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Sweden is giving someone a private island for a year — Here’s how to apply
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (240+ words) Picture this: you wake up to waves instead of alarms, brew coffee facing the Baltic Sea and spend your afternoons kayaking past pine-covered cliffs. No crowds. No neighbors. Related video above: Dream Vacation or Costly Scam? How to Tell the…...
Wildfires race across Chile, leaving 18 dead and forcing thousands to flee
1+ mon, 18+ hour ago (567+ words) Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 18 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heat wave. Chilean President Gabriel…...
'Sinners,' 'Wicked: For Good,' 'KPop Demon Hunters' advance in Oscars shortlists
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (256+ words) Ryan Coogler's bluesy vampire thriller "Sinners," the big screen musical "Wicked: For Good" and the Netflix phenomenon "KPop Demon Hunters" are all a step closer to an Oscar nomination. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released shortlists for…...
FIFA World Cup Draw: Everything you need to know
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1067+ words) The FIFA men's World Cup is only played once every four years, and it is arguably the most eagerly anticipated event in all of sports. The United States, Canada and Mexico have known they will be co-hosting the 2026 tournament since…...
Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of Spanish bishop accused of abuse in first known case for pontiff
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (415+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Saturday accepted the resignation of an ailing Spanish bishop who is under church investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a young seminarian in the 1990s, the first known time the new pontiff removed a bishop accused of abuse....
WATCH: Medieval tower partially collapses in Rome
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (173+ words) A medieval tower in the heart of Italy's capital, near the famous Roman Forum ruins, partially collapsed on Monday during work to renovate the structure, seriously injuring at least one worker, Italian media reported. Hundreds of tourists watched as firefighters…...
There's an international flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade of Gaza | What to know
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1160+ words) The activists said they were attacked by drones south of Greece Spain and Italy say they are sending navy ships to where a flotilla of boats carrying activists seeking to break Israel's blockade of Gaza is sailing, after the activists…...
Elderly nuns break out of nursing home and back into their former convent
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (501+ words) Three octogenarian nuns have defied their diocese, run away from their nursing home and returned to their former convent in Salzburg, Austria, which they are now occupying. On Sept. 4, Sister Regina, 86, Sister Rita, 81, and Sister Bernadette, 88, returned to Schloss Goldenstein,…...
Relic of the Catholic Church's first millennial saint stolen from Venezuelan parish
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (360+ words) A relic of Carlo Acutis, who was declared the Catholic Church's first millennial saint last week, was stolen from a parish in western Venezuela, the coordinator of a youth group devoted to the man known as "God's Influencer" confirmed Friday....
Ice age skeleton with broken neck bone provides rare glimpse into the lives of ancient hunter-gatherers
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (620+ words) A well-preserved human skeleton that scientists recently excavated in Vietnam dates back about 12,000 years ago to the Ice Age and contains the oldest human mitochondrial DNA found in the region. It belonged to a man who died when he was…...