in today’s daily brief.
Stokely Baksh 1 Comment Daily Brief Bangladesh, Chad, Chernobyl disaster, China, European Space Agency, Indonesia, lioness, Myanmar, Palestine, pets, prosthetic devices for pets, Pussy Riot, Russia, Sal Castro, Second Chance Women’s Re-entry Court program, South Korea, Spain, United States
The 27th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, anger on the streets of Bangladesh after building collapse, U.S.-South Korea military exercise and more in today’s daily brief.
Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Bangladesh, Buddhist monks, China, Donatella Versace, Egypt, fashion, handbull, India, Lady Gaga, London, Marikana, Moamen Qreiqea, Myanmar, Pakistanf, Palestine, Pierre Dubois, Pussy Riot, Scotland, SCOTUS, Somalia, South Africa, Supreme Court, Turkey, United States
Marikana massacre inquiry opens, Lady Gaga meets Donatella Versace in Milan, the U.S. Supreme Court is back in session after summer recess and more in today’s daily brief.
Stokely Baksh 0 Comment World hooliganism, Moscow, Pussy Riot, Russia, Vladimir Putin
Three members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Marina Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich — were found guilty of hooliganism on Friday after a judge decided that the band’s actions were motivated by religious hatred when they staged an anti-Kremlin protest at the altar of Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral. The judge sentenced the women to two years in jail.
“Tolokonnikova, Samutsevich and Alyokhina committed an act of hooliganism, a gross violation of public order showing obvious disrespect for society,” said the judge, reported Reuters.
The verdict has sparked protests in cities including Moscow, Oslo, Berlin, London and New York City, where supporters have dawned bright ski masks to show their solidarity with the band.
Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Amazon River, Bahrain, Brussels, Burmese python, Cuba, elephant, England, Everglades, Fidel Castro, flooding, Florida, Israel, Olympics, Pakistan, panda, Philippines, Pussy Riot, Russia, snake, The Netherlands, Vienna, whale
A 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python weighing 164 pounds and carrying 87 eggs is caught, killed and studied in Florida, a 60-foot female fin whale perishes on the English shore, the first artificially inseminated elephant continues to thrive in utero and more in today’s daily brief.
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Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief 2012 Olympics, AIDS, batman, clowns, Colorado, Democratic Republic of Congo, geese, Guatemala, HIV, India, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci, lingerie, London, Michael Phelps, Mona Lisa, Peru, Pussy Riot, Russia, Santa, shooting, soccer, swimming, Venezuela
A makeshift memorial honors the 12 victims of Friday’s Colorado theater shooting, the annual World Santa Claus Congress visits a zoo in Denmark, intimate apparel from the mid-1400’s go to university and more in today’s daily brief.
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